TIFFANY STAINED-GLASS CEILING FROM MONTE CARLO IS RETAINED
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work curated by Paris-based design studio Be-poles, Bellino linens, and Argan bathroom products. Many of the rooms feature a freestanding pedestal bathtub located in the room, not in the bathroom, leather headboards, and paravent screens.
“This is a super romantic room,” Zobler said. “From the tub, to the paravent, to the art … There are no hard edges and it feels really comfortable.”
The Nomad Bar features shareable plates, snacks, sandwiches, pastas and more. The menu was created by Daniel Humm, a James Beard Award winner and the co-owner of Make It Nice hospitality group, which owns Nomad.
The bar features various forms of seating, from lounge chairs and high-top chairs, to sofas with coffee tables, offering an intimate dining experience. Deep bordeaux velvet is prevalent in the design and a Steinway & Sons piano is staged in the corner of the room for spontaneous live performances.
“When we thought of serving breakfast at a bar, you don’t want to be staring at a bunch of bottles in the morning, in Las Vegas,” said Will Guidara, restaurateur and the other co-owner of Make It Nice. “It’s a way to transform it from a bar into a dining room.”
Additionally, The Nomad features the property’s (Park MGM and Nomad) only high-limit gaming area, and also marks Nomad’s first foray into gaming. The high-limit room features the only remaining element of the old Monte Carlo: the Tiffany stained-glass ceiling.
“Anytime you move something forward you want to hold onto some piece of what was,” Guidara said. “I really love that this is still here. It dictated the design to shape the room. It made sense to keep it once we saw it.”
Zobler thinks the way Park MGM and Nomad went about refreshing the Monte Carlo is the better option than imploding a resort and building from scratch.
“We took an old building and touched every space,” he said. “It’s so much more efficient than tearing it down, which people have done in the past, which can be so expensive.
“I think this place has completely transformed.”