The world’s most expensive hotel suite

It’s designed by Damien Hirst – and costs £150k for two nights

IT’S 9,000 square feet of over the top splendour – featuring a balcony pool, artworks, a butterfly theme...and two dead sharks in a cabinet.

Controversial British artist Damien Hirst has created the most expensive hotel suite ever, costing £150,000 for a two-night stay.

The two-floor suite at Palms Casino in Las Vegas contains six original artworks by Hirst and is covered in motifs linked to his famous pieces. It has a private balcony pool with butterfly tiles.

Hirst, 53, had come under fire for killing thousands of butterflies at a 2012 Tate Modern exhibition. The suite also features a tank containing two bull sharks overlooking a pool table.

Hirst created a celebrated 1991 artwork with a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde. The artist was commissioned to design the suite by the family who own the hotel and casino. Hirst said: ‘They have allowed me to design everything and completely fill it with my art.’

It is being advertised to wealthy clients as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience.

Best bar none: A 13-seat ‘pub’, filled with medical waste, sits in the centre of suite with bodies of marlins in cabinets above

Winging it: Bedroom with recurring butterfly theme me Awash with splendour: Marble bath and city skyline

Jaws-dropping: Jaw Multi-coloured pool table with sharks in tank