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'''Caligula's Palace''', also known as '''Caligula's Casino''', is a [[Las Venturas]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]-based [[casino]] hotel in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
In the video game, [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], '''Caligula's Palace''' is co-owned by the [[Leone Family]], the [[Sindacco Family]], and the [[Forelli Family]] and consists of blackjack, roulette, poker, slot machines, and a hotel suite that leads to the rooftop. There is also a basement area that comes in handy during one of the [[Las Venturas]] missions. [[Ken Rosenberg]] assigns all the Mafia missions, including the one where the player has to fly to [[Liberty City]] to fight inside Marco's Bistro. After the Ocean's 13 esque heist on the casino, the Leone's abandon the establishment. Which leads some to presume that the Sindaccos move back into the Casino. The casino can still be accessed and be able to gamble, despite that the place has been robbed. The snack and soda veding machines can still be bought underneath the casino. There is also a suite that can be entered from the elevator. Entering up from the suite will cause the player to appear on top of Caligula's Palace.


Caligula's Palace is based on real Las Vegas casino Ceasar's Palace.
== Description ==
Straddled along the [[The Strip]] between [[The Clown's Pocket]] and [[Royal Casino]], Caligula's Palace is a Roman-themed casino hotel which, according to the game manual, is the largest hotel in the world. According to the GTA website, it was founded in 1962 (though not in its current form) and has always been mafia-controlled.


The casino is only one of three in the city (alongside [[The Four Dragons]] and [[Casino Floor|an unnamed small-time "Casino"]]) with an accessible interior, granting the player access to [[Gambling|blackjack, roulette, video poker, and slot machines]], and boasting the largest casino floor of the three accessible casinos. True to its theme, the casino is designed inside and out with lavish faux-Roman architecture, and the female bartenders are dressed in toga-like costumes. In addition to the usual casino patrons, the casino floor is also populated with patrolling security personnel who will respond hostilely to the player if they choose to act violently (i.e. firing a gun or attacking people) within the casino floor.
The interior of Caligula's Palace also features a basement area, accessible via the Bank & Change counter, that houses managerial rooms, storage facilities, a loading area, and a high-security vault for the casino's finances. The player can also access the rooftop of the casino's tallest block via an elevator access from the casino floor, which leads the player to the uppermost hotel suite corridor leading to two rooftop access points. Another elevated access that leads to the hotel's managerial suites is inaccessible barred during mission cutscenes.
The casino can be accessed as soon as the player unlocks the [[Tierra Robada]]/[[Bone County]]/[[Las Venturas]] landmass, and is accessible from that point on, regardless of events in the storyline. The casino serves as the starting place for a chain of missions from [[Ken Rosenberg]] and [[Salvatore Leone]].
== Gang control ==
In the beginning of GTA San Andreas' storyline, the casino, as of [[1992]], is co-owned by three major mafia families: The [[Leone Family]], the [[Sindacco Family]], and the [[Forelli Family]], who assign Ken Rosenberg, by then a former partner of rouge Forelli goon [[Tommy Vercetti]], to run the casino's day-to-day operations as a neutral party.
Over the course of the storyline, however, Leone head Salvatore Leone, with help from [[Carl Johnson]], temporarily tightens the Leones' grip of the casino by weakening his rival's influence in the city, only to abandon the casino after it was robbed in [[Breaking the Bank at Caligula's|an elaborate heist executed by Carl himself]] with help from a myriad of specialists and the [[San Fierro Triads]]. The power vacuum created from the Leone's retreat from Las Venturas allowed the Sindaccos to move in on the casino and maintain control of it as late as events in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (circa [[1998]]).
== Influences ==
Caligula's Palace is physically, for the most part, based on the real Las Vegas casino [[wp:Caesars Palace|Caesars Palace]]. Certain details are taken from other casinos, like the waterworks from the [[wp:Bellagio (hotel and casino)|Bellagio]] (both being Italy-inspired, although Bellagio was not built until 1998 and Caesars Palace has an impressive water show of its own) or luminant green windows from the [[wp:MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand]]. MGM Grand was also once the world's largest hotel, when it first opened in 1993.
As for its mafia management, the mafia had been mostly ran out of Las Vegas in the 1980s by the FBI, but the scenario might be based on a rumor that current casino billionaire [[wp:Steve Wynn|Steve Wynn]] may have been [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.electricnevada.com/pages96/wynn.htm connected] with the [[wp:Genovese crime family|Genovese crime family]] around 1985, all the way up to then-don [[wp:Anthony Salerno|Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno]]. The decision by the three Liberty City Families to have Ken Rosenberg operate the casino is also likely to be based on [[wp:Frank Rosenthal|Frank Rosenthal]]'s role running multiple Las Vegas casinos on behalf of the [[wp:Chicago Outfit|Chicago Outfit]] during the 1960s and 1970s; Rosenthal and, presumably, Rosenberg are Jewish Americans.
== Trivia ==
* [[wp:Caligula|Caligula]] was a famous Roman Emperor who is popularly known for his tyranny, extravagance, and sexual perversion later during his rule, reflecting the corrupt origins of the casino. Having been assassinated, Caligula's demise mirrors that of [[wp:Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]], which the real-life Caesars Palace is named after.
== Gallery ==
<gallery width="auto" perrow="5" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="160">
File:Caligula'sCasino-GTASA-logo.jpg|Logo of Caligula's Palace, GTA San Andreas, seen here being referred to as "Caligula's Casino".
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-casinofloor.jpg|Caligula's Palace's central casino floor, GTA San Andreas.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-casinofloor2.jpg|Alternate view of the casino floor depicting a wing primarily containing slot machines and video poker, GTA San Andreas.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-sign.jpeg|The "Caligula's" sign inside Caligula's Palace.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-bar.jpg|The casino's non-interactive bar, GTA San Andreas.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-bank&change.jpg|The "Bank & Change" counter that leads to managerial rooms and the vault, GTA San Andreas.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-vault.jpg|The casino's underground vault, GTA San Andreas.
File:Caligula'sPalace-GTASA-suitecorridor.jpg|The casino's accessible suite corridor that leads to its roof, GTA San Andreas.
File:ArchitecturalEspionage-GTASA3.jpg|An overhead wireframe render of the casino's interior in GTA San Andreas, which can be found at the [[Las Venturas City Planning Department]].
File:Caligula'sCasino-GTASA-scalemodel.jpg|Scale model of the casino's exterior in GTA San Andreas, also found at the Las Venturas City Planning Department. Note the protruding Rockstar logo in the center of the model.
</gallery>
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Latest revision as of 01:39, 1 May 2015

Caligula's Palace in GTA San Andreas.

Caligula's Palace, also known as Caligula's Casino, is a Las Venturas, San Andreas-based casino hotel in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

Straddled along the The Strip between The Clown's Pocket and Royal Casino, Caligula's Palace is a Roman-themed casino hotel which, according to the game manual, is the largest hotel in the world. According to the GTA website, it was founded in 1962 (though not in its current form) and has always been mafia-controlled.

The casino is only one of three in the city (alongside The Four Dragons and an unnamed small-time "Casino") with an accessible interior, granting the player access to blackjack, roulette, video poker, and slot machines, and boasting the largest casino floor of the three accessible casinos. True to its theme, the casino is designed inside and out with lavish faux-Roman architecture, and the female bartenders are dressed in toga-like costumes. In addition to the usual casino patrons, the casino floor is also populated with patrolling security personnel who will respond hostilely to the player if they choose to act violently (i.e. firing a gun or attacking people) within the casino floor.

The interior of Caligula's Palace also features a basement area, accessible via the Bank & Change counter, that houses managerial rooms, storage facilities, a loading area, and a high-security vault for the casino's finances. The player can also access the rooftop of the casino's tallest block via an elevator access from the casino floor, which leads the player to the uppermost hotel suite corridor leading to two rooftop access points. Another elevated access that leads to the hotel's managerial suites is inaccessible barred during mission cutscenes.

The casino can be accessed as soon as the player unlocks the Tierra Robada/Bone County/Las Venturas landmass, and is accessible from that point on, regardless of events in the storyline. The casino serves as the starting place for a chain of missions from Ken Rosenberg and Salvatore Leone.

Gang control

In the beginning of GTA San Andreas' storyline, the casino, as of 1992, is co-owned by three major mafia families: The Leone Family, the Sindacco Family, and the Forelli Family, who assign Ken Rosenberg, by then a former partner of rouge Forelli goon Tommy Vercetti, to run the casino's day-to-day operations as a neutral party.

Over the course of the storyline, however, Leone head Salvatore Leone, with help from Carl Johnson, temporarily tightens the Leones' grip of the casino by weakening his rival's influence in the city, only to abandon the casino after it was robbed in an elaborate heist executed by Carl himself with help from a myriad of specialists and the San Fierro Triads. The power vacuum created from the Leone's retreat from Las Venturas allowed the Sindaccos to move in on the casino and maintain control of it as late as events in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (circa 1998).

Influences

Caligula's Palace is physically, for the most part, based on the real Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace. Certain details are taken from other casinos, like the waterworks from the Bellagio (both being Italy-inspired, although Bellagio was not built until 1998 and Caesars Palace has an impressive water show of its own) or luminant green windows from the MGM Grand. MGM Grand was also once the world's largest hotel, when it first opened in 1993.

As for its mafia management, the mafia had been mostly ran out of Las Vegas in the 1980s by the FBI, but the scenario might be based on a rumor that current casino billionaire Steve Wynn may have been connected with the Genovese crime family around 1985, all the way up to then-don Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno. The decision by the three Liberty City Families to have Ken Rosenberg operate the casino is also likely to be based on Frank Rosenthal's role running multiple Las Vegas casinos on behalf of the Chicago Outfit during the 1960s and 1970s; Rosenthal and, presumably, Rosenberg are Jewish Americans.

Trivia

  • Caligula was a famous Roman Emperor who is popularly known for his tyranny, extravagance, and sexual perversion later during his rule, reflecting the corrupt origins of the casino. Having been assassinated, Caligula's demise mirrors that of Julius Caesar, which the real-life Caesars Palace is named after.

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