The Cinema Suite contains a screening room with theater-style seating and a full movie screen. The Hardwood Suite famously has an NBA-caliber basketball half-court and a full locker room, while the Kingpin Suite is designed around two bowling lanes. The Playboy Club is gone, but the famous themed suites got a refresh and are as mind-boggling as ever. Since then, the San Manuel have restored the coolness factor the Palms enjoyed in its early aughts heyday. That changed when the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians bought the place in 2021, and the property became the largest Native American–owned hotel-casino in town.

Not too long ago, the Palms Casino Resort, just west of the Strip, was synonymous with “Oops! I Did It Again”-era Britney Spears and the Playboy Club that attracted porn stars from all over the world.