The two great Strip malls

A side-by-side luxury walk (New Year 2021) compares the Forum Shops at Caesars — Roman spectacle, the 'granddaddy mall of all malls' — with the Wynn Plaza Shops' boutique polish, brand rows at both ends of the high-end spectrum. Two follow-ups keep the Forum current: a love-letter visit framed as the perfect air-conditioned escape when the forecast tops 110 (fountains, statues, marble corridors, people-watching as an attraction in itself) and a 2025 conditions check hunting what's changed — Atlantis court, spiral escalators, new arrivals store by store.

Luxury Shopping on the Las Vegas Strip - The Forum Shops & Wynn Plaza Shops

Dale McKenzie

A New Year 2021 luxury-shopping walk with Dale McKenzie covering the two great Strip malls: the Forum Shops at Caesars and the Wynn Plaza Shops. Dale and Paula compare the Roman grandeur of the Forum Shops with Wynn's polished boutique row, window-shopping the luxury brands at both ends of the high-end spectrum.

Key takeaways
  • Side-by-side of the Forum Shops and Wynn Plaza Shops (2021)
  • Luxury brand rows at both properties
  • Two different mall personalities: Roman spectacle vs boutique polish

Town Square Las Vegas: What's It All About? Should You Go?

Dale McKenzie

Dale McKenzie's full tour of Town Square Las Vegas (November 2025), the open-air lifestyle center at the south end of the Boulevard, which opened November 14, 2007: 100-plus shops and restaurants arranged as a small town of varied architecture, a park with a children's play area at its center, and entertainment anchors including Velocity Esports. His verdict on the question in the title: yes — go, especially when you want shopping at a strolling pace away from casino floors.

Key takeaways
  • Town Square: Las Vegas Blvd & the 215 — south Strip's open-air mall
  • Opened 2007; architecture varies building to building, small-town layout
  • Shops + restaurants + cinema + esports arena; central green for kids

The Forum Shops at Caesars: Things We Love About This Glitzy Mall

Dale McKenzie

Dale McKenzie counts the ways he and Paula love the Forum Shops — 'the granddaddy mall of all malls' — in a summer visit framed as the perfect escape when the forecast hovers over 110 degrees. They stroll the marble corridors from the Caesars entrance, taking in the fountains, statues, luxury storefronts and people-watching that make the mall an attraction in its own right.

Key takeaways
  • Framed as the ideal air-conditioned escape from 110-degree Vegas heat
  • The Forum Shops billed as the granddaddy of Vegas malls
  • Fountains, statues and Roman spectacle throughout

The canal level

The Grand Canal Shoppes get an orientation tour (the canals sit on the Venetian's second floor above the casino; boarding, the turnaround, St. Mark's Square as the hub) and the page's most current logistics snapshot: a July 2026 walk reading the posted gondola details straight off the signage — rides ~10–13 minutes, shared gondola $39 per person (max four), private for two $156, as filmed. Shopping here is inseparable from the ride, and the films treat them as one level with two products.

The stroll and the value mile

Town Square (November 2025) is the anti-casino mall: an open-air lifestyle center at the Boulevard and the 215, opened November 14, 2007 — 100+ shops and restaurants arranged as a small town of varied architecture, a park with a children's play area at its center, a cinema and an esports arena; the verdict on 'should you go?' is yes, especially at a strolling pace away from casino floors. A complete Planet Hollywood walkthrough (2024, filmed after its renovation finished) samples the Miracle Mile Shops' edge — Earl of Sandwich praised for cheap, good breakfasts — and circuits the casino as the orientation standard for the center-Strip value play. Spectacle, canal, small town, value mile: the four shopping registers, each filmed by someone walking them for pleasure.

Sources: the seven videos on this page — a two-mall luxury comparison, two Forum Shops films, two Grand Canal Shoppes tours, a Town Square tour and a Planet Hollywood walkthrough — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

Inside the Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian Las Vegas

Yellow Productions

Yellow Productions tours the Grand Canal Shoppes, the Venetian's second-floor canal level above the casino, explaining how the indoor gondola route works: boarding, the turnaround and the St. Mark's Square dock. Chris treats the canals as one piece of a larger shopping-and-dining level. Strong on orientation and logistics.

Key takeaways
  • The canals sit on the resort's second floor, above the casino
  • Gondola boarding and the turnaround route explained
  • St. Mark's Square is the route's hub

Walking Tour Grand Canal Shoppes & Venetian Hotel Las Vegas July 2026

Vegas Ready

Vegas Ready's July 2026 walk through the Grand Canal Shoppes reads the current posted gondola details straight off the signage: rides run about 10 to 13 minutes, a shared gondola (up to four) is $39 per person, and a private gondola for two is $156, as filmed. The most current pricing-and-logistics film on this page, with the canals in full operation around it.

Key takeaways
  • Filmed July 2026; gondola details read from current signage
  • Rides run about 10–13 minutes
  • Shared gondola $39 per person (max four); private for two $156, as filmed

New Surprises at Caesars Forum Shops! What's Changed? + New Updates! Walk With Jeff

J&K StayinVegas

Jeff of J&K StayinVegas walks the Forum Shops in 4K to check what's changed since his last visit, hunting out new arrivals and updates inside Caesars' mall on a hot day. The walk covers the Atlantis end, the spiral escalators and the luxury rows, with running commentary on new stores and old favorites.

Key takeaways
  • A 2025 conditions check: what is new and what has changed in the mall
  • Covers the Atlantis court, spiral escalators and luxury rows
  • Narrated walk with store-by-store updates

Watch: Las Vegas Shopping Guide, guided

1 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Take a tour of Planet Hollywood Las Vegas! Full Walkthrough - 2024

Show Me Vegas

Show Me Vegas's complete Planet Hollywood walkthrough (2024), delayed from his earlier stay because the casino was mid-renovation — carpets torn up, Center Bar under construction — and filmed once the work was done. Jordan starts at the below-grade valet, orients by the map, dips into the Miracle Mile Shops' edge (with Earl of Sandwich praised for cheap, good breakfasts) and circuits the casino past the Caesars Rewards desk. The page's orientation standard.

Key takeaways
  • Full walkthrough filmed after the casino renovation finished
  • Center Bar and new carpet shown complete
  • Earl of Sandwich flagged for cheap breakfasts

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