Upscale Shopping

For variety in high end shopping, Las Vegas is very strong with Caesars Forum Shops, Fashion Show Mall, Venetian Grand Canal Shoppes and the Miracle Mile (Planet Hollywood) combining for over 600 stores.

Fashion Show Mall has a Nordstrom’s, Neiman-Marcus and Dillard’s among over 200 stores and restaurants. It is across from the Wynn and you can usually get shuttles (they don’t check for room keys that often) along the Strip. See Getting Around for shuttles.

It has a Gross Leaseable Area of almost 1.8M square feet and it is the biggest mall in Nevada. Its store count of over 200 is the highest in Las Vegas. Fashion Show Mall is the opposite of Neonopolis which has 1 client in its 235,000 GLA. Neonoplis was former mayor Jan Jones pet project. 

GLA is not the same as total square feet because malls have offices, rest rooms, etc. that are not leased out. Vegas Made Easy.com tries to present GLA whenever possible because it is more accurate indicator as far as shopping experience.

Caesars Forum Shops are directly attached to Caesars’ casino. Their high end retailers include Fendi and Gucci. They have some very good restaurants such as Palm, BOA, Il Mulino, etc. For a high end shopper, Vegas Made Easy.com recommends Caesars Forum as having the best mix of high boutique shops and dining. Fashion Show has more mid-level stores and is better for mall walking.

Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes and the Miracle Mile next to Planet Hollywood are very good for the upscale shopper. The Miracle Mile has more of the smaller shops such as food retailers and restaurants while the Grand Canal Shoppes also have some non-retail, non-food venues. The Bellagio Via and Wynn Esplande have cherry-picked some very high end stores but have less variety than the major shopping malls.

At the high end of the market, most of the brands use RPM. Retail Price Maintenance means that the fancy label can drop retailers who discount and thus RPM keeps prices in line. This means you cannot get bargains at the very high end unless you are a foreign visitor exchanging your expensive currency for cheap U.S. dollars.

However, if you prefer factory seconds for some high end brands, you can get discounts at the outlet stores. In Las Vegas, there are 2 outlet centers. Las Vegas Outlet Stores is near Town Square and can be reached by the Deuce. This was formerly called the Belz Factory Outlet Center and has about 130 stores and restaurants. Vegas Made Easy.com rates this as the best for mall walkers.

The Las Vegas Premium outlets are located near downtown off the Grand Central Parkway and have 118 retailers and restaurants with another 31 planned for a total of 149. Both outlet centers have major brands for 30% off or more. Although both are owned by the same company, we slightly prefer the one near downtown for selection of clothing and shoe stores.