<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> caesars.com/linq </Td> </Tr> <P> The Linq (formerly Flamingo Capri, Imperial Palace and The Quad) is a 2,640 - room hotel, casino and shopping promenade on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada . It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation . As of 2012, the casino is 32,890 sq ft (3,056 m) with 830 slot machines, 55 table games, and a race and sports book . </P> <P> It originally opened in 1959 as the 180 - room Flamingo Capri motel, located adjacent to the Flamingo hotel and casino . Ralph Engelstad purchased the property in 1971, and added a casino the following year . In 1977, the hotel had 650 rooms, after the completion of its Imperial Palace Tower . The resort was later reopened as the Asian - themed Imperial Palace in 1979 . </P> <P> Several additional hotel towers were added during the 1980s, bringing the resort's room count to an ultimate total of 2,637, after the completion of a fifth and final hotel tower in 1987 . At the time of Engelstad's death in 2002, the resort had 2,600 employees and was the second - largest privately owned hotel in the world . In 2012, the resort was renamed as The Quad . The resort was renamed again as The Linq in 2014, after a $223 million renovation . </P>

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