Arctic-inspired Winter Display at Palazzo

Posted on 08 December 2009

On Wednesday, December 9th, The Palazzo will host the unveiling of the Arctic-inspired winter décor display to kick-off the holiday season and raise awareness about conservation of polar bears. The event will take place at 5 pm in The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium and the general public is welcome to join in the celebration.

The holiday event, lead by an Ice King and Queen, will begin with the pouring of over 225,000 cranberries donated by Ocean Spray into a water feature continuing with the topping off of the polar bear topiary and snow falling from the ceiling adding to the Arctic theme. Complimentary holiday beverages will be provided by Café Pressé as well as cupcakes from Sweet Surrender, a cupcake and gourmet candy shop at The Palazzo.

While guests of The Palazzo Las Vegas will enjoy the usual sunny weather for the holiday season, from December 9 through the New Year they’ll also encounter the winter décor display anchored by a special Arctic visitor: a 16-foot tall polar bear mother and 6-foot tall polar bear baby, made entirely of a specially-developed white poinsettia named “Polar Bear.” The custom, hand-sculpted and hand-painted heads and paws bring the bears to life. The mother and baby bear, consisting of approximately 10,000 poinsettias planted in sphagnum moss, weighs in at approximately 5,000 lbs. The bears snuggle on a custom-sculpted ‘arctic ice float’ that hovers over a water feature located at The Palazzo Atrium.

In addition to the larger-than-life polar bears, The Palazzo embraces the holiday season with Arctic inspired décor elements that combine to create the breathtaking winter wonderland display. The gardens are filled with a variety of unique poinsettias and 25-foot silver tip pine trees; an 80-foot whimsical vine transitions to holiday with oversized pine cones, holiday berries, poinsettias and twinkling holiday lights; over 225,000 cranberries float above a water feature creating a sea of cranberries and snow will elegantly fall from above the décor adding to the Arctic theme.

The Palazzo
3377 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109