Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace offers NYE 2012 package

.For the festive price of $201.20 per person, guests can welcome 2012 and watch Las Vegas’ famous annual fireworks show from one of the best seats on the Strip: the terrace at Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace.

Central (pronounced sen-TRAHL) is offering its outdoor terrace for New Year’s Eve.  For the aforementioned price, guests will receive champagne and hors d’oeuvres from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.  The menu will feature Chef Michel Richard’s signature American cuisine with a French accent.  Guests will dine on bacon and onion tart, gougeres (warm gruyere cheese puffs), fried chicken bites served with Dijon sauce, beef sliders served with onion compote and mayonnaise, 72-hour short ribs served with red wine syrah sauce, Michel’s chocolate bar served with hazelnut praline sauce and cheesecake with raspberry coulis and fresh raspberries..

As for the terrace, it will surely be one of the best places to take in Las Vegas’ most exciting night of the year.  Watch the fireworks burst above the Las Vegas Strip while the exhilarated crowds saunter by the just-opened terrace is separated from the main restaurant by oversized windows and French doors and overflows into the historic Caesars Palace Roman Plaza.

Long after 2012 arrives, guests may continue the evening inside the restaurant.  Central is the first restaurant ever helmed by a James Beard award-winning chef to keep its doors open 24 hours a day, seven days per week.  Space is limited for the New Year’s Eve party on the terrace. To make reservations, call (702) 650-5921 and ask to speak with Tony Rodrigues, general manager.  For more information on Central, go to www.centralLV.com or find Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace on Facebook or Twitter (handle: @centralLV).

ABOUT MICHEL RICHARD

Michel Richard is pleased to welcome you to Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace, the first-ever restaurant helmed by a James Beard Award-winning chef to be open 24 hours a day.  He exemplifies the art of cuisine and a love of his profession, and was a pioneer in French/California cuisine before moving to Washington, D.C., where Michel Richard Citronelle became his flagship restaurant.  Richard's creativity can be seen in prestigious culinary publications such as Food & Wine, Food Arts and Bon Appétit.  Chosen by the James Beard Foundation as Outstanding Chef 2007, Richard also won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine Service at Citronelle the same year and his second book, “Happy in the Kitchen” published by Artisan, received a James Beard Nomination.  To rave reviews, and the 2008 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, he opened the first Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C., which continues to be a highlight of that city’s restaurant scene.  Rounding out Richard’s illustrious culinary portfolio is his elegant MICHEL, a modern French restaurant, opened at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner in fall 2010.

ABOUT CAESARS PALACE

Reigning in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace is the world's best known resort-casino, celebrating the grandeur that was Rome in an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for entertainment, dining and luxury. Ranking among the world's top luxury resorts Caesars Palace features 3,300 hotel guest rooms and suites, 23 diverse restaurants and cafes, five-acre Garden of the Gods pools and gardens, 50,000 square foot Qua Baths & Spa and 300,000 square feet of premium meeting and convention space. The 4,300-seat Colosseum sits just steps from celebrity chef restaurants and the acclaimed Forum Shops at Caesars and spotlights world class entertainers such as Celine Dion, Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Shania Twain (beginning December 2012).

Caesars Palace, along with all Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas resorts, including Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Harrah’s, Bally’s, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Imperial Palace and Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon, proudly prohibit adding hidden resort fees to hotel guest room rates. Find Caesars Palace on Facebook and follow on Twitter.