Bellagio
The Bellagio Conservatory
Bellagio lobby · Free
A free 13,500 sq ft garden hall beside the lobby, changed with the seasons. It was shut while the crew were filming.
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Ocean’s Eleven
On top: the 2001 crew, the week it opened. Underneath: the Rat Pack, who robbed five casinos in 1960.
The crew
Eleven, found.
Danny and Rusty go round the country picking up their crew. Deal the cards: each one turns up on the real place it was filmed.
The shoe is full.
0 / 6
Deal a card to see where it lands.
The other five
- Frank Catton Bernie Mac · a croupier and con man
- Virgil Malloy Casey Affleck · a mechanic
- Turk Malloy Scott Caan · a mechanic, Virgil’s brother
- Livingston Dell Eddie Jemison · electronics and surveillance
- Basher Tarr Don Cheadle · explosives
Where we read it
The eleven are Danny Ocean, Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan, Reuben Tishkoff, Virgil and Turk Malloy, Livingston Dell, Basher Tarr, Yen, Saul Bloom and Linus Caldwell. Don Cheadle is uncredited as Basher.
The eye in the sky
Spot the replica.
Benedict watches his vault on a monitor and never doubts it. The film’s Bellagio was half real and half built. Call each feed.
The Bellagio casino floor, 2018. Andrew and Annemarie · CC BY-SA 2.0 Casino floor
Inside the Bellagio, August 2020. James Havard · Public domain Cashier’s cage
Back-of-house corridor
The vault
Eye in the sky
The Mirador suite
Le Cirque
A street sign in Old Las Palmas, the Palm Springs neighbourhood of Reuben’s house. BadNewsBear · CC0 Reuben’s pool
The MGM Grand Garden Arena on a fight night, July 2019. Toohool · CC BY-SA 4.0 The fight
The Fountains of Bellagio at night, with the Cosmopolitan and Bellagio behind. Matt Kieffer · CC BY-SA 2.0 The fountains
No calls yet.
Where we read the real feeds
Where we read the sets
Production designer Phil Messina built about 20 sets. The back-of-house hallways ran about 450 feet as one joined set, with count rooms, a lift entrance, a break room, the eye in the sky and an interrogation room.
The vault had metallic, reflective finishes; its roof lifted off on motors for stunts, and it went through two explosions.
Soderbergh built the Mirador suite on a soundstage rather than on location.
Most of the film was shot from 11 February to 7 June 2001, in Las Vegas, with scenes in New Jersey, Chicago, Los Angeles, Florida and Burbank.
The tell
Call every feed to see the tell.
Where we read it
3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Bellagio
The crew filmed inside and outside the Bellagio for nearly five weeks, and the cast lived in the hotel’s private villas. The producer, Jerry Weintraub, was a friend of the owner, Kirk Kerkorian, which is how the crew got in. The valet entrance closed for three or four days, so high rollers checked in through the self-parking garage. The conservatory, the gardens and the lobby under the Chihuly glass were shut too.
Steve Wynn built the Bellagio on the site of the Dunes; it opened on 15 October 1998. A staircase seen in the film was later taken out to make room for the Spa Tower. The conservatory is free and changes with the seasons. Dale Chihuly’s Fiori di Como, 65 by 29 feet of glass, hangs from the lobby ceiling.
A working resort on the Strip. Walk in from the main entrance: the lobby, the conservatory and the casino floor are open to the public.
Where we read it
The flashbacks
Three days, three decades.
The film flashes back to three casinos in three decades. The crew shot them in three days, in three casinos all within 550 metres of the Bellagio, with old slot machines wheeled in and anything modern covered up.
Pull the lever.
Three days, three casinos
The reels land on the 1960s, the 1970s or the 1980s, and on the casino that played it.
- 1960s The Barbary Coast, now the Vanderpump
- 1970s The Flamingo
- 1980s Caesars Palace
Flamingo Las Vegas (Caesars Entertainment)
The Flamingo
3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard · Rates on the official site
The oldest resort still running on the Strip, robbed in 1960 and a 1970s casino in the 2001 flashback. Its flamingo habitat is free.
Check roomsOcean’s 11, 1960
Five chips from 1960.
In the first film, Sinatra’s Danny Ocean and his crew rob five Las Vegas casinos on one New Year’s Eve, and the film was shot in all five. Turn the chips to see what is there now.
Five chips, face down.
Where we read it
Sahara: Still here. Closed in 2011, back as SLS in 2014, and the Sahara again since 29 August 2019.
Riviera: Gone. Closed on 4 May 2015 and imploded in two stages in 2016; the convention centre spread over part of the land.
Wikipedia: Ocean’s 11 (1960)Wikipedia: Riviera (hotel and casino)The Neon Museum: history of the demolished hotels in Las Vegas
Desert Inn: Gone. Closed on 28 August 2000 and imploded in 2001 and 2004. Wynn Las Vegas and Encore stand there now.
Wikipedia: Ocean’s 11 (1960)Wikipedia: Desert InnThe Neon Museum: history of the demolished hotels in Las Vegas
Sands: Gone. Demolished in 1996 for the Venetian. Its story is in Frank Sinatra’s World.
Wikipedia: Ocean’s 11 (1960)The Neon Museum: history of the demolished hotels in Las Vegas
Flamingo: Still here, the oldest resort running on the Strip, and in both films.
Shot between shows
The Rat Pack were playing the Sands at 8pm and midnight, so much of the location filming happened between 3am and dawn. The film opened in Las Vegas on 3 August 1960, and ends with the crew walking away under a Sands marquee carrying their own names.
Where we read it
Per Frank Sinatra Jr., the Rat Pack performed at 8pm and midnight, so much location footage was shot between 3am and dawn.
Ocean’s 11 premiered in Las Vegas on 3 August 1960. Its last shot has the cast walking from a funeral home with the Sands marquee behind them listing them as headliners.
Lewis Milestone directed and produced it, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Angie Dickinson.
1 Main Street, Downtown Las Vegas
The old depot, now the Plaza
One segment of Ocean’s 11 was filmed at the old Las Vegas Union Pacific station. The station came down in 1970. The Plaza, built on its site, opened on 1 July 1971. Amtrak’s Las Vegas station ran inside the hotel until May 1997.
A working hotel and casino downtown. Walk in.
Where we read it
2535 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Sahara
The Sahara was one of the five casinos robbed in Ocean’s 11, and one of the hotels the 1960 film was shot in. It opened on 7 October 1952 and closed on 16 May 2011. It came back as SLS Las Vegas on 23 August 2014 and took the Sahara name again on 29 August 2019.
A working hotel and casino on the Strip. Walk in.
Where we read it
The people
The crew, December 2001.
- George ClooneyDanny Ocean
- Brad PittRusty Ryan
- Matt DamonLinus Caldwell
- Andy GarcíaTerry Benedict
- Julia RobertsTess Ocean
- Steven Soderberghdirector
Where we read it
George Clooney plays Danny Ocean, Brad Pitt Rusty Ryan, Matt Damon Linus Caldwell, Andy García Terry Benedict and Julia Roberts Tess Ocean. Steven Soderbergh directed.
Warner Bros. released the film on 7 December 2001. It cost about $85 million and took $450.7 million worldwide.
Jeffrey Kurland designed the clothes: Clooney had about 26 changes and Pitt about 24, and Tiffany & Co. lent Julia Roberts her jewellery.
MGM Grand, 3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The fight
The Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko fight was filmed at the MGM Grand over two intense days, with several thousand extras.
Angie Dickinson and Henry Silva, both in the 1960 film, turn up at the fight. The arena opened on 31 December 1993 with a Barbra Streisand concert. It seats about 17,000.
A working arena inside the MGM Grand. Go in with a ticket for a fight, a game or a concert.
Where we read it
The Bellagio lake
At the rail.
After the job the crew, all but Danny, meet at the fountains to Debussy’s Clair de Lune. Then they go. Let them leave.
11 at the rail.
The Fountains of Bellagio
For the shoot the fountains were switched off. Afterwards the hotel set them to a piece of music for the film.
They opened with the resort on 15 October 1998, designed by WET, and cost $40 million. The lake covers 8.5 acres. Its 1,214 nozzles throw water up to 460 feet.
Free. Stand at the balustrade on the Strip pavement; shows run from the afternoon until midnight.
Where we read it
Bellagio (MGM Resorts)
The Bellagio
3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard · Rates on the official site
Where the crew filmed for nearly five weeks and the cast lived in the villas. The conservatory and the Chihuly lobby are free to walk through even if you stay elsewhere.
Check roomsThe cage
Cash out.
Where it is now
13 places you can visit: 8 in Las Vegas, the Strip running about 4 km from the Sahara down to the MGM Grand, and 5 on the crew’s trail. Reuben’s house is a private home in Palm Springs and is not pinned.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working resort on the Strip. Walk in from the main entrance: the lobby, the conservatory and the casino floor are open to the public.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Free. Stand at the balustrade on the Strip pavement; shows run from the afternoon until midnight.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working arena inside the MGM Grand. Go in with a ticket for a fight, a game or a concert.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open all hours on the Strip. The wildlife habitat in the pool gardens is free.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel and casino on the Strip. Walk in from the pavement.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Walk up the drive from the Strip to the entrance; the casino is open all hours.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel and casino on the Strip. Walk in.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel and casino downtown. Walk in.
The Bellagio casino floor, 2018. Andrew and Annemarie · CC BY-SA 2.0 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Bellagio
The crew filmed inside and outside the Bellagio for nearly five weeks, and the cast lived in the hotel’s private villas.
A working resort on the Strip. Walk in from the main entrance: the lobby, the conservatory and the casino floor are open to the public.
Where we read it
The Fountains of Bellagio at night, with the Cosmopolitan and Bellagio behind. Matt Kieffer · CC BY-SA 2.0 The lake in front of the Bellagio, on the Strip
The Fountains of Bellagio
For the shoot the fountains were switched off. Afterwards the hotel set them to a piece of music for the film.
Free. Stand at the balustrade on the Strip pavement; shows run from the afternoon until midnight.
Where we read it
The MGM Grand Garden Arena on a fight night, July 2019. Toohool · CC BY-SA 4.0 MGM Grand, 3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard
MGM Grand Garden Arena
The Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko fight was filmed at the MGM Grand over two intense days, with several thousand extras.
A working arena inside the MGM Grand. Go in with a ticket for a fight, a game or a concert.
Where we read it
The Flamingo’s front entrance on the Strip, 2010. Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Flamingo
The film’s 1970s flashback was shot at the Flamingo.
Open all hours on the Strip. The wildlife habitat in the pool gardens is free.
Where we read it
The Barbary Coast in June 2000, the year before the film used it for a 1960s flashback. Father of Nehrams2020 · CC BY-SA 3.0 3595 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Barbary Coast, now the Vanderpump
The film’s 1960s flashback was shot at the Barbary Coast.
A working hotel and casino on the Strip. Walk in from the pavement.
Where we read it
The entrances of Caesars Palace, 2018. Andrew and Annemarie · CC BY-SA 2.0 3570 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Caesars Palace
The film’s 1980s flashback was shot at the entrance to Caesars Palace.
Walk up the drive from the Strip to the entrance; the casino is open all hours.
Where we read it
The Sahara’s casino entrance in March 2011, two months before it closed. AJFU · CC BY-SA 4.0 2535 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Sahara
The Sahara was one of the five casinos robbed in Ocean’s 11, and one of the hotels the 1960 film was shot in.
A working hotel and casino on the Strip. Walk in.
Where we read it
The Plaza Hotel & Casino at the end of Fremont Street, March 2022. Missvain · CC BY 4.0 1 Main Street, Downtown Las Vegas
The old depot, now the Plaza
One segment of Ocean’s 11 was filmed at the old Las Vegas Union Pacific station.
A working hotel and casino downtown. Walk in.
Where we read it
Stay
Sleep on the job.
The Bellagio, where the cast lived for five weeks, and the Flamingo, in both films.
Bellagio (MGM Resorts)
The Bellagio
3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard · Rates on the official site
Where the crew filmed for nearly five weeks and the cast lived in the villas. The conservatory and the Chihuly lobby are free to walk through even if you stay elsewhere.
Check roomsFlamingo Las Vegas (Caesars Entertainment)
The Flamingo
3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard · Rates on the official site
The oldest resort still running on the Strip, robbed in 1960 and a 1970s casino in the 2001 flashback. Its flamingo habitat is free.
Check roomsGo there
Dinner, flowers and a hand of poker.
Musso & Frank’s front room, the free conservatory, Derby Lane’s poker room and Strip tours.
Musso & Frank Grill
Dinner at Musso & Frank
6667 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood · Tuesday–Saturday 5pm–11pm · Sunday 4pm–10pm
Book the front room where Danny tells Rusty about the job, or sit at the bar where they count the crew. Open since 1919.
See the grillBellagio
The Bellagio Conservatory
Bellagio lobby · Free
A free 13,500 sq ft garden hall beside the lobby, changed with the seasons. It was shut while the crew were filming.
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Derby Lane
Poker at Derby Lane
10490 Gandy Boulevard North, St. Petersburg · 10am–4am Mon–Wed · 24 hours Thu–Sun
The dog track where Saul watched the race now runs a poker room, table games and simulcast betting on the sixth floor. Adults only.
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An original 1960 poster from our own store, the Rat Pack in Las Vegas, and David Holmes’s score.
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Ocean’s 11 (1960) — US one-sheet
An original 1960 US one-sheet, 27 × 41 inches, linen-backed, in mint condition: Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford and Dickinson.
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Rat Pack Confidential
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Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford and Bishop in Las Vegas in 1960, the winter they made Ocean’s 11.
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Ocean’s Eleven: Music from the Motion Picture
David Holmes and others · CD, Warner Sunset, 2001
The soundtrack on its US CD, released 4 December 2001.
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The Bellagio
3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Nearly five weeks at the Bellagio
The crew films inside and outside the Bellagio for nearly five weeks while the cast live in its villas.
The cashier’s cage
An 80-foot cashier’s cage, built in Los Angeles and shipped to Las Vegas, is set into the Bellagio casino floor with parts of the hotel’s real cage.
A wall over Le Cirque
Le Cirque is walled over with a false front after midnight, filmed in the morning and opened again by 4pm.
The eye in the sky
The Bellagio supplies surveillance feeds; hours of its footage are reformatted and mixed with footage from the set.
The missing logo
Benedict realises the vault footage came from a replica: the Bellagio logo is missing from the floor.
The Fountains of Bellagio
The lake in front of the Bellagio, on the Strip
The fountains
The fountains are switched off for the shoot; the hotel later sets them to a piece of music for the film.
Clair de Lune
After the job the crew, all but Danny, meet at the Bellagio fountains, scored by Debussy’s Clair de Lune.
MGM Grand Garden Arena
MGM Grand, 3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The fight
The Lewis–Klitschko fight is staged at the MGM Grand over two days with several thousand extras; Angie Dickinson and Henry Silva are in the crowd.
The Flamingo
3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The 1970s
The Flamingo plays a 1970s casino in the flashback.
Three days, three decades
The flashbacks are shot in three days at three casinos, with vintage slot machines brought in and anything modern hidden.
The Flamingo, 1960
The Flamingo is one of the five casinos robbed in Ocean’s 11, and the film is shot there.
The Barbary Coast, now the Vanderpump
3595 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The 1960s
The Barbary Coast plays a 1960s casino in the flashback.
Caesars Palace
3570 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The 1980s
The entrance to Caesars Palace plays the 1980s in the flashback.
The Sahara
2535 South Las Vegas Boulevard
The Sahara, 1960
The Sahara is one of the five casinos robbed in Ocean’s 11, and the film is shot there.
The old depot, now the Plaza
1 Main Street, Downtown Las Vegas
The station, 1960
One segment of Ocean’s 11 is filmed at the Las Vegas Union Pacific station.
Musso & Frank Grill
6667 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
The booth
Danny tells Rusty he is thinking of robbing a Vegas casino.
Ten oughta do it
At the bar, Danny and Rusty argue over whether they need one more man.
Reuben’s house
North Patencio Road, Old Las Palmas, Palm Springs
Reuben’s money
Danny and Rusty ask Reuben to fund the job, and later lay out the plan to the crew, in a Palm Springs house playing Las Vegas.
Harold Washington Library ‘L’ station
1 West Van Buren Street, the Loop
Linus on the ‘L’
Linus is introduced picking pockets on the ‘L’ and steps off at Library–State/Van Buren.
Emmit’s corner
495 North Milwaukee Avenue, at Grand Avenue, River West
Linus recruited
Danny recruits Linus in Emmit’s Irish Pub.
East Jersey State Prison
1100 Woodbridge Road, Avenel, Woodbridge Township
Paroled
Danny walks out of a New Jersey prison after four years.
Derby Lane
10490 Gandy Boulevard North, St. Petersburg
Saul at the dogs
Rusty finds Saul in the stands during a race at Derby Lane, with about 600 extras watching.
Yen in the tent
Danny and Rusty watch Yen perform with the Peking Acrobats in a circus tent in the car park.