Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

John Katsilometes happens upon Pamela Anderson, who might not be moving into ‘Pamorama’ after all

Pamela Anderson wasn't indecent but on descent Thursday when I stepped onto an escalator with her at Planet Hollywood. It was just after she was the announced special guest replacing the evidently overbooked and overheated Carmen Electra in Hans Klok's throwback magic show at the hotel.

During her stint with the production, which starts May 24 and should last at least three months, Anderson will flop at a Planet Hollywood suite. So I asked her when she would move into Panorama Towers - or, "Pamorama" as she likes to call the high-rise project on Dean Martin Drive just west of the Strip.

"I don't know," she said. "I'm supposed to be in Tower 4. Is it even going to be built?"

"Hubba-hubba," I answered.

I joke of course. The answer is, Anderson might never actually live in Panorama, though about a year ago Panorama developer Laurence Hallier escorted Anderson as his date for the groundbreaking party for Tower 3. As Panorama Vice President of Sales Paul Scaringe said Thursday afternoon, there is no definitive timetable for developing that fourth tower. "We have the land for it . That's what's important," Scaringe said. But with the high-rise market becoming increasingly risky, Scaringe added, "We can't put a date on the wall." Even if that date is Pam Anderson.

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