Caspian’s Cocktails & Caviar will open in Caesars Palace the last week of December.

Caspian’s replaces Cleopatra’s Barge, a magnificent specimen of high Vegas kitsch that featured a replica Egyptian barge surrounded by water and gently rocked by hydraulics — in the middle of a cocktail lounge. Cleopatra’s Barge closed during the pandemic after a sail of almost 50 years.

Vegas takes itself much more seriously these days.