Thackerville, Oklahoma
WinStar's resort floor is so massive that it is divided into themed plazas, each representing a different global city. Walk from the Paris Plaza with its Eiffel Tower replica and French architecture into the London Plaza with Big Ben and Westminster Gothic. Continue through the Rome Plaza with its Colosseum arches, the Beijing Plaza with Chinese imperial design, the Cairo Plaza with Egyptian columns, the Madrid Plaza with Spanish tilework, and the Vienna Plaza with Austrian elegance. Each plaza maintains its thematic architecture, lighting, and signage throughout.
WinStar's resort complex covers 600,000 square feet, making it the largest resort floor in the world. To put this in perspective, it is larger than 10 American football fields. The property features 1,399 hotel rooms, employs over 2,500 people, and draws visitors from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex just 80 miles south.
WinStar's exterior is designed to evoke a grand European resort, with a columned entrance, cascading fountains, and manicured gardens. The interior's themed plazas create the sensation of walking through a world tour, with each section transitioning seamlessly into the next. The ceiling throughout the resort floor is painted to simulate a daytime sky, creating an open-air feeling despite the massive enclosed space.
WinStar World Resort offers 1,399 hotel rooms and suites, with the pool tower providing sweeping views of the Oklahoma countryside. The Global Event Center, a 3,500-seat venue, hosts concerts and events that rival those of major Strip resorts. WinStar Golf Club features 27 holes of championship golf. The Spa at WinStar offers treatments and a full wellness center, and over 20 dining venues range from upscale steakhouses to casual options. The Pocketful of Luck, a 20-foot-tall indoor fountain show, provides a free daily spectacle.
WinStar holds the title of the world's largest resort floor, and it earns that distinction through more than just square footage. The themed global plazas create a genuinely immersive world-tour experience, allowing guests to walk from Paris to Beijing to Cairo without leaving the building. The scale is almost incomprehensible, and the commitment to thematic architecture in each plaza sets WinStar apart from every other mega-resort. It proves that the largest does not have to mean the least imaginative.