The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)

The residence

The owner of The Palms Casino Hotel requested that production cast only people over 21, making this the first season with all castmates at least that age. The hotel demolished six rooms to create the suite at a cost of over $2 million USD, designed by Sharmila Tankha of the Jerde Partnership, the same firm that designed the hotel.

Unlike previous Real World residences, the suite was not decorated with IKEA furnishings. Now called "The Real World Suite," it remains in largely original condition, with minor changes such as added bedroom doors, televisions, and the removal of the Confessional. The public can potentially stay there for $11,200 a night, and celebrities including Britney Spears have rented it.

After filming

After the cast left, six of them (excluding Trishelle) appeared on 7 The Hard Way: The Real World Las Vegas Reunion, hosted by Hilarie Burton and premiering April 8, 2003. At the 2008 The Real World Awards Bash, Steven, Trishelle and Brynn won "Steamiest Scene"; Irulan and Trishelle were nominated for "Hottest Female," Alton for "Hottest Male," Brynn and Steven for "Best Fight," and Alton and Irulan as well as Steven and Trishelle for "Favorite Love Story."

Trishelle Cannatella appeared in the May 2002 Playboy magazine with other Real World alumni, and Arissa Hill also posed for the magazine. In 2003 Trishelle was a cast member on The Surreal Life, and later played in the Lingerie Bowl and in Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling as "The Red Hot Redneck." She appeared on Fear Factor alongside Mike Mizanin and at poker events, married John Hensz in 2017 (with Katie Doyle from Road Rules: The Quest in attendance), and competed on the second season of The Traitors in 2024.

Steven Hill married designer Donna Katz in 2007, welcomed his first son Riley James David in 2008, and divorced in 2010. Irulan Wilson and Alton Williams' relationship continued for three years after the show; Williams became a radio host, Wilson appeared in documentaries and TV specials like Kill Reality and Real Hot, and now works as a photographer in New York City. In 2005, Trishelle Cannatella, Steven Hill, Irulan Wilson and Tonya Cooley appeared in the TV movie The Scorned.

In 2007, the cast reunited for Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas, a seven-episode miniseries in which they lived in the same suite, premiering May 30 and concluding July 11, 2007.

Did You Know?

• The Las Vegas housemates had various jobs involving the Palms Casino and Resort, including promotional work for the night club Rain in the Desert, cocktail waiting, and go-go dancing.
• Britney Spears stayed in the suite on New Year's Eve 2004.