From Las Vegas Sun: An Asian gaming powerhouse is planning a $2 billion Asian-themed mega-resort on the Las Vegas Strip where the old Stardust was imploded and the stalled Echelon was planned.
Genting Group plans to build the 3,500-room Chinese-themed resort with a 175,000-square-foot casino. The company calls it the “first phase” of a property to be named Resorts World Las Vegas.
The company plans to build a replica of the Great Wall of China and develop an enclosure for pandas for public display.
Executives for the Genting Group, a Malaysian multinational company considered a gaming industry powerhouse in Asia, were introduced at a news conference this morning attended by Gov. Brian Sandoval, Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani and local business leaders.
Boyd Gaming, the Las Vegas company that started and stopped construction of a resort it called Echelon, is selling the 87-acre site for $350 million to Genting, which says it will spend between $2 billion and $7 billion by the time the project is complete. The land sale is scheduled to close today.
Phase 1 of the project will be 8 million square feet, with at least 3,500 rooms, 210,000 square feet of dining, 250,000 square feet of retail space, more than 500,000 square feet of convention space, a 4,000-seat theater, and 300,000 square feet of pool and water park features. http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/mar/04/old-stardust-site-sold-new-strip-casino/?__utma=201616023.218281551.1360491787.1362386876.1362473568.44&__utmb=201616023.2.9.1362473568&__utmc=201616023&__utmx=-&__utmz=201616023.1360661060.6.2.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=171851683
I hope this comes to pass as an indoor water park would be great for Las Vegas and with a huge number of Asians who live here and visit, this should be a winner, if it is really built.
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