This article from USA Today offers a good summary of the various construction projects underway on Las Vegas Boulevard. 2008 kicks off three years of new casino/residential/mixed-use debuts:
- The Palazzo celebrates its official grand opening this weekend and the combined Palazzo/Venetian duo should be almost as lucrative as ticket sales from the Miley Cyrus/Hanna Montana concert.
- The Maloof Brothers are adding Palms Place to their resort in February.
- The Donald opens the first of two Trump International Hotel & Towers this spring.
- You cannot miss MGM’s ginormous construction mess between Monte Carlo and Bellagio, CityCenter. It is being called the largest privately financed construction project in history.
- Steve Wynn is spending over $2B on his Encore to the very successful Wynn property.
- Fountainebleau Resorts will introduce a chic hotel and casino with “crisp aesthetics” in 2009. They own the popular resort with the same name in Miami.
- Boyd Gaming is betting big on hard-10. 2010 is when we’ll see Echelon, a sprawling resort including five separate hotels introduced on the old Stardust site.