Echelon Place
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Echelon is Boyd Gaming Corporation's replacement for the Stardust Resort & Casino. Echelon Place has an estimated cost of $4 billion with construction beginning in 2007 and the opening in 2010.[1]
This will be an 87 acre multi-use project with a 140,000 square foot (13,000 m²) casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, the 650,000-square-foot (60,000 m²) Las Vegas ExpoCenter, and a convention center with 1 million square feet (90,000 m²) of space. The Echelon Resort will be a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd. The other hotels are expected to be a Shangri-La Hotel, a Delano Hotel, a Mondrian Hotel, and the Echelon Tower.
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[edit] History
Boyd Gaming acquires the Budget Suites adjacent to the Stardust site.
Boyd Gaming acquires the land between the Stardust site and the Westward Ho.
Boyd Gaming Corporation announces Echelon on January 4, 2006.
On October 2, 2006 Boyd Gaming acquires 24 acres of land adjacent to the site from Harrah's Entertainment in exchange for the Barbary Coast Casino. This was the location of the now demolished Westward Ho.
On November 1, 2006 the Stardust officially ceased operations to make room for Echelon Place.
On March 13, 2007 the Stardust was demolished for the future construction of Echelon.
[edit] Facilities
[edit] Mondrian hotel
A 50% joint venture with Morgans Hotel Group 850 room hotel.[2][3]
[edit] Delano hotel
A 50% joint venture with Morgans Hotel Group 550 room hotel.[2][3]
[edit] Echelon Resort Tower
[edit] Echelon Suite Tower
[edit] The Shangri-La Hotel Las Vegas
The fourth North American venture for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
[edit] Las Vegas Expo Center
Planned 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m²). convention center and associated meeting space.[3]
[edit] Shopping promenade
A 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m²) shopping center being developed with General Growth Properties at a cost of $500 million.[2][3]
[edit] Casino
Planned 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m²). casino.
[edit] References
- ^ Friess, Steve. "Aging Resort Demolished to Make Way for a Young One", The New York Times, 2007-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ a b c "Echelon casino in Las Vegas to cost Boyd $4.8 billion", KVBC, 2007-06-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
- ^ a b c d Velotta, Richard. "Echelon off to smashing start", In Business Las Vegas, 2007-06-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
[edit] External links
- Echelon Place website
- Developer's website
- Delano Las Vegas
- Mondrian Las Vegas
- VegasTodayAndTomorrow's Echelon Place page
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