LAS VEGAS | Boom Project Rundown! 2.0

[kelbeen]

Linq:


Fountain by Kelifornia, on Flickr


Construction by Kelifornia, on Flickr

[Wayward Memphian]

I didn't see it posted but Circus Circus has a new coaster opening in the Adventure Dome. For those waiting to see if the 650 ft. job ever comes to fruition.

[BigDan35]

Subscribed for this great Las Vegas boom

[WCArch]

Here is a new architecture blog that will cover projects and developments in Las Vegas and other West Coast cities. Its brand new (only 5 posts so far) but it is pretty neat:

http://westcoastarch.blogspot.com/

[case_architect]

i saw them unloading trailers and equipment late last week at the gramercy (old manhattan west) site. looks like they started back up yesterday.



http://www.vegasinc.com/business/rea...mercy-project/

[chris08876]

City council approves extension of negotiations for downtown arena

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- On a split vote, the Las Vegas City Council extended an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Cordish Companies to develop an arena in downtown Las Vegas.

The vote took place at the city council meeting on Wednesday.

The four-month extension sets key business terms that would be used to try to reach a development agreement.

If a development agreement is reached, and approved by the city council, plans would move ahead for a $390 million arena with at least 18,000 seats in Symphony Park.

Plans also call for a live entertainment district with retail and dining offerings.

he estimated economic impact from the arena development is more than $400 million, with 4,500 construction jobs.

Estimated economic impact from arena operations is $700 million in total output spent annually, 10,300 new jobs and $30 million in new taxes collected.

The arena has been part of a decade-long discussion and vision for downtown and has been one of the three key elements (academic medicine, performing arts and professional sports) of the downtown revitalization the city has pursued over time.

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http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/City-co...241546521.html

[BigDan35]

Are there any big hotels planned/approved or currently under construction in Las Vegas at the moment?

[ChelseaFC]

Originally Posted by BigDan35

Are there any big hotels planned/approved or currently under construction in Las Vegas at the moment?

Two on North Strip. SLS is turning the Sahara into a new hotel. And a huge Malaysian conglomerate is developing the delayed Echeleon Place into a massive new Asian-themed, City-Center esque development called Resorts World. Mid-Strip, the old Bill's is being turned into an upscale hotel called the Cromwell.

[mttbox]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Two on North Strip. SLS is turning the Sahara into a new hotel. And a huge Malaysian conglomerate is developing the delayed Echeleon Place into a massive new Asian-themed, City-Center esque development called Resorts World. Mid-Strip, the old Bill's is being turned into an upscale hotel called the Cromwell.

what about the site by the Trump Hotel?

[jayguy]

Originally Posted by mttbox

what about the site by the Trump Hotel?

You mean the empty lot where the New Frontier used to be? I have not heard of any plans for it. And Trump won't be building a second tower, they can't even sell the units in the first tower they still have.

If you are talking about the partially built site north of Desert Inn Road, that is the former Echelon Place site being taken over by the Malaysian group.

[mdiederi]

Originally Posted by mttbox

what about the site by the Trump Hotel?

That was going to be the Las Vegas Plaza, same owners as the Plaza hotel in New York. Last news as of 4/29/08 was that the Plaza project is on hold until the current economic issues improve.



http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/the-plaza.htm

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

That was going to be the Las Vegas Plaza, same owners as the Plaza hotel in New York. Last news as of 4/29/08 was that the Plaza project is on hold until the current economic issues improve.

What happened? They didn't build new Plaza Hotel? That look alike Plaza Hotel in NYC near Central Park. You realize know who play Home Alone 2: Lost in New York movie. Ring a bell?

[mdiederi]

World's tallest observation wheel opens in Las Vegas
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/25117...open-to-public


http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/25117...open-to-public


http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/25117...open-to-public

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
The 550-foot High Roller wheel at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip opened to the public Monday after welcoming its first riders over the weekend.

... The High Roller, which is also touted as the world's tallest observation wheel, boasts 28 pods that can hold 40 passengers each.

... The build-up to the wheel's opening included hours-long transports of each 44,000-pound cabin from a warehouse to the Linq. The wheel is held together by 112 massive cables at 225 feet long each. In all, 7.2 million pounds of steel were used to build the wheel.

... A daytime general admission ticket starts at $24.95, while a nighttime standard ticket costs $34.95.

... Caesars expects between 4 million and 5 million riders within the first year of operation.

... "If they choose to charter a private cabin, we can roll a bar on there for them and have full-service. We anticipate proposals, and we have actually had one already," said Eric Eberhart, general manager of the High Roller.

... "It doesn't feel like a ride, it feels like you are floating in the beautiful structure. For anyone who's worried about heights, I would say give it a try. You're going to be very happy with it," said David Codiga, executive direct [stet] for Linq and High Roller.

[mSeattle]

^ Neat-o Will they be able to shoot fireworks from it? Now LV has the "needle" and the "wheel" both bigger/taller than Seattle's.

[kelbeen]

April 02, 2014
A few projects in one photo:

[ChelseaFC]

Freshly painted SLS

[case_architect]

http://www.reviewjournal.com/busines...k-ground-may-1

ground breaking for the aeg-mgm arena scheduled for may 1st

[chris08876]

Economic hope seen in North Las Vegas masterplanned community

North Las Vegas leaders first signed off on blueprints for the massive Park Highlands master planned community in 2006.

Eight years, two bankruptcies and one recession later, plans to break ground on the 2,600-acre community near Aliante Parkway and the Las Vegas Beltway are alive and well, if heavily revised.

The 15,000-home development — billed as “one of the few remaining large-scale development opportunities in the Las Vegas area” — counts as the largest master planned community set to visit the Las Vegas Valley since the start of the Great Recession.

Four separate developers expect to sink $3.2 billion into the project over the next 10 to 15 years, working more or less concurrently on parallel master plans first presented to City Council members on Wednesday. City leaders expect to put those development agreements to a final vote on May 21.

Contractors already have grounded utilities and storm drains throughout the westernmost master plan, where two development companies hope to dig into 4,000 homes on 600 acres between Decatur Boulevard and Aliante Parkway by the end of the year.

A different pair of commercial and residential landowners hope to start putting up 11,000 homes on 2,000 less-developed acres in the easternmost master plan by 2015, development representative Bob Gronauer told the city council last week.

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By JAMES DEHAVEN
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/la...nned-community

[LMich]

Wow, I know where this is. This is a couple miles west of where my dad lived off of Elkhorn. I was having a hard time placing the photo with the article, though, since it almost looks like it was due west of the Strip, to me, instead of northwest.

[ChelseaFC]

MGM Resorts unveils sneak peek of "The Park" - The Las Vegas Strip's first park

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