Echelon Place
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Echelon Place construction site, February 2013
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| Location | Winchester, Nevada |
| Address | Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Opening date | n/a |
| No. of rooms | 5,300 |
| Total gaming space | 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Boyd Gaming Corporation |
| Coordinates | 36°8′1″N 115°9′57″W / 36.13361°N 115.16583°WCoordinates: 36°8′1″N 115°9′57″W / 36.13361°N 115.16583°W |
Echelon Place was an unfinished hotel, casino, shopping, and convention complex on the Las Vegas Strip, developed by Boyd Gaming. It was to be a multi-use project on 87 acres (35 ha) with a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, and the 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2) Las Vegas ExpoCenter. Echelon Place would have been a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd; other hotels were expected to be a Shangri-La Hotel, a Delano Hotel, a Mondrian Hotel, and the Echelon Tower.
Construction of the project was suspended on August 1, 2008 due to the effects of the Great Recession. In March 2013, the Genting Group bought the site, with plans to develop it as a 3,500-room hotel and casino named Resorts World Las Vegas.
In November 2004, Boyd Gaming purchased a 13-acre parcel of land for $43 million, as part of its plan to eventually redevelop the site of the Stardust Resort and Casino. The 13-acre property was occupied by a 639-room Budget Suites hotel, and was contiguous to the Stardust. Boyd Gaming also acquired several other properties to build the resort, as well as the land between the Stardust and the Westward Ho. On October 2, 2006 Boyd Gaming acquired 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land adjacent to the site from Harrah's Entertainment in exchange for the Barbary Coast Casino.
Boyd Gaming announced the Echelon Place project on January 3, 2006, to replace the Stardust and Westward Ho. On November 1, 2006, the Stardust was closed and was imploded on March 13, 2007. The cost of the new resort was estimated at $4 billion, with construction beginning in 2007, and opening initially planned for 2010.
On August 1, 2008, Boyd Gaming announced that construction would be halted for 3 to 4 quarters due to economic conditions. Amid falling profits in 2009, Boyd announced that the project would be suspended for at least three to five years.
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