Boyd Gaming officially began construction of it’s $4.8 billion Echelon resort project, taking up the spot where the recently imploded Stardust stood. The project will contain 5 hotels surrounding a vast entertainment and casino complex.
Echelon’s five hotels will all have separate entrances and lobbies. But the entire development, including the 140,000-square-foot casino, the meeting space and retail promenade, will be interconnected. A guest, conceivably, could walk the entire facility without ever venturing outside.
“The idea was to create different experiences and environments for the guest,” said Echelon President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Boughner, who is overseeing the project. Boughner, a longtime Boyd Gaming executive, headed construction and development of Borgata before heading back to Las Vegas last year.
STRIP DEVELOPMENT: Echelon gets off to cool start [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
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