Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas

at , Las Vegas , 89109 United States

1. Hotel

Description

Fontainebleau Las Vegas is a US$2.9 billion, 3,889-room, 68-story unfinished resort and casino development near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip on the 24.5acre site previously occupied by the El Rancho Casino in Winchester, Nevada. It was intended to be a sister property to the well-known 1950s-era Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The building is currently the second tallest structure in the Las Vegas Valley.The project, upon completion was expected to include: a 95000sqft casino, a 60000sqft spa, 3,300-seat performing arts theater, 1,018 condo-hotel units, 180000sqft of retail space, 400000sqft of indoor and outdoor conference space, nightclubs, and 24 restaurants and lounges.The building was designed by Carlos Zapata Studio with Bergman Walls Associates as the architect of record.HistoryThe Fontainebleau was announced on May 12, 2005, as a casino and 4,000-room hotel, planned to be opened by 2008. The project would be a sister property to the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Groundbreaking was officially announced to have begun on April 30, 2007. The tower was topped out in November 2008.BankruptcyFontainebleau Resorts CEO Glenn Schaeffer, the former chief financial officer of Mandalay Resort Group, which generated record profits before it was sold to MGM Mirage in 2005, left Fontainebleau Resorts without comment in May 2009. Schaeffer was primarily responsible for securing more than US$3 billion in loans for the project.

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Summary

Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas is Las Vegas based place and this enity listed in Hotel category. 89109.