“It was dead,” developer Lorenzo Doumani recalled.Įight years later, Genting is scheduled to open its long-planned project, Resorts World Las Vegas, on June 24. Foot traffic was thin, the area was poorly lit, and overall, it was just quiet, especially compared with casino-packed sections of the boulevard a few miles away. The area was blighted by abandoned hotel projects and sprawling tracts of land where big visions never materialized. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) casino giant Genting Group bought an abandoned resort site on Las Vegas Boulevard in 2013 with plans for a lavish project, the deal sparked hopes for the sleepy north end of the Strip.
Resorts World Las Vegas construction continues on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Las Vegas.
