This story was reported from Los Angeles.The non-stop party of all parties the Entertainment Capital of the World, and the very aptly-nicknamed Sin City (it’ll make sense when you get there), Las Vegas has been a magnet for drinks, debauchery, and dice games since the early 1900s.Įvolving from its mobster roots, this isolated city in the Mojave Desert has grown over the decades as it’s welcomed more casinos, more thrill-seeking tourists, and more big-name brands and entertainers, its reputation has grown in sync - and boy, what a reputation!īut beyond its casinos - of which, there are many, with no shortage of theatres, shows (including 21+ shows), brilliant museums, fun tourist attractions, celebrity-run restaurants, and pool decks - there’s a ton of other things to do on the Las Vegas Strip!

The Associated Press contributed to this report. The hotel is currently accepting reservations. But the rebranded project was short-lived: Construction was suspended in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered Nevada's statewide shutdown. In 2018, the resort even got a new name, Drew Las Vegas, after Steven Witkoff and Miami-based investment firm New Valley LLC bought it for $600 million. In the decade that followed the original project's collapse, ownership changed hands several times. RELATED: Fontainebleau Las Vegas set to finally open after years of setbacks real estate bubble and was expected at the time to open in October 2009, but work stopped when it went bankrupt during the Great Recession. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesĬonstruction on the 67-story Fontainebleau Las Vegas began in 2007 amid the U.S. 13, real estate mogul Jeffrey Soffer will open Las Vegas' newest resort, a $3.7 billion palace with seven pools, 36 restaurants and bars, as well as a private club on the top floor with spectacular views of the skyline.

A hotel room inside the Fontainebleau Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Sept.

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