There are many construction projects taking place on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. Some of these include Resorts World Las Vegas and Circa Resort & Casino being built from the ground-up. The Downtown Grand is adding a new hotel tower and The D Hotel & Casino has closed about 80% of the second floor casino for some major upgrades.
Target is preparing to open their first location on the Las Vegas Strip and construction is on-track at the 65,000 seat Allegiant Stadium, where the Las Vegas Raiders and the UNLV Rebels will play their home games. Photos of these projects are posted below.
These are all developing stories. Check back on VegasChanges.com for updates.
Resorts World Las Vegas
Resorts World Las Vegas continues construction on the $4.3 billion dollar project. This resort is taking the place of the failed Boyd Casinos Echelon Place that stopped construction in 2008. This is the site of the former Stardust Hotel and Casino.
It was scheduled to have 6,583 rooms in four towers. That has been scaled back to now have two towers and approx. 3,500 rooms and suites. They plan to open in the summer of 2021. It is owned by the Genting Group, based in Malaysia.
Link to timeline photos of Resorts World Las Vegas
Circa Resort & Casino
Circa Resort & Casino is being built by Derek and Greg Stevens, the owners of The D Las Vegas Hotel & Casino and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, both also on Fremont Street. Stevens, also owns the Las Vegas Event Center. Circa Resort & Casino is scheduled to open in December 2020.
Circa Resort & Casino will feature:
- 777 guest rooms and suites
- Five restaurants
- Spa
- Two-level casino
- Six swimming pools that have a capacity for 4,000 guests
- The longest bar on Fremont Street
- Nine-story parking garage that will be built to handle ride share companies, such as Uber and Lyft, as well as cabs
- It will have a 469 foot tower that will have approx. 44 floors
- On December 9, 2019 it was announced that the hotel tower was half completed.
This will be the first hotel and casino in Downtown Las Vegas built from the ground up since the Sundance Hotel in 1980, that became the Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino and is now The D Las Vegas.
Link to timeline photos of Circa Resort & Casino
The D Hotel & Casino 2nd floor construction
The D Hotel & Casino on Fremont Street is refreshing its 9,000-square-foot second floor casino, with the renovation adding 800 square feet to its current Sports Book, Circa Sports; all-new Keno and high-limit slot areas; and new programming from VSiN, The Sports Betting Network.
They are also building BarCanada, an ode to Canadian sports and culture. Debuting this March, the hockey-inspired tavern will merge modern design, specialty cocktails and an intimate game-day viewing space as part of the hotel’s second-level expansion project.
The VUE Bar and The D Grill remain open. Sigma Derby (horse racing) has been moved temporarily outside The D Grill. Live Keno remains open and the Circa Sports Book has relocated to the first floor casino. You can also make sports bets with the Circa Sports App, kiosks in the casino or live bets at the 24-hour Circa Sports Book at the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino.
Downtown Grand New Tower Construction
The new tower at the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino will have 495 rooms and suites. When finished, the property will have nearly doubled the room count to 1,124 rooms and suites. The new tower will have 405 standard rooms, 67 studio units, 20 one-bedroom suites, and three presidential suites. It is being constructed where the former valet was located.
Link to timeline photos of the Downtown Grand new tower construction
Allegiant Stadium Construction
Construction is on-schedule for Allegiant Stadium.
- The Las Vegas Raiders will play their home games at Allegiant Stadium, that is right off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Raiders play in the National Football League (NFL) in the AFC West division. The new stadium is called Allegiant Stadium, for the airline that is based in Las Vegas.
- The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels Football Team will play their home games in Allegiant Stadium that they share with the Las Vegas Raiders. The Rebels formally played at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Target on the Las Vegas Strip Construction
Target to open a ‘small-format’ store on the Las Vegas Strip. The 20,000 square-foot store will be located north of the MGM Grand Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard at the Showcase Mall. It will be built in the space that formerly had a Smith & Wollensky Restaurant that closed in May 2017.
The new Target store is scheduled to open in early 2020 and will be built from the ground up. From Target: “It will have an assortment of essential and beauty products, tourist merchandise, apparel and accessories for men and women, as well as a grocery selection of grab-and-go food, beverages, and snacks. The store will also feature order pickup, giving guests the option to purchase online and pick up in store within an hour.”
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