Echelon Place Las Vegas
It was announced on January 4, 2006 by Boyd Gaming Corporation that Echelon Place will be the long anticipated replacement of the Stardust Resort & Casino at a cost of $4 billion with construction beginning in 2007 and the Grand Opening in 2010. The $4 billion price tag would make Echelon Place the second-most expensive hospitality industry development ever.
This will be a multi-use project with a 140,000 square foot casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, the 650,000 square foot Las Vegas ExpoCenter, and a convention center with 1 million square feet of space. The Echelon Resort will be a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd. The other hotels are expected to be Shangri-La Hotel, Delano Hotel, and a Mondrian Hotel, and the Echelon Tower.
On October 2, 2006 Boyd Gaming acquired an additional 24 acres of land adjacent to this site.
As of November 1, 2006 the Stardust has officially ceased operations to make room for Echelon Place.
