Stardust Las Vegas
UPDATE: The Stardust officially closed at 12:00pm (Pacific Time) on November 1, 2006. In 2007, construction will begin on Echelon Place, which will replace The Stardust.
Historical Information:
The Stardust is a resort and casino located on 63 acres on the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation. The original resort was conceived and built by Tony Cornero, though he died in 1955 before construction was completed.
The Stardust is one of the oldest hotels on the Strip, opening in 1958. When the hotel opened, it had the largest casino in Nevada and the largest swiming pool in Nevada.
Siegfried & Roy got their Las Vegas start at the Stardust.
Wayne Newton signed a ten-year deal with the Stardust in 1999, for a reported $25,000,000 per year, the largest entertainment contract in Las Vegas at the time. After five and half years, Newton ended his run in late April 2005, and George Carlin moved into his theater. Magician Rick Thomas premiered at the hotel on March 25, 2005.
Attractions include a 25,000 square feet Convention Center, nine restaurants, the Pavilion/Exhibit Center 40,500 square feet and a race and sports book.
It is rumoured that Echelon
Place will replace the Stardust in the
near future.
It was announced on January 4, 2006 that Echelon
Place will be the
long anticipated replacement of the Stardust 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.
Echelon Place 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.
The Stardust is expected to remain open until the end of 2006.
