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Las Vegas is still booming. The number of projects under construction and planned is amazing. This is a list of the major projects that will be completed in the next 3 years or so. These 7 projects total $30.6 billion and over 30,000 new rooms.

Encore at Wynn Las Vegas: $2.2 Billion, 1818 Rooms, opening December 2008

This is an addition to what many consider the most luxurious resort on the Las Vegas strip. It will have 1,818 rooms (suites), 222 over-sized suites, 70,000 sq ft of gaming space, 6 restaurants, 8 bars and lounges including a nightclub, 11 retail outlets, 2 pools and a 50,000 sq ft spa. This is all in addition to what already exists at the current hotel, Wynn Las Vegas. Combined, this will be an amazing expanse of high-end resort amenities.

Cosmopolitan: $3 billion, 2,998 rooms, opening late 2009

Unlike most of the Las Vegas developments under construction, this project is on a fairly small parcel of land with only 400 feet of strip frontage for the 8.5 acre site. But smaller does not mean less in this case. Located just south of Bellagio, this project has some impressive stats:

• 150,000 sq ft of convention and meeting space
• A 70,000 sq ft casino
• Over 300,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, and entertainment space
• 50,000 sq ft fitness center and spa
• 1,800 seat theater

CityCenter (MGM Mirage Inc.): $7.8 billion, 7,850 rooms, 15,900 jobs, opening late 2009

This is the grand-daddy of of Las Vegas developments. Located where the Holiday Inn Boardwalk used to stand, it is the largest privately owned project ever undertaken in the U.S. The pace of the development is incredible. The number of cranes in this space is overwhelming, it is hard to even count how many cranes are being used. Within the CityCenter space there will be 5 individual hotels/residences. In total there will be about 7,000 hotel rooms and condos in this development.

• CityCenter – 4,000 room, 60 story Hotel
• Mandarin Oriental – 400 room Hotel/Residences
• The Harmon – 400 room Hotel/Residences
• Vdara – 1500 unit Condo/Hotel tower
• Veer – Twin towers, each with 350 unit luxury condos
• 165,000 sq ft casino
• 500,000 sq ft of retail and entertainment space
• 300,000+ sq ft of convention and meeting space
• 2,000 seat theater
• 70,000 sq ft spa
• 7,500 car parking garage
• Fire station
• monorail
• On-site power plant

Fontainebleau: $2.8 billion, 3,889 rooms, opening late 2009

The 63 story Fountainebleau Resort will stand on the north end of the strip next to the Rivera. It is where El Rancho and Algiers casinos used to be.

• 3,800+ hotel rooms/condos
• 100,000 sq ft Casino
• 60,000 sq ft spa
• 3,200 seat performing arts theater
• 180,000 sq ft of retail space
• 393,952 sq ft of meeting space
• 19 fine dining and casual restaurants
• 20 bars and lounges
• 20,000 sq ft ultra-modern nightclub

Echelon (Boyd Gaming Corp.): $4.8 billion, 5,300 rooms, opening late 2010

Located north on the strip where the Stardust and Westward Ho casinos used to stand, Echelon will have 4 individual hotels with a combination of upscale rooms and suites.

• Echelon Resort – 3,300 rooms
  • Resort Tower with 2,600 rooms
  • Suite Tower with 700 suites
  • spa facilities in each tower
  • 140,000 sq ft casino
  • 25 restaurants and bars
  • 2 theaters: 4,000 seats and 1,500 seats
• Shangri-La Hotel – 400 rooms and suites
  • 20,000 sq ft spa
  • meeting space
  • 2 restaurants
• Delano Hotel – 600 rooms and suites
  • destination nightclub
  • lobby bar
  • Asia de Cuba restaurant
  • spa and fitness facilities
• Mondrian Hotel – 1,000 guest rooms and suites
  • distinctive bar and restaurant
  • meeting and conference space
  • private pool and recreation area with Skybar
• 825,000 sq ft of meeting space
• 350,000 sq ft of shopping

Las Vegas Plaza (Elad IDB): $5 billion, 3,500 rooms, opening 2011

The Las Vegas Plaza is going up where the recently imploded New Frontier hotel once stood. It will be modeled after its namesake Plaza hotel in New York City.

• Seven towers containing 6,700 rooms (4,100 hotel rooms and 2,600 resort condominium units)
• 175,900 sq ft of casino area (making it the largest casino on the strip and second largest in the valley)
• 134,500 sq ft of restaurant area
• 347,887 sq ft of retail area
• 539,607 sq ft of convention space
• 50,000 sq ft of health club space
• 1,500 seat theater
• 227,038 sq ft of open space on the roof top of the podium that includes the pool areas

Crown Las Vegas: $5 billion, 5,000 rooms, opening 2011

This towering hotel was originally proposed to be 1,888 feet tall, but the FAA would not allow a tower that tall only 2.5 miles from McCarren Airport. The new FAA-approved height of the tower will be 1,064 feet. This will be the tallest building in Las Vegas (the Stratosphere tower is taller, but not classified as a building) and the tallest hotel in the USA. It will be located on the north end of the strip, where the old Wet and Wild used to be. The original plan had 5,000 hotel rooms, but since the tower height has been reduced they might build twin 1,064 foot towers to accommodate all the rooms.