They are gambling and/or hotel establishments currently under construction in Las Vegas, or, as in the case of the Palazzo, recently completed.
Here's a few more names you might not have heard of: Vdara, Veer, The Harmon, Mandarin Oriental. These new developments are part of the massive and expensive $9 billion CityCenter, a mixed-use project under construction between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip.
Once these hotels are completed, they will be featured on the new travel website, GamblingResort, a site that provides useful and timely casino information and allows users to book hotels online.
Vdara Condo Hotel is a 57-story ebony tower that will house around 1,543 condo hotel units. 280 of them will be corner-end suites with panoramic skyline views.
Veer Towers are two 37-story towers with 337 residences each. These glass towers lean away from each other at five degrees from the center. Quite unique and spectacular.
The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences will contain 207 luxurious condominiums in a boutique hotel environment that, according to all accounts, will go way, way beyond the edge of beautiful.
In addition, CityCenter will include a hotel known throughout the world as a brand that is second to none: The Mandarin Oriental. This building will be 47-stories tall and feature some 400 hotel rooms and 227 residences.
The Cosmopolitan is a $3.9 billion condo hotel casino project squeezed between CityCenter and Bellagio, across from Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood. The doors should finally open in early 2010.
Boyd Gaming's $4.8 billion Echelon Place construction continues at the place where the Stardust used to stand. The Stardust was imploded in 2007.
The Hotel Echelon itself will hold some 2,300 rooms. Another venue on the site will be a 650 all suite hotel called The Suites at Echelon. Also rising from the beckoning sands of this desert oasis are boutique hotels operated by Shangri-La, holding some 350 gorgeous rooms and with an expected rating of 5-star, the Mondrian, with some 860 rooms and suites, and the Delano. The Delano will have a "South Beach vibe" and house some 550 guest rooms and suites. All these venues will be connected to retail space, restaurants, theaters, spas, gardens and swimming pools and a 140,000 square foot casino.
Expected completion date for these inspired undertakings: third quarter, 2010.
Steve Wynn's Encore, next to his exquisite Wynn Las Vegas, is nearing completion, possibly sometime in late 2008 or early 2009. This 53-story edifice will contain some 2,034 suites, each of which will be at least 700 square feet.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Condo/Hotel is expected to open in the fall of 2009. This 63-story building will house some 3,889 rooms, suites and penthouses, ranging in size from 500 to 10,000 square feet. Every room in the hotel will feature a brand new Apple iMac computer.
The swimming pool on the roof is going to be the largest rooftop pool in the world, according to promotional reports. The casino will be 100,000 square feet.
Fontainebleau is located just north of the Riviera Hotel on the Las Vegas strip. It is expected to cost a cool $3 billion by the time it is completed.
Last, but of course not least, is the Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino. The hotel opened in January, 2008, and is linked to the magnificent Venetian by a shopping mall. It has over 3,000 rooms. By all accounts the hotel is elegantly beautiful and the high ceilings throughout the building add a certain scope and scale not seen in most other properties on the Strip.
