Echelon Place
Echelon Place was an unfinished hotel, casino, shopping, and convention complex on the Las Vegas Strip, developed by Boyd Gaming. It was to be a multi-use project on 87 acres (35 ha) with a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, and the 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2) Las Vegas ExpoCenter. Echelon Place would have been a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd; other hotels were expected to be a Shangri-La Hotel, a Delano Hotel, a Mondrian Hotel, and the Echelon Tower.
Construction of the project was suspended on August 1, 2008 due to the effects of the Great Recession. In March 2013, the Genting Group bought the site, with plans to develop it as a 3,500-room hotel and casino named Resorts World Las Vegas.
History
Boyd Gaming acquired several properties to build the resort. It acquired the Budget Suites adjacent to the Stardust site and the land between the Stardust and the Westward Ho. On October 2, 2006 Boyd Gaming acquired 24 acres (9.7 ha) of land adjacent to the site from Harrah's Entertainment in exchange for the Barbary Coast Casino.