In addition to all of Eater Vegas’s stories, here are a few from other sources to fill in the long saga of the luxury property.ĭoomed From the Start: Marriott Just Pulled Out of the Las Vegas Fontainebleau Project
The next big shift in capacity is expected to be announced in May 2021. Significant capacity changes also occurred in March 2021. Located on 25 acres at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip near the convention center, the 67-story luxury hotel will house 3,700 hotel rooms and 550,000-square feet of convention space, plus restaurants, shops, pools, a spa, and more. Casinos, bars, and restaurants will go from 25 to 35 capacity Monday, February 15th, 2021. Jeffrey Soffer’s Fontainebleau Development, the original developer, plans to open the hotel and casino at the end of 2023, ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl landing in Vegas. It’s been a drawn-out, messy journey for the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, but things finally seem to be back on track as construction resumed on November 9 after nearly 15 years of starts and stops and many owners in between. Las Vegas casinos reopened in early June after they were forced to temporarily shutter in March because of the coronavirus.
