Gansevoort Las Vegas Set to start in Early 2014

The previous Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall (seen here) is being transformed completely into the Gansevoort Las Vegas for an earlier 2014 opening

Considering that the recession hit Las Vegas big time five years back, it is been an extended dry spell without any new casino openings. Several that were partially built had been then abandoned, although some of those, such as the Echelon-now-Genting-Resorts-World, are on their in the past up.

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But before that behemoth is completed, a smaller but nonetheless very visible property will be making its first: the formerly tacky Barbary Coast-turned-Bill’s-Gamblin’-Hall that is being changed in to the Gansevoort vegas for an early 2014 opening.

The house in a prime property spot right opposite Caesars and the Bellagio, on the corner of Flamingo and the Las Vegas Strip gets its makeover courtesy of Caesars Entertainment Corp. (whose spending habits, despite the debt ratio that is highest in the gambling industry, makes any sugar daddy’s girlfriend look frugal) and W.A. Richardson Builders.

The property has a history that is interesting as therefore many gambling enterprises do on the Strip.

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Whenever casino impressario Michael Gaughan who additionally owns the equine stable-equipped South Point in the far south Strip first bought the 1.7 acre home right back in 1979, he built the Barbary Coast on it, but perhaps not without jumping through some hurdles. [Read more…]