Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) One of the biggest casino projects ever on the Las Vegas Strip is setting a date to finally open, after more than seven years of planning and building.
Resorts World Las Vegas announced Monday it will open June 24 and began taking reservations for more than 3,500 rooms at its three Hilton-branded hotels.
The $4.3 billion complex has been under construction since May 2015 by Malaysia-based Genting Group.
It experienced delays and redesigns to reshape its Asian theme and has emerged as a curved red-colored 59-story structure with a huge LED facade facing Las Vegas Boulevard.
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Casino cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd expects an unaudited loss of at least US$1.5 billion for the year to December 31, compared to a US$159-million loss a year earlier, it said in a Friday filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The company said the increased annual loss would be “mainly attributable to prolonged suspension of fleet-wide operations across the group’s cruise and cruise-related businesses,” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Such suspension had begun “temporarily since February 2020”.
Genting Hong Kong – part of the Malaysia-based Genting group – controls the Dream Cruises, Crystal Cruises and Star Cruises brands. The firm is also an investor in the Resorts World Manila casino resort in the Philippines.