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Old Posted Sep 21, 2021, 4:58 AM
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Happened to be on the strip today and caught a glimpse of the Sphere project. It is coming along. Sorry for the less than professional shots, these were taken with my cell phone through my front windshield. Pictures were taken on Sands Ave. & Koval Ln. facing east.





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Old Posted Sep 21, 2021, 2:45 PM
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I really wish the Sphere was right on the strip. It's going to look really impressive at night. Anyone know the reasoning for having it located so far back?
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I really wish the Sphere was right on the strip. It's going to look really impressive at night. Anyone know the reasoning for having it located so far back?
Not sure, but perhaps Sands Corp. didn't own any empty lots right on the Strip.
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Old Posted Oct 9, 2021, 2:06 PM
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This one got approval. 20-story going up between Harley Davidson and Pineball HOF.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/busine...rport-2455354/





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Old Posted Oct 10, 2021, 8:06 PM
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Who owns Dream Hotels anyway? Marriott?

They couldn't come up with a better design that this, it has office building shades to it and no balconies either.

Of course, knowing the Clark County Commission, desperate for development, they're not going to stand up to the developer and demand a more stylish building!
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2021, 4:25 AM
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I agree, what a jackass. He is also wearing sunglasses inside, at night.
Wanted to note that while the dude is most likely a jackass, some people have to wear sunglasses inside due to light sensitivity
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Old Posted Nov 26, 2021, 11:36 PM
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#lvcouncil approved a contract to fund the preliminary design of a pedestrian bridge at the intersection of Sahara Avenue & Las Vegas Boulevard. The project is in coordination with @ClarkCountyNV & @RTCSNV.

A final design is scheduled to be completed in the next year.


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https://news3lv.com/news/local/its-o...ntainebleau-20

It's official: Work underway at Fontainebleau 2.0

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — It could be one of the greatest full-circles in American business history.

“It's kind of a crazy story, but I'm back,” said Jeffrey Soffer, the Chairman, and CEO of Fontainebleau Development, as he stood in front of the 67-story unfinished blue building that has dominated the Las Vegas skyline for more than a decade.

Soffer was here, along with dignitaries and other officials, for a commencement ceremony marking the official resumption of construction.

What a journey.

Soffer, the latest owner of the property, is actually its original owner, who saw his vision stalled by the Great Recession.

In between then and now came a couple of other owners. Earlier this year, Soffer got the Fontainebleau back.

“It’s a real honor to be back here, as I said. Honestly, when this came available, obviously timing is everything. To finish something that you started and come back in, do it better, and get it open, it's a real honor for me,” he told me Tuesday.

Opening, he says, should be in two years in the fourth quarter of 2023.

A rendering of the finished property shows that it will look not much different than it does now, with its signature blue-windowed façade.

There will be tweaks, says Brett Mufson with Fontainebleau Development.

“We plan to establish the new standard for luxury in the marketplace,” he says, adding, “it's 15 years later, so we reimagine it.”

The property will open under the name Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The company has not released how much completion will cost, though it will have gaming.

Work began in 2007, stopped in 2009, and has stood mostly silent since at 75% complete. What kind of shape is the structure in, I asked.

“It's in great shape,” Mufson told me, due to our desert air which the company says has preserved much of the structure.

Work has actually already started again, taken over by the construction company that built Resorts World down the street and Allegiant Stadium.

And that's why Gov. Steve Sisolak came here Tuesday: He says this project means paychecks.

“What's so exciting is we’re talking over 3,000 construction jobs on this site right now -they're gonna be working – 6,000 permanent jobs that we desperately need,” says Sisolak, D-Nevada.

When Fontainebleau 1.0 stalled in 2009, financing dried up. For Fontainebleau 2.0, Soffer and his firm are partnering with the deep pockets of the real estate arm of Koch Industries.

“I don't think they have to borrow any money. I think they have the resources to do this. I was assured that they have the financial stability,” says Sisolak.

A lot has changed in 12 years since construction was stopped. The north end of the Strip is igniting, with a new convention center expansion next door and Resorts World now open across the Strip.

“This project is at the center of that,” LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill told me.

So, full circle it is for Soffer and his company, who, in the space of 12 years, have outlasted a Recession and hopefully a pandemic. He stands closer than anyone has come to reopening a property that is one of the most famous in the city, one that plans for its first paying customer in two years.
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Old Posted Nov 29, 2021, 8:17 PM
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Hooray, Hooray, Hooray and one more Hooray! Those at Turnberry Place should be excited as well!

But Let's hurry, hurry and hurry to get it done so another Recession doesn't come by and stall it once again.

I lived in Las Vegas for 22 years and left 3 years ago, and each year I prayed and prayed someone would come along and finish that project. I'm sure the completion of Resorts World had something to do with it.
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It's official: Work underway at Fontainebleau 2.0
Absolutely fantastic news! I can't wait to see the results firsthand!

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https://3gz8cg829c.execute-api.us-we...humb_57135.png

It's a big ol' thing, isn't it? Wow.

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https://news3lv.com/news/local/repor...e-stadium-site

Hope this doesn’t come to fruition. I’d hate to see another piece of LV history go Kaboom, even though it’s a terribly shitty property. Go build on the Wild Wild West site with the Fertitta’s.

Personal opinion, the A’s will get the deal done with Alameda County. They won’t let a third team, plus tax revenue, walk.
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I'm confused, it's Las Vegas already in the process of building a massive new Stadium?
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I'm confused, it's Las Vegas already in the process of building a massive new Stadium?
I think the Oakland A's owners submitted a proposal for building a new baseball stadium in LV.
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I'm confused, it's Las Vegas already in the process of building a massive new Stadium?
This is a baseball stadium, they want to move the A's from Oakland
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Old Posted Dec 26, 2021, 10:34 AM
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If this is Route 91 property there's going to be hell raised over this!
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MSG Sphere u/c.

Via live cam just now.


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Old Posted Apr 29, 2022, 7:06 PM
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Is that visual distortion? It looks more like a pork bun than a sphere.
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Yeah, I think there is some distortion from that camera, it looks rounder in person.
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Old Posted May 2, 2022, 3:49 PM
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It looks round to me. It's just at an angle.
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