| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Stardust to go into Gambling History
- Saturday, 14 Jan 2006
For gambling fans worldwide there is no better place to be then Las Vegas. It has been a gambling haven for almost 60 years, and people from all walks of life have entered the many gambling floors the great city has. Sadly however, one of the greatest gambling sites on the strip is about to be shut down, and although it has been around since the 50's, it is entering its last year. The year 2006 will most likely be the last for Vegas visitors to grab a piece of Stardust.
The Stardust Hotel and Casino, in business since 1958, will close later this year and be torn down in 2007 to make way for a $4 billion development to be called Echelon Place, it was announced last week. The 60-plus acre gambling project from parent company Boyd Gaming will contain a grand total of 5,300 hotel rooms operating under four different banners. The first, and by far the biggest, is the Boyd-owned and operated Echelon Resort, a $2.9 billion hotel and gambling entertainment that will feature 3,300 rooms.
The whole thing will be an upscale development, going after the high-priced luxury market that is almost completely ignored in Las Vegas these days, unless you count Bellagio, the Venetian, Caesars Palace, Wynn Las Vegas and just about every other hotel being built in the city. Boyd Gaming insists that the middle-market will not be ignored in Echelon and future developments, but from what they're saying about the place you better start saving your money now. It turns out that Las Vegas is just not for gambling anymore, but a city that offers entertainment of all sorts.
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