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Old Mar 30, 2015, 7:43 pm
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Dieuwer
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Originally Posted by kettle1
No, those are older articles. Construction will start in May, 2015. This is what Boyd Gaming was building (Echelon Place). Boyd Gaming gave up and sold the land to Resorts World International. Boyd took a huge loss. This is the former Stardust site, which Boyd owned for many years.

I would guess it will take about 18-24 months for the first phase to open. The good news is it will employ about 11,000 workers here in Nevada (during construction) according to the local news.
Thanks for the summary. Good news indeed for those lucky 11,000.
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