---

Malaysia-based Genting Berhad will break ground on the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas on May 5, a company spokesman said Monday.

The Strip development, which has been in planning for two years, is projected to include 3,000 hotel rooms and a casino with a combined 3,500 slot machines and table games in its initial phase. The property will have 30 food and beverage outlets, a 4,000-seat theater and an elaborate garden attraction that will serve as the property’s front door to the Strip.

Spokesman Michael Levoff confirmed the groundbreaking date in an email and said more details will be provided in coming weeks.

---

---

---

---

Resorts World Las Vegas is a proposed Asian-themed resort on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. In March 2013, Boyd sold the Echelon Place 87 acres site to the Genting Group for $350 million. Genting announced plans to develop the site as with phase 1 construction beginning in the second half of 2014. The $4 billion first phase, including a 3,000-room hotel and a 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) casino, is planned to open in 2016. Notable features will include a panda exhibit, as well as an indoor waterpark. The completed 21,847,314-square-foot (2,029,681.9 m2) project will eventually include 4 towers totaling 6583 rooms and could cost up to $7 billion.
Proposed facilities

3,000-room hotel (first phase)
175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) casino
4,000 seat theater
Retail, dining and convention space
Rooftop sky park and observation deck
Aquarium
Movie Theaters
Bowling alley
Indoor Water Park (proposed)
Panda exhibit (proposed)
6583 rooms in total
21,847,314-square-foot (2,029,681.9 m2) total area at completion

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Furthermore, the resort is expected to attract many new international visitors.

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---