\nLAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 The developer of a sprawling Chinese-themed resort on the Las Vegas Strip said Tuesday that the long-awaited hotel-casino on the former site of the Stardust Hotel is expected to open by mid-2018.<\/p>\n
\n\tK.T. Lim, chairman and CEO of Malaysia-based Genting Group, said the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas would showcase China’s people and regions, both past and present.<\/p>\n
\tAfter performances by traditional Chinese lion dancers and speeches in front of a large gathering of notable Nevada leaders and industry officials, Lim, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and other officials placed golden shovels into hard dirt at the 88-acre site next to Circus Circus, signaling the start of construction.<\/p>\n
\tGenting Group, which has casino resorts on several continents, first promised a 2016 opening when it bought the site from Boyd Gaming in 2013 for $350 million.<\/p>\n
\tThe concrete bones of Boyd’s partially built Echelon casino-hotel were the backdrop for the glittering confetti and golden shovels at Tuesday’s groundbreaking. Construction of Echelon stopped in 2008 amid the economic downturn.<\/p>\n
\tPlans for Resorts World Las Vegas include 3,500 rooms, an outdoor amphitheater and a possible panda habitat.<\/p>\n
\tCasino mogul Steve Wynn, who attended the groundbreaking, called Lim a friend and regular at Wynn’s casino-hotels.<\/p>\n
\t"We love picking up a neighbor," he told The Associated Press as he left the event. Especially a well-capitalized and experienced neighbor like the Genting Group, Wynn said. Resorts World won’t be far from his Wynn and Encore resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n
\tWynn described Lim’s goal of opening by mid-2018 as ambitious.<\/p>\n
\t"He’s got a lot of work to do," Wynn said.<\/p>\n
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