Echelon Place

Echelon Place is a partially built hotel, casino, shopping, and convention complex on the Las Vegas Strip, owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation. Construction of the project has been suspended since August 1, 2008. Echelon replaced the Stardust Resort & Casino. The cost was estimated at $4 billion, with construction beginning in 2007, and opening initially planned for 2010. On August 1, 2008, Boyd Gaming announced that construction would be delayed for 3 to 4 quarters due to economic conditions. Amid falling profits in 2009, Boyd announced that the project would be suspended for at least three to five years. Echelon will be a multi-use project on 87 acres (35 ha) with a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m) casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25...