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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree…

Boyd Gaming officially began construction of it’s $4.8 billion Echelon resort project, taking up the spot where the recently imploded Stardust stood. The project will contain 5 hotels surrounding a vast entertainment and casino complex.

Echelon’s five hotels will all have separate entrances and lobbies. But the entire development, including the 140,000-square-foot casino, the meeting space and retail promenade, will be interconnected. A guest, conceivably, could walk the entire facility without ever venturing outside.

“The idea was to create different experiences and environments for the guest,” said Echelon President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Boughner, who is overseeing the project. Boughner, a longtime Boyd Gaming executive, headed construction and development of Borgata before heading back to Las Vegas last year.

STRIP DEVELOPMENT: Echelon gets off to cool start [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

(Title quote from the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem.)

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Tampa Hard Rock to get a lot bigger

The Seminole controlled Hard Rock in Tampa, Florida has announced a $120-million expansion to include a larger gaming floor, VIP area, steak house and a parking garage.

…the expansion isn’t just about more space for cars, people and video bingo games. The casino needs new amenities to compete with high-end restaurants and other entertainment options, says Fontana.
Steak knives used by celebrity guests will hang on the walls of the Council Oak Steaks & Seafood Restaurant. Through windows, customers will view the butcher shop and chefs in the kitchen.
A new floor above the casino will include a VIP lounge, a living room setting for Hard Rock’s biggest gamblers. The chef will prepare menu selections or take special requests.
A 390-seat buffet-style restaurant on the same level will feature cooks at free-standing stations preparing baked goods, sushi and Mongolian barbecue.
The casino’s centerpiece will be a $2-million Plexiglas “WonderWall” illuminated with music videos and images from eight projectors.

The Seminole Hard Rock undergoes a $120-million expansion. [St. Petersburg Times]