LAS VEGAS — 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.
K.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.
After 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.