Echelon Place
It was announced on January 4, 2006 that Echelon Place will be the long anticipated replacement of the Stardust at a cost of $4 billion with construction beginning in 2007 and the Grand Opening in 2010. The $4 billion price tag would make Echelon Place the second-most expensive hospitality industry development ever. This will be a multi-use project with a 140,000 square foot casino, 4 hotels providing 5,300 rooms, 25 restaurants and bars, the 650,000 square foot Las Vegas ExpoCenter, and a convention center with 1 million square feet of space. The Echelon Resort will be a 3,300 room hotel owned and operated by Boyd. The other hotels are expected to be Shangri-La Hotel, Delano Hotel, and a Mondrian Hotel. The Stardust will remain open until the end of 2006.