Las Vegas, NV (AP) - Las Vegas is getting its first ground-up casino in more than two years, With Tuesday’s grand opening of the Durango Resort and Casino at South Durango and the 215 Beltway.
Durango was originally scheduled to open on November 20th, but a couple of weeks prior to that date, Station Casinos pushed it to December 5th. No explanation was given for the postponement.
The property opens to the public at 10am.
Durango is the first new casino property to open in Las Vegas since June 2021, when the $4.3 billion, 66-story Resorts World opened on the Strip. The 44-floor Circa opened in 2020 as the first new downtown property in 40 years.
The $780 million, 200-room property was built on a 71-acre property that had been sitting vacant since Station Casinos acquired it in 2000.
In 2021 the company got permits to build, and officials said a later phase would add a second hotel tower, a theater and entertainment area, and additional casino space.
Station Casinos in recent years razed and sold land beneath three aging properties that closed during the coronavirus pandemic. The company also operates several Wildfire properties that aren’t hotels.
Next week, the $3.7 billion, 67-story Fontainebleau is due to open at the north end of the Strip. The property began construction in 2007 and sat unfinished on Las Vegas Boulevard for more than a decade.