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US – Resorts World Las Vegas on track for 2020 opening

By Phil - 14 October 2019

Resorts World Las Vegas is on track to open late in 2020, according to officials at Genting, the company behind the $4.2bn integrated casino taking shape on the former site of the Stardust.

Its opening will mark the first megaresort on the Strip to open since The Cosmopolitan in 2010. Although Genting Berhad is the owner of Resort World Las Vegas, Genting Malaysia is likely to be the operator of the casino.

The project will have 3,400 rooms, 100,000-square-foot casino floor featuring 3,500 slot machines and table games, convention space, and dozens of restaurants, and an Asian theme throughout. Its two 59-story towers are nearing completion. A soft opening of the resort is currently set for the end of 2020.

Genting settled out of court with Wynn Resorts in early 2019 after Wynn claimed the initial Resorts World concept too closely mimicked its ‘world-renowned signature architecture’ due to its bronze curves.

Longtime Las Vegas gaming executive Scott Sibella has been named president of Resorts World Las Vegas, the company announced Thursday.

Sibella was president and chief operating officer of MGM Grand for the past eight years. He left the company as part of MGM 2020 cost-cutting measures. Sibella also served as president and chief operating officer of The Mirage and Treasure Island.

Mr. Sibella replaces Edward Farrell, who was named president of Genting Americas, the Genting Group’s US-based corporate entity that oversees development and operations in New York, Florida, Massachusetts and the Bahamas.

“Scott has a wealth of experience in both development and operations, which will ensure that Resorts World Las Vegas is successfully built and operated,” said Hui Lim, deputy CEO of the Malaysia-based Genting Group, the parent company for Resorts World

“The project is now fully financed, and construction continues to ramp up,” Lim said in a statement. “As we now turn our focus to eventual operations, Scott will oversee a smooth opening and ensure Resorts World Las Vegas is run efficiently while providing a world-class guest experience.”

”It’s a tremendous honour to be selected to spearhead one of the most exciting developments on the Las Vegas Strip in recent memory,” Mr. Sibella said in a statement issued by the company.