19, Nancy Amundsen, director of the county’s department of comprehensive planning, confirmed Wednesday.įertitta owns the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas, but a towering project on the Strip would give him a big presence in the heart of America’s casino capital, albeit with plenty of supersized competition nearby. The Clark County Commission is scheduled to consider the project plans Oct. It would also include suites and villas, VIP salons and a bar and lounge for high-limit gamblers, building plans indicate. The upscale project, on roughly 6 acres at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, calls for restaurants, convention space, a spa, wedding chapel, auto showroom and a theater with around 2,500 seats, Clark County records show. The Houston billionaire has filed plans for a 43-story, 2,420-room hotel-casino on a plot of real estate he purchased this year for $270 million.
Tilman Fertitta is looking to build big on the Strip.