Stardust To Close In 2006 As reported by Hawaii Channel: "The year 2006 will most likely be the last for Vegas visitors to grab a piece of Stardust. "The Stardust Hotel and Casino, in business since 1958, will close later this year and be torn down in 2007 to make way for a $4 billion development to be called Echelon Place, it was announced last week. The 60-plus acre project from parent company Boyd Gaming will contain a grand total of 5,300 hotel rooms operating under four different banners. "The first, and by far the biggest, is the Boyd-owned and operated Echelon Resort, a $2.9 billion hotel and casino that will feature 3,300 rooms -- 2,600 "standard" units in one tower and 700 suites in a second..." |
