The Drew Las Vegas Resort & Casino: 2020 Promise of the North Strip

The New Drew Las Vegas Resort & Casino!  Ever wandered what would happen to the 63-story, blue, ghost building known as Fontainebleau in the North area of the Strip? Well, wonder no more. It’s changed ownership and it is now scheduled to open in 2020 as The Drew Las Vegas Resort & Casino under a partnership between Marriott International and real estate firm Witkoff.

This ‘newly resurrected’ resort and casino will have about 4,000 rooms and suites, convention and meeting space, and amenities, dining, entertainment and nightlife expected by a resort and casino in Las Vegas.

I am personally thrilled to hear that the barren area near Circus Circus and SLS is going to get some sort of ‘lift’. Of course, there’s also the very much anticipated “Resorts World” which, however, seems to being built very slowly by Vegas standards and it’s only still an initial work-in progress. Check our video updates on this area of the Strip.

The old Fontainebleu will be the Drew Las Vegas Resort &  Casino.  So far it’s supposed to grace us in 2020 but, with the experience we’re having with Resorts World, ironically in the same area, who knows if it will be operational then, though at least the building is half-done already!

It would be so nice if the new Drew Las Vegas resort & casino could go beyond a modern ‘blob’ (though we love the blue color, if they keep it) and embrace an exciting new theme, but so far there is no evidence of this taking place.  Hopefully Resorts World will add a great theme resort in that area.

Check our latest videos and updates because we do follow the developments in this northern area of the Las Vegas Strip; several videos of this area will show you what it’s like now and what it’s been like in the last few years.

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