[whyhateme]

I drove up the strip today for the first time in a long while and saw the unfinished Echelon site. I think the city should make Boyd complete this project or sale it. If I were Steve Wynn, I'd be very upset that this mess continues to be an eyesore. What do you think?

[jfkIII]

I think that Boyd picked a bad time to build a casino.

[whyhateme]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

I think that Boyd picked a bad time to build a casino.

No doubt the economy is horrible now, although when they first started Echelon, it wasn't as bad. I thought they had several partners involved also??? Doesn't seem fair that end of the strip has to live with that eyesore and Boyd continues to pursue other properties (Stations/M).

[airics]

the thing that irritates me is that Boyd is bidding on other properties, and this Echelon sits... they should be required to finish before going to something else... Just like Icahn buys the Fountainbleu and he's going to let it sit unfinished until the Economy comes back.. terrible.

[justthe2ofus]

the last thing i read was that its completion was indefinitely postponed.

then there's speculation that whatever is already there has probably deteriorated
due to weather etc, and that it may be physically unsound to continue the project.

[von949]

Yes it is a major eyesore...




But it will be nice if they can make it to this in a timely manner.




But somehow I dont see it happening.

[KevK]

All those projects that are sitting there are ugly. The skeleton of the Echelon and the scaffold laden Fountainblue are both ugly. The city should force the owners to either finish or raze the structures.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by airics

the thing that irritates me is that Boyd is bidding on other properties, and this Echelon sits... they should be required to finish before going to something else... Just like Icahn buys the Fountainbleu and he's going to let it sit unfinished until the Economy comes back.. terrible.

He needs to be told to finish it or raze it. And it is stupid to "wait on the economy". Get it finished and open it. As the saying goes "build it and they will come". There are more conventions heading to LV in the future and the rooms will be needed.

[Spraynard Kruger]

Wynn planted all the Pine trees opposite Wynncore to help aleviate the eyesore.

I have mixed feelings about echelon. If it were built, that would simply be another high end casino resort we cant absorb. All of the strip operators are working to overcome their debt at the expense of the customer. We don't need Echelon although it is an eyesore, it's also a testament to the irrational exhuberence of our town. In that regard, I find it fitting.

[von949]

We need to go back to the old days of destroying before building.