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This
Project
is
(surprise
surprise)
cancelled
12/26/08 Will Crown Las
Vegas be resurrected?
Christopher Milam is back and
has entered into a new agreement to purchase the 27-acre site for
$618 million. His last
agreement at $475 million expired in June of '08. No new plans were
proposed.
3/26/08
Crown Las Vegas Cancelled
It is with regret I
report that Crown Las Vegas is cancelled.
According to The Sydney
Morning Herald, Crown LTD (Australia’s largest casino operator) has
considered Crown Las Vegas too big of a financial risk. The
Property is now for sale. The land sits adjacent to Turnberry's
Fontainebleau
project (which is being
partially funded
by Crown).
Read the
whole article here
Crown Las Vegas (original plans)
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, the original proposal of Crown Las Vegas tower
was
a world-class "supertall", nearly twice the height of the Stratosphere. At 1,888-feet, it
would have been the
tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and a solid focal-point
for the north Strip.
 Austin-based developer Christopher Milam proposed the $4.8-billion,
5,000-unit, 142-story, condo-hotel resort and casino, for the land
south of the Sahara resort (the former Wet 'n Wild aquatic park).
The project was conceived by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Steelman
Design Group.
NEWS 12/6/07 New
Height for Crown Las Vegas Approved by
County and FAA
With a new height of 1,064 feet,
Crown Las Vegas needs to do a bit of qualifying to come up with a
record breaking title for the hotel. At 1,064 feet, it will qualify
as the tallest hotel tower in the USA. The reduced height may cause
the developers to split the 5,000 planned rooms into two towers. No
renderings yet.
NEWS 10/24/07 Height of Crown Las Vegas Denied by
FAA
Well, it looks like Vegas is not
getting the western hemisphere's tallest building, not from this
project at least. Today, the Federal Aviation Administration denied
the 1,888-foot Crown Las Vegas tower.
Milan is poised to resubmit an
application with the FAA for approval of a shorter, 1,150-foot
redesign. That will make it one foot taller than the Stratosphere
and make it the tallest building in the western U.S.
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