New Las Vegas Hotels are a good thing, for some, casinos attached to those are hotels are even better. With that said, the 2025 construction calendar doesn’t look fun for someone who loves new casinos like me. While there’s plenty of new building on the books there’s not much that excites me.
I love visiting brand-new casinos. That’s probably why I’ve spent a few nights at most of the recent casino openings. You can see words and pics from a few casinos here:
There are plenty of casino hotel renovations planned for this year but there’s nothing brand spanking new like the three properties above. The only new casino with a hotel that has opened in Las Vegas that I haven’t spent the night at is Durango. Coincidentally, I’ve probably spent as much time there over the past year as I have at the three above combined.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority updates its Construction Bulletin a few times during the year. It’s not a perfect document, it’s a good starting point for construction projects around Las Vegas.
Points and miles people might be stoked to see so many non-gaming hotels possibly opening around Las Vegas this year. Here are some Las Vegas hotels that either just opened or should open this year:
- Atwell Suites Henderson (near Pass Casino)
- Homewood Suites by Hilton (near Las Vegas Speedway)
- Spark by Hilton (near LAS)
- Element (near LAS)
- Otonomus Hotel
- AC Hotel by Marriott (Downtown Las Vegas)
- Element (Downtown Las Vegas)
The 2025 opening of the new hotel tower at M Resort on the Construction Bulletin has been pushed back to 2026 by Penn Ent. There are a few more standalone hotels scheduled to open in 2026.
As I mentioned there are some casino updates underway or being planned. Here’s a quick look at what’s on the schedule:
- Durango Casino Phase 2 casino floor expansion
- The Venetian (and Palazzo) room renovations
- Ellis Island casino floor expansion
- Sunset Station casino floor upgrade
- Green Valley Ranch room renovations
The Construction Bulletin doesn’t include MGM Grand hotel room renovations or the potential Bellagio expansion. There hasn’t been much talk about the latter. Maybe we’ll hear an update when the company reports earnings in a few weeks.
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear Durango Phase 3 announced this year. This will include a new hotel tower and much more than Phase 2.
The long-term projects or planned ideas are fun but not nearly as important. That said, it’s been fun tracking the giant holes on the Vegas Strip that have been waiting for new projects over the years. I wrote about some of them last year.
Here are some of the construction projects planned for the future:
- Majestic – I first https://travelzork.com/vegas-news-12may-2019/ mentioned it in 2019.
- Hard Rock Las Vegas – The 2027 opening date is still intact.
- Major League Baseball Stadium – Slated for 2028. Interesting that there’s no mention of Bally’s Las Vegas casino hotel.
- Dream Hotel – TBD
- LVXP (AKA All-Net Arena 2.0) – TBD
- Rio Phase 2 – TBD
- Tilman Fertitta luxury resort near Planet Hollywood, Aria, Cosmopolitan – TBD and probably not a priority.
Here are a few more non-casino or hotel construction projects that are on the books but have no schedule:
- Brightline West High‐Speed Rail – TBD but the local newspaper is going into its 10th year of monthly coverage for this train.
- Pedestrian Bridges – TBD – For some reason, a few different pedestrian bridges on the Vegas Strip have all been moved to TBD. I believe the construction of the Sahara Bridge was supposed to start this year.
- Vegas Loop – This still only goes to one casino and two stations were supposed to open last year. The expansion beyond the Vegas Strip is TBD. I’d file this and anything beyond the north end of the Vegas Strip under “Believe it when I see it.”
- Casino on Riviera site – This is TBD and there’s almost no information on this project.
This isn’t a definitive list but it’s a good place to start when thinking about the future of Las Vegas Hotels and other non-gaming projects.
