Bally's Corp. on Sunday unveiled a new rendering and timeline for the Las Vegas casino complex it claims it plans to develop next to the stadium currently being built for the former Oakland A's on the site of the destroyed Tropicana, a year after it last updated its proposal.
The 26 acres of the 35-acre property will be turned into an entertainment area with a Bally's casino, two hotel towers, a theater, shopping, eating, and other entertainment, according to the Rhode Island-based casino firm. The remaining nine acres on the southeast portion of the land will be used for the $2 billion, 33,000-seat A's ballpark.
Bally's project is scheduled to start in 2026, and certain components will be completed in time for the 2028 MLB season's opening pitch, which is when the A's say they will move into their new stadium. The cost of the casino resort was not estimated.
In a statement, Bally's chair Soo Kim stated, "Bally's Las Vegas represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the heart of the Strip."
What’s Being Proposed…
- a 56,000 square-foot casino floor with 1,500 slot machines, 75 table games and a separate 16,500 square-foot sportsbook
- two hotel towers, one with 1,800 rooms and the other with 1,200
- a three-level, 216,000 square-foot theater with 2,500 seats
- 500,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment
- an eight-level parking garage with 2,500 spaces and connections to the stadium, in addition to 2,500 parking spaces elsewhere on site
According to Bally's, the facility would rise above street level and have a central hub that is reachable from the Excalibur and MGM Grand via escalators, elevators, and existing pedestrian walkways. A 14,800-square-foot Vegas loop station will eventually operate on the property, and a 9-acre plaza will act as the ballpark's entrance.
Marnell Architecture, which also contributed to the design of the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn, and Encore, is responsible for the project's design. (Tony A. Marnell II, the president of the company, is the "M" in M Resort, which he built and constructed.) The retail and eating area will be leased by JLL, a real estate services company.
“With world-class partners like JLL and Marnell, and with the arrival of Major League Baseball, we are not just building an integrated resort, we are creating a landmark destination that unites sports, entertainment, dining and hospitality on a scale only Las Vegas can deliver,” Kim said.
Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLP), the land's owner, leased it to Bally's for $10.5 million a year. The nine acres that the A's will use were given to them by GLP.
On October 8, Clark County commissioners will review and perhaps vote on the A's stadium development agreement, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
