Resorts World Breaking Ground

A Malaysian investor group will break ground on a $4 billion casino and resort on the Las Vegas Strip in May.

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Resorts World Las Vegas will include a 4,000-seat theater, a garden with a panda habitat, 30 food and beverage outlets and 3,000 hotel rooms, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Genting Berhad reportedly paid Boyd Gaming $350 million for the 88-acre site in 2013. Boyd had plans of its own for a casino and hotel on the property – the former home of the Stardust – but abandoned construction on the project in the midst of economic downturn.

Genting has other Resorts World properties in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and New York. The company is also invested in biotech and science research, energy production and other development, the Review-Journal said.

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