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Some Thoughts About Alon
Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Dec 2016
Alon management released a statement and the above rendering in response to the news that Crown Limited was withdrawing from further investment in the project.
The founders and developers of Alon Las Vegas will continue to...
Crown Pulls Out Of Alon
Posted by Chuckmonster on 14 Dec 2016
Crown Resorts, as part of a major restructuring, announced that they have decided not to move forward with the Alon project.
The Board has resolved not to proceed with the Alon project in Las Vegas at...
The Crown Of Macau... And Eventually Vegas
Posted by Chuckmonster on 3 Nov 2016
Just wanted to give folks who are interested ālon watchers a heads up... I just posted my review of the Crown Towers at City of Dreams Macau on our sexy little sister site MacauTripping.com.
As some...
Peekaboo: The Steve Lays Big Pipe at Wynn Plaza
Posted by Chuckmonster on 5 Oct 2016
Construction on Wynn Plaza, a Strip-facing shopping esplanade which will connect the former Ferrari dealership with the forthcoming ālon resort at the stairway entrance at the front of Encore is underway.
When we last checked in,...
Confirmed: Alon Isn't Dead
Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Aug 2016
Every two weeks, someone from the Internet's peanut gallery sends me a thinly researched story that contains some kind of variation on the theme that "Alon is dead." This week, one such story churned through...
ālon: Coming Soonish
Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Aug 2016
ālon, the forthcoming resort from Andrew Pascal (CEO of ālon leisure, CEO of Playstudios - the folks who make My Vegas Facebook thing - and former Wynn COO, current nephew of Elaine Wynn), James Packer...
Rip Van Resorts World Wakes Up
Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Aug 2016
Good news guys... Resorts World Las Vegas has FINALLY finished paving their parking garage - 69.71 weeks later since the last time they posted any updates on the Twitter.
At this rate, the property should be...
Wynn Commences Construction On Wynn Plaza Project
Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Jul 2016
Construction on Wynn Plaza, a Strip-facing shopping esplanade which will connect the former Ferrari dealership with the forthcoming ālon resort at the stairway entrance at the front of Encore has begun.
The front lines of the...
The Steve Releases Wynn Plaza Renderings
Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 Apr 2016
Steve Wynn unveiled tons of details about the forthcoming Wynn Plaza shopping esplanade that will add additional dining and retail space to the front of Wynn Las Vegas. Wynn Plaza will connect the former...
Vegas Gang #125 : Andrew Pascal, CEO Alon Las Vegas
Posted by Chuckmonster on 2 Apr 2016
Live from #VZZZT, the Vegas Gang Podcast with super duper special guest Andrew Pascal, CEO of ālon leisure and Playstudios recorded live on stage from from The Showroom at The D, Saturday April 2, 2016.
Listen...
Vegas Gang #127: Wynn Palace, Plaza, Resort Fees, PGP and More
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Mar 2016
On the latest episode of the Vegas Gang Podcast the guys talk VZZZT, Andrew Pascal, ālon, Wynn Plaza, Wynn Palace, resort fees, Profit Growth Plan and a helluva lot more.
Stream via web, subscribe via iTunes...
One Month 'Til VZZZT
Posted by Chuckmonster on 2 Mar 2016
Hi gang. I'm here with a reminder that VZZZT is only a month away. For those who don't know, VZZZT will be a one event get together where VegasTripping joins up with our...
Peeping Wynn Plaza
Posted by Chuckmonster on 1 Mar 2016
While at Wynn over the weekend, I did a little snooping around the future Wynn Plaza area and recorded it on video.
Check it out:
I noticed after the fact that there is now a walkway connecting...
Wynn Files Plans For Strip Esplanade
Posted by Chuckmonster on 3 Feb 2016
Wynn Resorts has filed plans with the city to build an 86,502 sq. ft., two story "shopping center" featuring retail, restaurant and bar components between the existing Wynn front entrance and the self-park garage driveway....
Wynn Building Strip Facing Fountain Show
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jan 2016
Wynn Las Vegas has drained the lake outside of the Wynn Esplanade and have installed a massive array of movable jets and lights in the center of the small lake.
The fountain show is located on...
ālon Asks What's Next?
Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Dec 2015
Oh boy... how frigging exciting is this! ālon, the forthcoming resort from Andrew Pascal (ex-Wynn COO and founder of PlayStudios, the company that made the hit Facebook app 'My Vegas') in partnership with Crown...
Resorts World Gets A Crane
Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Nov 2015
I spotted scaffolding rising from the spine of forthcoming the Resorts World reboot of the former Echelon property during VIMFP weekend. Now, VT Editor JohnH peeps further work on the parking garage including more...
The Wynn Strip Esplanade
Posted by Chuckmonster on 28 Oct 2015
Last week, Towbin Motorcars issued an official press release announcing their purchase of the Wynn Pense Ferrari Dealership, as well as the onboarding of Wynn Penske employees. Wynn PR confirmed the Ferrari dealership closure...
Thickening Plot Dept: Wynn Selling Ferrari/Maserati Dealership
Posted by Chuckmonster on 17 Sep 2015
VT reader Phil has tipped us off that a number of Ferrari owners who purchased their cars at Wynn-Penske Ferrari/Maserati dealership at Wynn Las Vegas have been told by reps that the dealership is being...
ālon Gets Twitter Accounts
Posted by Chuckmonster on 11 Sep 2015
Hot on the heels of unveiling their website and logo, we've got the scoop on ālon's barely birthed social media accounts.
VT has confirmed that @alonleisure and @alonresort Twitter accounts have been registered by the ālon...
Introducing The ālon Logo
Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Aug 2015
ālon, the forthcoming resort from former Wynn Resorts executive Andrew Pascal and Crown Resorts Chairman James Packer, have unveiled their logo.
The logo type is modern, sleek, chiseled, well-balanced and spacious in a deep bronze. A...
ālon Puts Up A Fence
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jul 2015
A fence and project identifier board has gone up around the former New Frontier site, preparing it for transformation into ālon, under the pseudonym "LV Resort."
Exciting! Soon enough, the dead trees will be removed...
Alon Las Vegas Rendering Surfaces
Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Jun 2015
The local Las Vegas Fox Affiliate managed to snag the first renderings of Alon Las Vegas and used them to coerce CEO Andrew Pascal to issue a public statement on the resort's behalf.
Alon Leisure Management,...
The Steve Wynn Show: Steve Hints At New Vegas Property
Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 May 2015
In today's episode of The Steve Wynn Show, Steve - bedecked in the lovely blue blazer he wore in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - joins local flasher Jon Ralston for a wide ranging discussion....
Packer/Pascal's Stealth Casino Project Gets A New Name
Posted by Chuckmonster on 17 Apr 2015
The forthcoming property from Andrew Pascal and James Packer, which will imminently rise from the dirt whereupon the New Frontier once stood, has gotten a new name.
The Élan Resort trademark is dead.
According to multiple corporate,...
High Limit Rooms: Just Name The Game
Posted by MikeE on 15 Nov 2011
Marquee, XS, Tryst, and Tao. Oh, and as of yesterday, Climax. These are nightclub names - a single, pretentious syllable or two, the utterance of which produces an ear-to-ear smile from nostalgia of that crazy...

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