Developer Steve Witkoff has renamed the former Fontainebleau: The Drew Las Vegas. We can’t tell you who Drew is — yet. But here’s what we know about the project: • 4,000 rooms • Will debut the Edition brand in Las Vegas and feature the Strip’s first JW Marriott • 500,000 square feet of convention and meeting space • The 60-plus story tower, mothballed since the recession, is scheduled to open in late 2020 • Purchase price: $600 million • Former Cosmopolitan CEO John Unwin will oversee The Drew’s launch and operations
It’s been more than three months since the Fontainebleau sold for $600 million. But there’s still no word from the buyers on what they’ll do with the mothballed tower on the Las Vegas Strip. Records show they’re calling their effort “Project Blue” and that a contractor was hired to finish construction. But other details remain unknown. (Eli Segall/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wednesday morning headlines: Fontainebleau sold, prostitution spike on Mayweather-McGregor fight weekend, Legacy Golf Course to stay open. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal