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Las Vegas Tower
This page was updated 12/12/06
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, the proposed Las Vegas Tower is a world-class "supertall", twice the height of the Stratosphere (not including the "Big Shot" ride on top). At 1,888-feet, it will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and a solid centerpiece for the new North Strip.

Austin-based developer Christopher Milam proposes this $4.8 billion, 5,000-unit, 142-story, condo-hotel resort and casino, for the land south of the Sahara resort (the former Wet 'n Wild aquatic park). The project was conceived by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Steelman Design Group.
There are challenges in getting a project of this scope off the ground. The Federal Aviation Administration would need to relax it's height restrictions and the project would need approval from the Board of County Commissioners.

The developers are bullish on this project and have carefully considered all the possible pitfalls before announcing this bold plan.

If built, the Las Vegas Tower would be nestled between the Sahara and the upcoming Fontainebleau Resort, dwarfing everything around it.

Note: Although no official renderings of Fontainebleau have been released, this (right) may be a close representation of the plan and our first look.



 
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Crown Las Vegas, formerly known as the Las Vegas Tower, is a proposed supertall skyscraper to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada in the United States. If built, the tower would stand at 1,888 ft, or 575 meters, making it among the tallest in the world. Crown Las Vegas would likely become the second tallest building in the United States after the approved 2,000 ft. (610 m) Chicago Spire, surpassing even the 1,776 ft. (541 m) Freedom Tower in New York City. The tower would also surpass the CN Tower, which is currently the world's tallest freestanding structure on land, and the Stratosphere Tower, which is currently the tallest structure in Nevada. The Las Vegas Tower would have 142 stories and be the tallest all-hotel structure in the world. The skyscraper would also host a casino and an observation deck. The projects consists of 5,000 hotel rooms, along with 250,000 sq. ft. of casino space. The tower would be built on Las Vegas Boulevard on the former site of the Wet n' Wild Water Park. The building's architect is the renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Publishing and Broadcasting Limited reached an agreement on May 31, 2007 with the tower's developers to invest money in the project and run its casino.[1] As part of the agreement, the project was renammed Crown Las Vegas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Las_Vegas
 
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if u ever hit up Vegas theres this spot on the street east Owens but all the way east, and u will see the best view in Vegas, if i ever get a good camera i'll take pics
 
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Lil Dan said:
what?? did i say somethign wrong? "dawn 2 dawn" depicted it ok. the '3am and some chicken fingers an another 40 to keep on going' and the whole sin city thing
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naw its just thats a 1st time ive heard that, sayin i hope its like what doomsday makes it out to be lol
 
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