The 25-acre complex includes 3,644 rooms and suites, 19 restaurants (with more to come), a luxury boutique retail district and a six-acre pool area. The Fontainebleau tower is billed as the tallest occupiable building in Nevada. Several Las Vegas casinos have changed hands or rebranded in recent months, but Fontainebleau and Durango were built from the ground up.

It’s just north of the convention center and a short walk from the Strip’s previous newest casino, Resorts World, which opened in June 2021. The $3.7 billion Fontainebleau occupies an imposing 67-story blue glass tower that began construction in 2007 and sat unfinished on Las Vegas Boulevard for more than a decade. 13 last week, Durango opened just off the beltway in Spring Valley. The Fontainebleau, at the north end of the Strip, will welcome its first guests on Wednesday, Dec. LAS VEGAS - After a hiatus of more than two years, Las Vegas is seeing two new casinos open back to back.