I-Vegas elimazayo ithola amagumbi ehhotela angu-5,900 ngaphezulu

I-LAS VEGAS - I-Sin City iphina ukubheja kwayo okukhulu kunakho konke - $8.5 billion - endaweni engamahektha angu-67, enemibhoshongo eyisithupha yamahhotela aphambili, izindawo zokudlela eziwubukhazikhazi, izitolo ze-swank kanye nekhasino eyodwa eqala ukuvulwa namuhla enhliziyweni yeLas Vegas Strip. .

Abaningi ababuka i-highstalk roll yedayisi bayaqhaqhazela lapho becabanga ukuthi cishe amagumbi angu-5,900 emahhotela amathathu azobe elinde izivakashi lapho ubucwebe be-CityCenter - i-Aria Resort & Casino enamagumbi angu-4,004 - kuvulwa ngoDisemba 16. Lokho kuzokwandisa i-Las Vegas' uhlu lwempahla oseluvele lugcwele ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-4 ngesikhathi lapho kufika izivakashi ezimbalwa futhi amanani ekamelo ehle ngamaphesenti angama-25 kusukela ngonyaka odlule.

Ukuqala kweCityCenter kungase kunyuse amanani entengo ephansi nakakhulu, kodwa abaholi bezifundazwe bathemba ukuthi le nkimbinkimbi iholele iNevada eminyakeni emibili yosizi lomnotho oluhlasele izwe ngokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ukuthengwa kwempahla kanye nokuqothuka.

“Sisempini enemizuliswano engu-12. Imizuliswano eyisithupha yokuqala, nishayekile,” uTony Alamo weNevada Gaming Commission etshela abanikazi beCityCenter iMGM Mirage kanye neDubai World ngesikhathi ilayisensi ka-Aria ivunywa.

“Sibeka wonke amaqanda ethu kubhasikidi 'wokukhula emakethe'. Ngabe nginamanga uma ngingenandaba — lokho kuyiqiniso,” kusho yena. "Lena akuyona inkampani kuphela, yizwe."

Lapho i-The Mirage ivulwa ngo-1989, yethula iminyaka engamashumi amabili yokunwetshwa okuphindwe kabili inani lamakamelo e-Las Vegas kuya ku-141,000 namuhla. Irekhodi lezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-39.2 lafika eSin City ngo-2007, kodwa lehla lafinyelela ezigidini ezingama-37.5 ngonyaka odlule njengoba ukwehla komnotho kwenza abantu abaningi bangahambi.

Ukukhula okusheshayo kweSin City kuma, kwakhubaza amakhasino nokwakhiwa, izimboni ezimbili ezinkulu zezwe. Ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kweNevada kufinyelele irekhodi elingamaphesenti ayi-13.3 ngoSepthemba.

Ngokusho kwe-Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, cishe amaphrojekthi amaningi angu-40 ahlongozwayo noma aqalisiwe awakazimisi izinsuku zokuqeda.

Ukwakhiwa kuqale kumaphrojekthi amathathu azokwengeza amakamelo angu-9,390 ku-Strip, kodwa i-Echelon ye-Boyd Gaming engu-$4.8 billion, i-Fontaine-bleau Las Vegas kanye nokwengezwa e-Caesars Palace konke kumisiwe. Indawo yekhasino ye-Cosmopolitan ebiza amabhiliyoni angu-3.9 ihlelelwe ukuvulwa eduze kwe-CityCenter ngo-September 2010, kodwa manje isiphethwe yi-Deutsche Bank ngemva kokuba abathuthukisi behlehliselwe ukudliwa.

UPhil Ruffin, ongumnikazi wendawo yekhasino iTreasure Island cishe amamayela ayi-1 1/2 enyakatho yeCityCenter, uthe amahhotela amasha asesize ezokuvakasha ngokomlando, kodwa iCityCenter ivula izimo zezomnotho ezingakaze zibonwe.

"Kuzoba negazi laphaya," usozigidi waseKansas utshele i-Associated Press. “Sibafisela impumelelo emhlabeni wonke ngoba kungasiza idolobha lonke laseLas Vegas, kodwa angisiboni isikhathi esibi kakhulu sokuvula amagumbi angu-7,000 XNUMX.”

Kuhlanganisa namakhondomu, i-CityCenter izoba namayunithi acishe abe ngu-6,800 avulwe ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo, kanti amanye amahhotela angama-400 ahleliwe.

Ngenkathi imakethwa kumakhasimende asezingeni eliphezulu, amanani ekamelo e-CityCenter ngomhla ka-Dec. 20 aqala ku-$129 esitolo sezimpahla ezibizayo i-Vdara, $149 e-anchor resort Aria kanye no-$345 e-Mandarin Oriental ephambili.

URuffin uthe ezokuvakasha cishe ngeke zibe ngcono kuze kube ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kwehle kuzwelonke. Abanye besaba ukuthi ngisho nalapho umnotho uba ngcono, izivakashi ngeke zichithe imali ngokukhululeka njengoba zazenza ngaphambi kokuwohloka komnotho.

I-CityCenter ibe nohambo olushelelayo oluzoqedwa. Eminyakeni emihlanu kusukela ekudwebeni kuze kube sekugcineni, uxhaso lwezimali lwacishe lwaphela, i-MGM Mirage neDubai World yalwa enkantolo, kwashona abakhi abayisithupha.

URuffin uthenge iTreasure Island ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-775 futhi wathatha izintambo ngoMashi, enikeza iMGM Mirage imali yokuyisiza iphile futhi iqedele ukwakha inxanxathela yayo enkulu.

I-MGM Mirage kanye neDubai World ngayinye inezigidigidi zezikweletu, kanti iDubai World ngeledlule icele abakweletwayo ikhefu lezinyanga eziyisithupha ekukhokheleni imali eyizigidigidi ezingama- $60 eyikweletayo. Izikhulu ze-MGM Mirage zithi ukuma kancane ngeke kuphazamise i-CityCenter; ozakwethu bavumelana namabhange ngo-Ephreli ukuthi axhase ngokugcwele futhi aqedele umsebenzi. Okhulumela i-MGM Mirage, u-Alan Feldman, uthe isivumelwano sihlanganisa ulimi olungaqondile oluvikela inkampani kunoma yiziphi izinkinga eDubai World.

Umphumela uba amamitha-skwele ayizigidi ezingu-18 emibhoshongweni yengilazi ekhuphukayo eyisithupha kanye nendawo yokudayisa, konke eyakhelwe ukunikeza izivakashi umuzwa wesilinganiso sayo esikhulu. Ibhilidi ngalinye linesitifiketi segolide esivela ku-US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

Idizayini yesimanjemanje ivusa umuzwa wokuphithizela kwedolobha elikhulu, ngokungafani nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezigcwele i-Strip, okuhlanganisa ipiramidi yaseGibhithe, imisele yase-Venetian, umbukiso wezigcwelegcwele kanye nentaba-mlilo.

I-Aria inesikhala sekhasino esilingana nese-Bellagio eseduze futhi inikeza izindawo eziyi-15 zokudla. Yonke enye indawo inezindawo zokudlela eziyi-12, kusukela kumathilomu kuya ku-cuisine yakudala yase-French ka-Pierre Gagnaire, umpheki wezinkanyezi ezintathu wase-Michelin ovula indawo yokudlela yakhe yokuqala yase-US.

Abanikazi beCityCenter manje bazithola sebelwela ukubuyiselwa endaweni yokungcebeleka enenani elilinganiselwa ku-$4.88 billion kusukela ngoSepthemba 30, ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-60 ezindleko zayo zokwakha, ngokwezilinganiso ze-MGM Mirage ezikhishwe ngenyanga edlule ngemuva kokunciphisa amanani e-CityCenter. Le nkampani itshele abalawuli ngomhlaka-13 Nov. ukuthi angu-1,443 kwangu-2,440 ama-condo namahhotela angaphansi kwenkontileka.

Izimbangi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, zizobona ukuthi i-CityCenter iletha yini izivakashi eziningi e-Las Vegas, bese ilwela ukubafaka emakhasino abo.

“Kuzoba wumdonsiswano ngamakhasimende,” kusho uRuffin. "Akungabazeki ngalokho."

UMurren uthe yize i-MGM Mirage ibingaba ngcono ngokwezimali uma iCityCenter ingakhiwanga, ukuphela kwayo kumelela umfutho obungeke ufike ngesikhathi esingcono.

“Sisezinsukwini zangaphambi kokuvula okuthile obekungacatshangwa kulo nyaka, okuzoba nomthelela omuhle kakhulu ekungeneni kwemali, emathubeni ethu okuthengisa ahlukahlukene kwezinye izindawo zethu, nasekuvakasheleni nasekungeniseni imali kuyo yonke i-Las Vegas, ” kusho uMurren. “Ngikholwa wukuthi bekungeke kwenzeke ngesikhathi esingcono, njengoba sesisinde emizuliswaneni eyisithupha yokuqala yempi.”