We told you about some new casinos ready to open in Las Vegas, but really, one will make the most notable difference – Fontainebleau Las Vegas, set to open Dec. 13, after a decade-and-a-half of delays. 

Now, two-and-a-half weeks before opening, we’re finally getting a look inside, thanks to Bob Dingo. 

This property will hold 3,644 hotel rooms, 177,000 square feet of casino gaming floor (with 42-foot-high ceilings), a spa, plenty of high-end shops and fancy restaurants, more than half-a-million square feet of meeting and convention space, seven pools, an intimate 3,800-seat theater, and a LIV nightclub, which some people may recognize as the same club that exists at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. (LIV dayclub will open in 2024.)

This $3.7 billion construction first broke ground in 2007 but then ran out of money in 2009. A bankruptcy, some new owners, and several lawsuits later, left the building only 70% complete and languishing on the Strip for years until another ownership group took a stab at completing the project – and then a pandemic hit.  

But now it’s 2023 and almost ready for a ribbon-cutting. Fontainebleau will be the second-tallest building in Nevada (behind the Strat tower), at 737 feet and 68 stories. (Mr. Dingo incorrectly claims he’s on the 90th floor, twice, oops.) The decor features a lot of stone and gold, as Dingo correctly points out, with blue themes befitting the hotel’s name. 

The Fontainebleau casino floor features high ceilings and lots of escalators. (Image: YouTube / RealBobDingo)

There inevitably will be a lot of hype. And because this is Vegas, you gotta take such announcements of a big investment that’s sure to bring in high rollers with a grain of Himalayan pink salt – especially when it comes with a promise of revitalizing the north end of the Strip. 

Will Fontainebleau finally be the property that changes the face of the north end of the Las Vegas Strip? (Image: ZUMA Press / Alamy)

From this first look, it seems like Fontainebleau has brought the goods – at least with enough luxe to get the first swath of high-dollar spenders to give this space across the street from Circus Circus a chance. 

And because Bob Dingo apparently hooked himself up with the access that many want, he also is offering a first glimpse of Fontainebleau’s premier Monarch suite. 

The view from the Monarch suite at Fontainebleau towers over other luxury hotels such as Wynn and Encore. (Image: YouTube / RealBobDingo)