{"id":171449,"date":"2021-04-21T17:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=171449"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T17:34:45","slug":"ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Player’s Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n

\"Jackie
Developer Jackie Robinson surveys the site of his proposed sports arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip in 2014. It is located just south of Sahara Avenue. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Clark County Commission on Wednesday approved Robinson\u2019s project agreements for construction at the northeast end of the Strip. Without this approval, his deadline to move forward on the long-delayed project would have expired.<\/p>\n

Before Wednesday\u2019s vote, Robinson told the commission the development will be \u201cone of the most fantastic projects\u201d on the resort corridor, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\n

We greatly appreciate the opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Robinson\u2019s proposal calls for a 22,000-seat sports arena with a retractable roof and a luxury nongaming hotel complex. The developers are hoping to attract a National Basketball Association team to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The Strip already is the site of T-Mobile Arena, home of the National Hockey League\u2019s Vegas Golden Knights. That arena, near Park MGM on the west side of the Strip, also has hosted concerts and other entertainment events.<\/p>\n

Robinson has said his project could cost $3 billion. The complex also would include restaurants, a bowling alley, a movie theater, and more.<\/p>\n

During his athletic career, Robinson, 65, played college basketball at UNLV. He went on to play in the NBA<\/a> for the Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, and Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

\u2018Really Cool\u2019<\/h2>\n

Robinson\u2019s project has been labeled the All Net Resort and Arena. The website on Wednesday had no information other than the message, \u201cGet Ready\u2026 Something Really Cool Is Coming Soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project is slated to be built on a vacant 27-acre lot between the Sahara Las Vegas and the unfinished former Fontainebleau project. The Wet\u00a0\u2018n\u2019\u00a0Wild water park once was located at that site.<\/p>\n

Robinson has attempted to get the project going since 2014. Except for some excavation work in 2017, nothing much has happened on the empty lot. At one point, county health officials trapped mosquitos living in standing water at the site.<\/p>\n

Under a lease-with-option-to-buy plan, Robinson would acquire the space for $400 million from Las Vegas executive Paul Lowden\u2019s All Net Land Development LLC.<\/p>\n

North Strip Revival<\/h2>\n

The north end of the Strip is undergoing numerous changes.<\/p>\n

On the west side of the highway, the $4.3 billion Resorts World Las Vegas is opening to the public on June 24 at the site of the now-demolished Stardust Casino<\/a>. This location is just south of Circus Circus.<\/p>\n

\n

The 3,500-room Resorts World is the most expensive hotel-casino in Las Vegas history, surpassing the $4.1 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The Cosmopolitan is on the west side of the resort corridor, near the Bellagio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When it opens, Resorts World will feature three Hilton-branded hotels, each with its own entrance and lobby. The property will have numerous boutiques and more than 40 food and beverages places<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on Wednesday approved Robinson\u2019s project agreements for construction at the northeast end of the Strip. Without this approval, his deadline to move forward on the long-delayed project would have expired. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":171452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEx-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-22T00:10:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-30T17:34:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"918\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Larry Henry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Larry Henry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/\",\"name\":\"Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-22T00:10:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-30T17:34:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b29707270b397c572e9fd8f0fb72952\"},\"description\":\"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":918},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Financial\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/financial\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ex-NBA Player’s Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b29707270b397c572e9fd8f0fb72952\",\"name\":\"Larry Henry\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Larry-Henry-bio-headshot-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Larry-Henry-bio-headshot-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Larry Henry\"},\"description\":\"Gaming Regulation, Crime, Politics \u2014 Larry Henry is a veteran print and broadcast journalist who spent more than 16 years in Nevada, including serving as legislative reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal and as political editor at the Las Vegas Sun. He's also written about popular culture for the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. As a broadcast journalist, he worked as managing editor at KFSM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Arkansas, where he now lives and where casino growth is a hot topic. A Marine Corps veteran and LSU graduate, he is also an avid movie fan, especially of classic film noir from the 1940s and \u201950s.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/larry-henry\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval","description":"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval","og_description":"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-04-22T00:10:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-30T17:34:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1050,"height":918,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Larry Henry","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Larry Henry","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/","name":"Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval - Casino.org \u00a0Ex-NBA Player's Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-04-22T00:10:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-30T17:34:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b29707270b397c572e9fd8f0fb72952"},"description":"Former NBA player Jackie Robinson is getting another shot at building an arena and hotel complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Commission on The Clark County Commission has give developer Jackie Robinson the OK to move forward on his Las Vegas Strip development project.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jackie-Robinson-2.jpeg","width":1050,"height":918},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-nba-players-plan-for-las-vegas-strip-hotel-arena-complex-wins-approval\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Financial","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/financial\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ex-NBA Player’s Plan for Las Vegas Strip Hotel, Arena Complex Wins Approval"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b29707270b397c572e9fd8f0fb72952","name":"Larry Henry","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Larry-Henry-bio-headshot-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Larry-Henry-bio-headshot-96x96.jpg","caption":"Larry Henry"},"description":"Gaming Regulation, Crime, Politics \u2014 Larry Henry is a veteran print and broadcast journalist who spent more than 16 years in Nevada, including serving as legislative reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal and as political editor at the Las Vegas Sun. He's also written about popular culture for the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. As a broadcast journalist, he worked as managing editor at KFSM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Arkansas, where he now lives and where casino growth is a hot topic. A Marine Corps veteran and LSU graduate, he is also an avid movie fan, especially of classic film noir from the 1940s and \u201950s.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/larry-henry\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}