Las Vegas Weekly

August 13, 2008 · 6:03 PM

M Resort CEO celebrates topping off

By Robin Leach

Anthony A. Marnell III, in hard-hat mode.

Photo: Preferred Public Relations

With the official "topping off" ceremony, hometown builder Anthony A. Marnell III has now set a March 2009 opening date for his new $1-billion M Resort, Spa and Casino. It will be the most southern property on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

The topping-off event was marked with an evergreen tree hoisted to the top of the building and concluded with a hard-hat tour of the property, led by Marnell.

“This is a major milestone in our construction process,” Marnell said. ”We anticipate completing the M Resort on time and on budget and are excited to debut the new property in March 2009.”

Blending into the natural beauty of the desert Southwest, the M Resort, Spa and Casino will have 390 guest rooms, nine restaurants, a destination wine cellar and tasting room, more than 60,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, a 23,000-square-foot spa and fitness center and over 100,000-square-foot pool and events piazza named Villaggio del Sole. The boutique resort will feature over 92,000 square feet of casino space that will house 1,846 slot machines, 64 table games and a state-of-the-art race and sports book. Property executives recently announced a partnership with Cantor Gaming to provide cutting-edge mobile gaming technology to the casino floor and race and sports book.

Plans are already underway for first-class retail and entertainment amenities, including a partnership with Taubman Center Inc. Partnering with Taubman, M Resort will have the first full-scale, department store anchored regional mall to be directly integrated into a casino resort. The retail addition will add one million square feet of in-line shopping to the resort and is expected to open in late 2011 or early 2012. The M Resort master-plan also includes a 63,000 square foot movie entertainment theatre to the resort with 14 screens and 3,100 seats. Digital and 3-D movie projection, spacious auditoriums, oversized movie screens, all-stadium luxury seating, digital sound and premium concession selections, will be offered at the movie entertainment theatre.

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