Casino Enterprise Management

PENTA
Aliante Station Casino

North Las Vegas, Nevada

Project Description: Aliante Station Casino is located on 40 acres in North Las Vegas, at Aliante Parkway and the 215 Beltway. It will be the area’s first hotel casino for the locals market. The contemporarily designed casino will house an arcade, food court and 24-hour Grand Café. In addition to a 16-screen movie theater, there will be a 700-seat showroom. Guest rooms will range in size from 400–1,500 square feet. The casino will have traditional slot and video games, table games, a Poker room and a high-limit room.

Exterior Highlights: Constructed with patina panels, Jerusalem stone cladding and green tinted glass.

Interior Highlights: High-end finishes, with wenge wood, granite, copper, pewter, onyx and rocky mist marble. Modern, with green and blue tones.

Amenities Offered: Four high-end restaurants, a Pancake House, a T.G.I. Friday’s, an entertainment lounge and a cinema. There is future space for bowling lanes and a salon/spa.

Other Features: Very similar to Red Rock, with a center bar, full race and sports book area, and two escalators.

Current Construction Phase: Core and shell are 95 percent complete, and interior finishes are 35 percent complete.

Total Cost: $295 million (PENTA’s portion)
Opening Date: Late 2008
Total Space: 689,400 square feet (PENTA’s portion)
Casino and Meeting Space: 403,000 square feet
Hotel Space: 116,400 square feet
Number of Rooms: 202 in nine stories

Key Players
Owner/Operator: Station Casinos
Architect: KGA
Contractor: The PENTA Building Group
Designers: Looney and Assoc., Themeworks, Tony Grant, Pentel & Pentel, Hatch
Other Key Players: Hansen Mechanical, Bombard Electric, KHS&S
 

Steelman Partners
Macau Studio City

Cotai Strip, Macau SAR, China

Exterior Highlights: A modern building set in motion, allowing visitors to feel like they’re in a movie backdrop.

Interior Highlights: Designed in a modern but warm atmosphere, it contains diverse entertainment options, such as a modern stadium-like casino, poolside high-limit rooms, retail flagships stores on the Cotai Strip facades, and much more.

Amenities Offered: 1 million-square-foot shopping center; 2,000 hotel rooms under four brands;  Playboy Club and Casino; international convention center; two large entertainment venues; reception, lounge, guestrooms, restaurants, kitchen, ballroom, retail, theater, night market, bars, gaming, pool and TV studios.

Other Features: The glass tower is covered with programmable LED lighting for a low-res display. The preliminary design calls for more than 100,000 linear feet of LED product. The programming will allow for the individual hotels to be expressed separately or combined as a whole.

Current Construction Phase: Phase I – Foundations

Total Cost: $2 billion
Opening Date: 2009
Total Square Footage: 3.7 million square feet
Casino Square Footage: 300,000 square feet
Retail Space: 920,000-square-foot mall
Number of Rooms: 1,900

Key Players
Owners: Siber 1 Agents/ New Cotai L.L.C
Operators: Ritz Carlton, Marriott, W. Hotels, China Tang Hotels, New Cotai L.L.C, Taubman Asia, E Sun, Playboy
Architects: Steelman Partners, Asia Ltd.
Interior Designers: Steelman Partners Las Vegas, Wilson Associates, Hirsh Bedner, Benoit, CAD International

Thalden - Boyd - Emery Architects
Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino

North of Santa Fe, New Mexico

Project Description: When this $250 million destination, full-service Hilton four-star luxury resort opens in August 2008, it will be the largest resort hotel in New Mexico. A true luxury resort property, the Pueblo-style complex will include 391 guest rooms and suites with built-in fireplaces, plus a 79-unit extended stay hotel, a spa, wedding chapel, night club, sports bar, and restaurants. The complex, which will also include a major casino, will also have upscale retail shops, a convention center, an events center and a theater for live entertainment. The 92-acre site, located just north of Santa Fe, includes the magnificent Towa Golf Course, a 36-hole signature course designed by Hale Erwin. Guest rooms have timber-style ceilings, balconies overlooking the spectacular views, fireplaces and flat-screen plasma TVs, and will be accented with authentic Pueblo artwork that will give each guestroom a feel of its own.

Exterior Highlights: The exterior is authentic Pueblo-style design, and the rich landscaping will compliment the fantastic views of the surrounding mountains.

Interior Highlights: The interiors will celebrate the organic style of the Pueblos, accented with timber-styled ceilings, flagstone floors, mosaics and weathered pine furnishings. Public areas and guest rooms will display original Pueblo artwork, each piece carefully selected by the Pueblo’s governor, George Rivera.

Amenities Offered: Golf, tennis, spa, vacation station casino, Poker room, night club.

Other Features: Monk Millen’s, Red Sage, an art gallery, two swimming pools, and a 16,000-square-foot spa and fitness center.

Current Construction Phase: Final interior construction and detailing is being completed for the August 2008 ahead-of-schedule opening.

Total Cost: $250 million
Opening Date: August 2008
Total Space: 670,000 square feet
Casino Space: 75,000 square feet
Meeting Space: 66,000 square feet
Hotel Space: 322,000 square feet
Retail Space: 12,700 square feet
Number of Rooms: 391, plus a 79-unit extended stay hotel

Key Players
Owner: Pueblo of Pojoaque
Operators: Casino – Pueblo of Pojoaque. Resort and other facilities – Hilton Hotels and Resorts
Architect: Thalden - Boyd - Emery Architects
Contractor: Balfour Beaty Construction
Interior Designer: Thalden - Boyd - Emery Architects

WGYates
The Water Club

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Project Description: The Water Club will offer a unique personality of its own, just steps away from the entertainment, nightlife and dining of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The 43-story, $400 million hotel will feature 800 guestrooms and suites, and three residences modeled after chic, urban lofts. The debut of The Water Club will complete the Borgata’s $1.7 billion master plan development and allow more guests than ever before to experience the luxe lifestyle that defines Borgata.

Amenities Offered: The Water Club will feature The Sunroom, The Water Club’s lobby lounge; Immersion – The Spa at Water Club, a 36,000-square-foot, two-story spa located on the 32nd floor, with 16 “experience” rooms; five heated pools, including two indoor pools, two outdoor Jacuzzi pools and a 25-yard Infinity-edge lap pool located at Immersion, each offering its own experience; 18,000 square feet of meeting and event space; and six designer retail outlets, including Hugo Boss, La Perla, Just Cavalli, Hearts On Fire, Fixation and Cameo.

Current Construction Phase: Phase III

Total Cost: $400 million
Opening Date: June 2008
Total Space: 885,000 square feet
Meeting Space: 18,000 square feet
Hotel Space: 576,000 square feet
Retail Space: 11,200 square feet
Number of Rooms: 800

Key Players
Owner: Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM MIRAGE
Architect: Marnell Architecture
Contractor: Yates Tishman Joint Venture
Designers: Laurence Lee & Associates, principal interior designers; Bower Lewis Thrower/Cope Linder Associates, design architects