Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
The Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas is a 64 story hotel-condominium (condo-hotel) under construction on Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada. It is being built across the street from Wynn Las Vegas on 3.46 acres of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino.
It has been announced that Donald Trump, due to the overwhelming sellers response from his first tower, will build a second, identical tower next to the first tower.
When completed, it will be Las Vegas's tallest fully habitable building. At least until taller proposed building projects in Las Vegas break ground, which none have thus far.
History
The project was announced in 2004 as a joint project between Donald J. Trump, Brett J. Plant, and Phil G. Ruffin. The project is being designed by Bergman, Walls & Associates and built by Perini Building Company.[[1]]
Months prior to construction, Trump built a sales center for his tower on Las Vegas Blvd. The temporary sales center cost nearly $3 million.
Clash of Egos
It was rumored that by building his tower several feet higher than Las Vegas's current tallest fully habitable building, Steve Wynn's Wynn Las Vegas resort located only a block east, Donald Trump showed some kind of rivalry between the two developers. Trump has insisted that it wasn't the case and even invited Wynn (who did come) over to his private groundbreaking ceremony for his tower.
That said, Trump did show some signs of egoism, especially when his ex, Ivana Trump, proposed building an 80 story condo tower a few blocks north in the Las Vegas Strip. Trump stated that "the location is bad, it will never sell." Ivana's tower has since been cancelled due to unstated reasons.
When told that the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest free standing structure in Las Vegas, would still be nearly twice as tall as Trump's building, he simply replied "That's not a building." [2]
Construction
The Tower will increase by one floor every 4 days. It is expected to be open by mid 2007. The progress of the tower can be seen from desert inn road.
External links
- Trump International Hotel and Tower
- Google Local Aerial Image of Trump Tower Las Vegas
- skyscraperpage.com data on Las Vegas
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