心形赌场酒店获批：南大道烂尾摩天轮旧址将建29层心形玻璃塔
克拉克县委员周三批准了一个大胆的计划：在拉斯维加斯大道南端著名的"烂尾地"——SkyVue 摩天轮旧址上，建一座29层的心形赌场酒店。
开发商 Eli Applebaum（通过 Kulik River Capital）获准建设一座752间客房的心形酒店赌场，正对曼德勒海湾酒店（Mandalay Bay）。项目以心形玻璃幕墙为核心，外覆整面 LED 显示屏，还包括4.2万平方英尺的会议空间、博彩楼层、多家餐厅、零售、泳池区，以及一条让人想起弗里蒙特街体验的有顶步行广场。
SkyVue 超级摩天轮的两根巨大混凝土柱自2011年起就杵在那里，成为大道南端最著名的烂尾景观。Applebaum 今年春天以7000万美元从西雅图商人 Wayne Perry 家族手中买下这块近12英亩的土地（Perry 家族2020年通过破产拍卖获得），最初申请874间客房，后为满足 FAA 高度要求削减了60英尺。
这是南大道近年来最大胆的新赌场项目之一。
Heart-Shaped Casino Hotel Approved for Failed Ferris Wheel Site on South Strip
Clark County commissioners have signed off on plans for a new resort on one of the Las Vegas Strip's most notorious dead zones — the former SkyVue ferris wheel site, whose massive twin concrete columns have stood untouched since 2011.
Developer Eli Applebaum, through Kulik River Capital, received approval Wednesday to build a 29-story, heart-shaped hotel-casino with 752 rooms across from Mandalay Bay. The resort centers on a heart-shaped glass curtain wall wrapped in a full-height LED display, plus more than 42,000 square feet of convention space, a gaming floor, restaurants, retail, a pool area, and a covered pedestrian plaza reminiscent of the Fremont Street Experience.
Applebaum purchased the nearly 12-acre parcel this spring for $70 million. He initially sought 874 rooms but scaled back 60 feet to meet FAA height requirements.
图片来源：拉斯维加斯大道北段夜景（Encore、Palazzo 与待开发空地），King of Hearts 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）
