Is Genting’s Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip kaput?

By Robin Leach / Niche Division of RJ

8 years ago

People walk by the construction site of Resorts World Las Vegas along the Strip on Monday, May 2, 2016, in Las Vegas. The property, site of Boyd Gaming’s mothballed Echelon project, purchased by Malaysia-based Genting Group, has seen little work since its groundbreaking ceremony nearly a year ago. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

We have two delicious Wicked Whispers + Racy Rumors this torrid Tuesday:

Has the overseas gaming giant Genting Group based in Malaysia decided to abandon its plans for Resorts World, a Chinese-themed hotel, on the former Echelon site opposite Wynn Las Vegas and Encore? Genting is apparently now plotting new ideas.

The nearby land — as in across the street — where Australian billionaire James Packer of Crown Resorts was to build the 35-acre Alon hotel-casino with 1,100 rooms is now rumored to be for sale for $300 million.

James was engaged to Caesars Palace headliner Mariah Carey this year until they broke off their wedding plans and she burned her $250,000 wedding gown. In this YouTube video for her single “I Don’t” with YG, she’s shown peeling off a wedding dress and throwing it into a fire at the Calabasas, California, home James and she shared.