{"id":40738,"date":"2024-07-01T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=40738"},"modified":"2024-07-02T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T08:20:11","slug":"bellagio-plans-major-retail-and-restaurant-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/bellagio-plans-major-retail-and-restaurant-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellagio Plans Major Retail and Restaurant Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bellagio has submitted plans for a major expansion of its retail and restaurant offerings.<\/p>\n

The expansion project is being referred to as “Project Mojave.” Mojave is a shortened form of “Hamakhaave,” which means “beside the water.” Which we definitely knew off the top of our head.<\/p>\n

The new addition to Bellagio will run from the hotel’s main entrance, along the walkway to Las Vegas Boulevard. The fountains won’t be affected, so don’t freak out.<\/p>\n

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Love Bellagio? You’re about to get more of it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The plans submitted to Clark County (wherein the Las Vegas Strip sits) get into the granular details of the project.<\/p>\n

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First rule of Vegas: Leave no square foot unmonetized.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’d give you more details about Project Mojave, but the county’s Web site is FUBAR at the moment. We like to leave some sloppy seconds for the Las Vegas Review-Journal to confirm, anyway.<\/p>\n

We did get our hands on some renderings, so there’s that.<\/p>\n

The architect on the project is Marnell Architecture, a well-known entity in these here parts. Marnell Companies was founded in 1982, and the company has had its hand in a number of major Las Vegas casinos. Marnell Co. built the Rio, Mirage and, yes, Bellagio (technically, Marnell Corrao Associates).<\/p>\n

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Oh, look, a new place for visitors to complain about the prices of things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Essentially, MGM Resorts is going to monetize what is currently idle space.<\/p>\n

The bridge from Las Vegas Boulevard to the Bellagio’s main entrance used to have a people-mover<\/a>. Now, not so much.<\/p>\n

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In the era of margins, leisurely strolls are frowned upon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s a good amount of foot traffic along this stretch that isn’t being exploited, so this new project looks to remedy that.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the existing floor plan, featuring a lot of not much.<\/p>\n

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Yawnville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s what’s in store with Project Mojave. In the vernacular of retail design and development, it’s a “metric shit-ton more.”<\/p>\n

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Somebody’s been talking to the “Reveneers” at Disney. They’re like “Imagineers,” but for revenue. If you don’t think those exist, you need to get out more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but a straight line isn’t always the most beneficial to the bottom line.<\/p>\n

Guests will now be herded through a collection of retail shops, along with at least five new food and beverage venues (orange in the images, above and below).<\/p>\n

It looks like a 10,000-square-foot venue will be on the rooftop overlooking The Strip and the ever-glorious Bellagio fountains, so LFG.<\/p>\n

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Let’s eat, drink and look at shoes we can’t afford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the county gets its act together, we should know more about a potential timeline and budget for the project. The over\/under is $80 million. We’re betting construction won’t start until after F1 in November 2024.<\/p>\n

In May 2023, MGM Resorts bought 1.62 acres of land between Bellagio and The Cosmopolitan for $54 million. The Mojave Project proposal makes it clear why MGM was ready to fork over big bucks for the tiny sliver of land—infrastructure and access for deliveries.<\/p>\n

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It’s not the size of your parcel, it’s what you do with it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s one more angle of Project Mojave at Bellagio.<\/p>\n

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If you use this color palette correctly, you can walk through the new Bellagio promenade and be completely invisible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The paperwork we’ve seen doesn’t show a name for what this Bellagio enhancement will be called, but we’re rooting for “Bellagio Interactive and Immersive Experience Collective Promenade and the Such.”<\/p>\n

Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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