- Las Ramblas Resort
The Las Ramblas Resort was a proposed
hotel ,resort , andcasino project inLas Vegas, Nevada byGeorge Clooney andRande Gerber (husband ofCindy Crawford ), and designed byArquitectonica . Its scheduled completion was 2008, but Dan Klores Communications, the PR firm representing Las Ramblas, confirmed in June 2006 that the 25-acre plot has been sold toStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide , the developers of the plannedW Hotel for USD$202 million. [http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-06-07/]The site for Las Ramblas was to be on Harmon Avenue, between the Aladdin and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Plans included 11 towers encompassing a 4,400 room-luxury hotel,
condominium residences, a spa andhealth club ,nightclub s, and a casino. The design was inspired byLa Rambla , an open-air street inBarcelona .Despite Clooney and Gerber's announcements to the contrary, rumors and news reports persisted that the project would not be completed. Conflicting reports detailed a rift between Clooney and "Ocean's Eleven" co-star
Brad Pitt , but other reports said Pitt was never involved.Fact|date=February 2007External links
* [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-29-Wed-2006/business/6596239.html Las Vegas Review-Journal: Clooney high-rise condos hit snag]
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