Plans for a more than 33-level 'banana-shaped' skyscraper in Las Vegas are set to move forward in 2021 as part of a $7.5billion high-tech 'mini city' as city struggles to rebound from pandemic layoffs and closures
Plans to break ground on what some are calling a huge banana-shaped skyscraper are set to move forward in Las Vegas in 2021 as part of a $7.5billion project as the city continues to struggle to rebound from pandemic layoffs and closures.
Bleutech Park Properties shared a model of the structure that's one of many to be built in the proposed high-tech mini city on Twitter Tuesday evening.
'Rise Baby Rise! Soaring unto the sky from ground up! thrust into the clouds #Vegas' desert to stand majestically skywards. An #EngineeringMarvel in-progress @bleutechparklv culmination new research in fluid highrise #Construction +self-healing #concrete unlike any structure to-date,' the company tweeted.
Their tweet was quickly noticed by Twitter users who ridiculed the proposed skyscraper.
'Someone wants to build a huge banana-shaped high-rise condo in Las Vegas,' one Twitter user wrote.
Plans to break ground on what some are calling a huge banana-shaped skyscraper are set to move forward in Las Vegas in 2021. Bleutech Park Properties shared a model of the structure on Twitter Monday evening
'Rise Baby Rise! Soaring unto the sky from ground up! thrust into the clouds #Vegas' desert to stand majestically skywards. An #EngineeringMarvel in-progress @bleutechparklv culmination new research in fluid highrise #Construction +self-healing #concrete unlike any structure to-date,' the company tweeted
Their tweet was quickly noticed by Twitter users who ridiculed the proposed skyscraper
Another person offered up some names that the tower could be called while one said maybe the company didn't think the plans through
Another shared: 'Ummm, that does not look like a banana. Why would anyone want to build a high-rise that looks like a penis?'
'Is this the new Hard Rock casino?' a third questioned, adding: 'Could also be The Penetian.'
According to Bleutech Park Properties, the more than 33-level skyscraper is a part of Bleutech Park Las Vegas, which would be 'the first city in the world to boast a digital revolution in motion'.
In a follow up tweet, Bleutech shared: 'As you stare in awe & wonder into the evolution of #entertainment an iconic worldwide destination.
'Join us in an adventure of magnificence! Full Entertainment Tower at soaring heights spans w/33+ levels of #casino beckons you to immerse in the spirit of dreams.'
The $7.5billion project will span across a 210-acre piece of land at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip on Cactus Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
The company tweeted this breakdown chart that shows the different entertainment options for guests once the skyscraper is complete
The entire park will cost about $7.5 billion and will be a high-tech 'mini-city'. The project is set to showcase renewable energy, autonomous vehicles, AI, augmented reality, robotics, 'super-trees' and self-healing concrete structures
According to the company, the planned project is expected to take at least six years to complete. Crews were supposed to break ground on the park in December 2019, but plans were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic
Bleutech Park also features a sustainable living component via a 'cluster of net zero carbon footprint workforce residences'
The park will be home to 'ultra-luxury residential towers,' a hotel, offices, retail and the 'tallest Entertainment Tower, redefining the skyline of Las Vegas'
According to the company, the planned project is expected to take at least six years to complete. Crews were supposed to break ground on the park in December 2019, but plans were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The project will be 'constructed of net zero carbon footprint buildings within their own insular mini-city, featuring automated multi-functional designs, renewable energies from solar/wind/water/kinetic, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence , augmented reality , Internet of Things , robotics and powered by 5G'.
Bleutech Park also features a sustainable living component via a 'cluster of net zero carbon footprint workforce residences'.
The park will be home to 'ultra-luxury residential towers,' a hotel, offices, retail and the 'tallest Entertainment Tower, redefining the skyline of Las Vegas'.
Company officials said Bleutech Park Las Vegas will create more than 25,000 new jobs for the city.
'We remain committed to attract, hire, educate and train the Workforce of the Future – and that means making the most of both new technologies and uniquely human qualities of a skilled workforce,' their website reads.
Bleutech Park says the future of urban mobility is clear: 'To provide clean, efficient, safe, automated, and connected mobility ecosystem.'
The park will also be equipped with autonomous driving 'smart vehicles', and 'smart solar roads'.
The main plaza will be comprised of transparent concrete, lined with solar panels underneath thus providing wireless charging for electric vehicles.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, which had forced the closure of casinos, and left hotel rooms empty.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced the closure of casinos, and left hotel rooms empty
Visitors to the area plummeted by more than 90 per cent in a little over a month as the pandemic spread. The state’s unemployment rocketed to 28 per cent, the worst in the nation and a level not seen even during the Great Depression. People stand in front of electronic slot machines on November 9
Things have gotten better in Las Vegas since the springtime shutdowns. Casinos were allowed to reopen in June, though some remain shut because of the lack of business. Visitors to the city reached nearly 1.9 million in October, far higher than in April but still down 49 per cent from a year earlier. People are seen walking in Las Vegas on November 9
Visitors to the area plummeted by more than 90 per cent in a little over a month as the pandemic spread.
The state’s unemployment rocketed to 28 per cent, the worst in the nation and a level not seen even during the Great Depression.
Every day, thousands of cars line up at emergency food distribution centers, the lines stretching for block after block, past pawn shops and casinos and law offices.
Things have gotten better in Las Vegas since the springtime shutdowns. Casinos were allowed to reopen in June, though some remain shut because of the lack of business.
Visitors to the city reached nearly 1.9 million in October, far higher than in April but still down 49 per cent from a year earlier.
Unemployment in the Las Vegas region stood at 14.8 per cent in September, the highest in the nation for large metropolitan areas and nearly twice the national average.
Las Vegas thrives on crowds, with people jammed shoulder-to-shoulder from the sidewalks to casinos to restaurants.
Before COVID, eating at one of the city’s best-known buffets, the 600-seat Bacchanal at Caesars Palace, could easily mean waiting an hour or more.
These days, the Bacchanal is closed and across the city, hotel rooms that normally go for $300 a night can now be had for $90.