Bally’s Corp. is waiting for Federal Aviation Administration approval on the height of two hotel towers planned adjacent to the Athletics’ under-construction ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip, company officials told the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday.
The project, on the former Tropicana site at Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, includes a casino, a 2,500-seat theater, retail, dining and entertainment space, and two hotel towers totaling 3,000 rooms. Bally’s executive vice president and CFO Mira Mircheva said the company hopes to complete a plaza with those amenities by Feb. 29, 2028.
Because of the site’s proximity to Harry Reid International Airport, the FAA must sign off on any development, particularly tower heights. Bally’s has submitted entitlement applications to Clark County, but the county will not review them until the FAA gives clearance, Mircheva said.
Bally’s has hired Marnell Companies, a prominent Las Vegas casino designer known for work on Bellagio, Rio, M Resort and Harrah’s Las Vegas, as the lead architect. Mircheva noted that podium design is progressing and the company is in active negotiations with potential tenants for retail, entertainment and restaurant venues.
The Athletics have assured the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that their 33,000-seat stadium will open for the 2028 baseball season regardless of Bally’s timeline. Bally’s is also responsible for building a parking garage and power system on the 35-acre site, with the stadium occupying nine acres.
Bally’s attorney Dan Reaser told board members that one hotel tower would be on the back side of the site and the other adjacent to Las Vegas Boulevard. “Whenever the FAA grants their approval over height restrictions on the hotel towers will also then govern whether we have to change anything on the configuration of the hotel towers,” Reaser said.
The casino is expected to include a sportsbook, though Bally’s has not decided whether to operate it or contract it out. Construction workers recently began installing steel beams for the stadium.
In separate business, the board recommended approval of licenses for a sportsbook at the North Las Vegas Poker Palace casino, to be operated as Club Fortune Casino North. Truckee Gaming LLC acquired the Poker Palace in the fall and closed it Oct. 1 for remodeling. Final approval goes to the Nevada Gaming Commission on June 25.
