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Just weeks after a timeline was finally announced for funding and design plans of the video game-inspired Atari Hotel, we are learning the project has now been scrapped.
Scott Roeben's been saying there would be no Atari Hotel since it was announced back in 2020. At that time, the company planned to build multiple hotels in eight cities, including Las Vegas.
The plug has officially been pulled on the Atari Hotel, a project we told you was never happening.
Why is this news? Because our local journalists in Las Vegas can’t dig up real stories, so to fill column inches they confirm stories and “break” previously reported stories like they’re new. It’s fun and cheap and helps divert attention away from the fact traditional journalism is dead!
Roeben insists that there will be no Atari Hotel in any of the planned cities, including Phoenix, Austin, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle.
"When projects aren’t funded, construction sometimes begins to keep the shell game going. Construction gives the illusion something is happening," he said.
Indeed, it was a grandiose scheme by Project developer Intersection Development.
Plans were to include more than 2,000-person capacity esports and concert venue, a sportsbook, immersive bars, restaurants and shopping. In total, the hotel was slated to have more than 90,000 square feet of entertainment space.
A spokesperson for the developer simply the local Vegas Fox affiliate “We are not actively pursuing a project in Las Vegas at this time.”
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
