The resort that awaits guests and gamblers just before midnight Wednesday includes a bowties theme that is an homage to the standard neckwear of Morris Lapidus, architect of the Miami resort that opened in 1954. Army of the Dead is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold, based on a story he also created.

For several decades after the war, Las Vegas had a boomtown economy. He called completion “the fulfillment of a long-held dream and a testament to the spirit of our brand, which has stood for seven decades.” casino side still had a poor representation of African Americans. Soffer and Fontainebleau Development reacquired the project in 2021 and partnered with Koch Real Estate Investments to finance and finish it. Last July, with work progressing toward opening, a smoky rooftop fire raised alarm but caused little damage. Meanwhile, sitting idle, the hulking shell of a building with an incomplete street-front facade was occasionally used by area firefighters for high-rise rescue training.

The property is scheduled to open Wednesday. People stand beside the sculpture titled History of Suspended Time at an entrance to the Fontainebleau Las Vegas hotel-casino Tuesday, Dec.