Last year, the company said it expected a 2018 opening.īut on Wednesday, officials with Malaysia-based Genting were celebrating again after clearing a key hurdle in the company’s efforts to break into the Las Vegas market. Since then, there have been few visible signs of progress on what is projected to be a 3,000-room resort that would include a 56-story tower. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter year ago today, representatives of the Genting Group were celebrating on the Strip with lion dancers, acrobats and a ceremonial groundbreaking for the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas at the former site of the Stardust. Members of the Resorts World Lion Dancers perform during the groundbreaking of the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas resort property, the site of the former Stardust hotel-casino on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.