Airports and airplanes, the greatest foes of tall skyscrapers. I think LVT's dead. If not, it'll be, soon.

Okay, here's the latest proposal in a story in today's paper. 1,150 feet.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/10761231.html

We all should have known this was coming. They should (and probably already have) consider the two tower approach, however. Vegas hotels never seem to have a problem with add-ons if when the original proves successful.

question: does the fact that this tower is now being referred to as a 1,150' project in newspaper articles mean that the title of this thread should be changed to reflect the shorter direction this project appears to be going in?

^^ That is the question. I want to see a few more sources say the same thing before I accept it, but you usually make good judgments on these matters. ;)

Yeah, I think so, the article says:
So that sound pretty official to me.

good catch. i'll edit the thread title.

Also, the name was changed a few months ago to "Crown Las Vegas". Crown is the gaming division of PBL in Australia and will be managing the casino and hotel once it opens.

The height change ups the chances of this one being built.

G*dd@mn FAA bastardizing yet another project...

Edit - posted to wrong thread

What did you expect? Denver couldn't build over 720 feet for years because Stapleton was a mere 3 1/2 miles from downtown. If you guys move McCarren or get the airport 10 miles further out (don't know where since you're in the valley), you can start going more vertical like us. NO height limit in Denver anymore!

I don't think the FAA did anyhting. It sounds like the developer decided to reduce it.

It was mentioned earlier in the thread that the 1888' was just a ruse to garner media attention. The only reason it was 1888' was to allude to the Washington monument and "outdo" the mayby-one-day-constructed Freedowm Tower. The developer got the attention, massively reduces the height, and he still has a larger press base and a more achievable tower.

^ I wonder if that will be the case in the future. Las Vegas moving McCarren Airport. Since Las Vegas is growing so fast and could benefit from taller skyscrapers, they could eventually just move the airport to accommodate taller buildings, since more and more are being proposed.

It would take a very large amount of funding etc. To even think about such an idea. But it could be possible in the future.

Miami and Las Vegas are undergoing a tremendous construction boom, and both of them have the goddamn airport problem. This sucks.

Looks like the exact same design, only truncated to reduce height. Hopefully some thought will be put into how the reduced floor count will affect its appearance. Looking forward to some proper renderings...

McCarran is fast reaching it's maximum capacity several years before anticipated. But IVP, the new airport, won't be up and running until 2017. It will be about thirty miles south in the Ivanpah valley. It will be international, but because of the large demand, it will supplement McCarran, not replace it. If only they could close the north-south runway, the smallest of the three runways. That's the runway that's the real problem because they take off right over the heart of the city when they use that runway.

That's one massive nerf! :haha:

In any case, one 1150' is a lot more believable, and still a good step to improving the Vegas skyline

If I'm am to be optimistic about this, I guess I could say that if it's now built at it's current height, it will definetly make way for a taller tower so it won't look so out of place.

you guys are just lucky you're not San Diego, where the airport has resulted in a 500' height limit all over downtown. Now that's not 500' of building, that's 500' from sea level. Since the terrain slopes up from the bay, the bayfront buildings are the tallest, and every building that's built to maximum height is exactly as tall as every other building when you look at the rooftops. Lame!!!