Abandoned - Fontainebleau Las Vegas 

Nice

another amazing video Jake!! keep up the great work!!

Can you do a video of skyvue which is located across from Mandalay Bay. It was supposed to be a observation wheel that got cancelled back in 2019 and now just 2 concrete pillars remain to this day

The echelon and this one here both at the same time we're supposed to have been completed. Course the echelon was going to replace the stardust

Glad to see Fontainebleau got its name back and construction is underway again - apparently set to open before the 2024 Superbowl in Vegas.

well, in this case you are checking all 3 boxes at once, isn't that great?

@@doktormerlin It really was Abandoned Bingo on this one

Sell it to nacros to create a mega-crackhouse and brothel.

Hate to say it but I love to see what videos we will get every time there an economic crisis.

well except the vegas football stadium. Sold out for when football starts

I wanna stay there lol

I actually recently walked inside FountaineBleu over New Years weekend and i have to say the interior lobby floor is quite impressive with high ceilings and modern interior design

It's kinda crazy. I was watching a hockey game the other night and got a few ads for the resort, not knowing why the name sounded familiar... I just stumbled back across this video and I'm shocked it's actually open now

Except it's not profitable, right now they are losing millions and have already had multiple directors leave. They also over hired for certain departments (like, say, security) and ended up letting a lot of them go just a few months after opening. The pay is nice for that department (I had applied for it, since it's three higher than I am currently getting paid for the current company I work for) but after finding out how they have treated their security, I pulled my app.

@@Suisfonia Yeah, I've been reading the saga unfold on Vital Vegas. Yay for it opening at last, but boo for all the questionable things they've done since opening. (overpriced nachos, business people who've never run a casino, etc.)

or diving a sub down to an unsinkable wreck

And then 2020 came in…

LOL

@@MatthewDiLeva and then along came Zeus

@@memeologist21 …then Lucifer.

@@MatthewDiLeva and omg is that the Ender Dragon

I had the same thought! Been watching this channel for years and I am proud he pulled this off...must be such an amazing feeling!

Such a hard and well-deserved flex

Was about to say the same thing what a flex! So happy for you and excited to see the film

You've never produced anything by yourself? Kinda pathetic, isn't it?

@@demef758 Nope and oh well :)

London would’ve been better.

Honestly, when he brough it up, i was like ?? bro that would have been much better! Like it would attract so many people wanting to "visit" england but not being able afford that trip. Like there is paris themed one, a new york, mediviel, and eygptian! England would fit right in

Fountainebleu really be like "There is no easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no -queen of- England."

Same

Same

@@kyle-michaelsolomon3099 Same

Lucky Dragon would be another (another Vegas local here!)

Same. I no longer live in Vegas, but I've been waiting on a video about this building since I first discovered the channel. He should totally do a video about Wet N Wild Las Vegas.

Facts :(

Anything built in that time was screwed over. The Venetian still has a crane that hasn't moved in 10+ years due to halted construction of a planned condo tower from 2007. The resort draped a huge building drape over it to cover the unsightliness.

It could be a playlist on this channel.

So when is the controlled demolition?

@@evetsnitram8866 When they learn Elon Musk has sensitive hard drives hidden in it

I have always wondered too each time I’m in Vegas.

Mine too! I like to keep up on what's closed and what's changed too. I remember driving past the El Rancho when it was closed. It was eerie. There are so many behemoths now on The Strip. Maybe the developers need to rethink the size before they redevelop. When I saw Carl Ichann had purchased I said "uh-oh." The interior furnishings and carpet were sold to The Plaza. They must look wonderful in that hotel.

I've lived in Vegas for 10 years and this video is the first I've learned of what that huge building is!

Being old enough (54) to see resorts get built, and then torn down within my lifetime, I no longer feel anything but kinda depressed when I’ve visited Las Vegas. The excitement is gone. I hate how things get torn down and are considered “old” after only a few years. It’s not only wasteful, it’s sad to see cool historical buildings get destroyed

That’s sad. I don’t know much about how often people lose their lives on high rise job sites, but that sounds excessive. Was there negligence?

@@goodgrief888 When the City Center complex (Aria, Cosmo, Vdara, Crystals) was built in Las Vegas, 6 people reportedly died during construction there. I thought my dad has said more, so Google could be reporting the number wrong, but many people die on construction sites building hotels and casinos.

@@togikisses I thought the official death count for City Center was 13. Only 2 at Fountainbleu that I recall.

​@@togikisses it is not that common especially in the US and in todays age.

In 1984, (age 12) I took a ride in a small elevator to the top of the Gateway Arch in St Louis. The tour guide gave a heavy emphasis to the fact that no workers died in its construction. She said the higher the monument or building, the higher the fatality rate.

A few years ago I was behind on my mortgage because I was out of work and I was able to catch it up but I didn’t have the entire amount of back payments they would not let me give them what I had and just start making my mortgage payment again I had to sell my house

yeah. businesses get away with a lot and rarely very rarely is any individual held accountable or having to pony up a dime.

Hey Gerry, this place will employ hundreds of people meaning this place will pay millions in workers salaries and benefits . Something that expands and improved the economy . You as a person don’t do any of that . Maybe you should start a business and employ people than you too can get into the crony Capitalism

Yep, it's because the rich run the country

Don't spend what you don't have. You can't compare a credit card bill to a commercial loan

Don’t forget all the fixtures and what not he sold off 🤣 he’s laughing all the way to the bank... but he will probably be blocked by the city of Vegas from buying a property ever again considering what he did

@@candicecart9786 umm that’s kinda illegal for them to block him from doing so

@@_EyeOfTheTiger How do you know?

@@elonmust7470 he’s just like anyone else flipping houses or assets. Just because he bought it for a lower price and sold it for a higher price doesn’t mean he broke any laws or violated any codes. If they ban him from buying another building and doing the same thing then that basically means resale of any asset becomes illegal

@@_EyeOfTheTiger Through technicality, I'm sure the mayor, governor, & team of lawyers could find a way to keep an individual from doing much of anything in any specific spot..

That’s so cool!

@Safwaan I worked in the marketing department. I had no complaints about the company I worked for but this job was definitely a headache for us. I worked on some of the pool deck renderings that are not shown in this video. The ones in the video are fairly outdated.

Don't lie

Did the company get paid for its work?

@@gerrylopez5743 They did get paid for the majority of the work. From what I recall there is still some outstanding funds.

The land development version of The Producers

Take a shot everytime he calls it fountain instead of fontaine.

Aand, I died from alcohol poisoning and am writing this from beyond the grave. ☠

I am in the elevator Union here in Vegas and they have green lit the project, everything was going out for bid three weeks ago, word is they’re looking for a new contractor possibly but it is supposed to finally get going soon. They said End of 2023 opening a year ago but who knows now. They’ve been saying that for ten years though, two years ago I worked there for a week then Covid hit and they shut down again so we’ll see if it actually happens. Fingers crossed. 8

Almost as good as the “The Sopranos” drinking game. Drink every time someone says f**k. Brutal.

@@kata8528 Why is your post an exact copy of a comment made by someone else eleven hours before you cut and pasted your copy? Sincerely I’m just trying to understand why.

@Tim Garmany you okay bud?

How many elevators are in that thing?

My dad put in the elevators in at Wynn Encore.

what were they bidding out?

"Elevator union" lol, what a joke no wonder places like this never get finished. I am looking to join the "doorknob union" or maybe the "door hinge union" the "number 4 button maker union" how far can we break it down kids? The windex applicator union vs. The squeegee union.... It is very sad how such a great concept like a union has been so bastardized. Excuse me while I call the BA from the left boot union, my shoe seems to have come untied, hopefully they get someone over here by the end of the week so I can get back to work.

I think you mean the Circa, right? Cirque is a dance company.

Ayyyy political compass guy B)

@Sweet “What in the Goddamn?” Tea B)

Circa doesn't seem like it's gonna do well, but I don't really know shit about that goes on downtown, so who knows 🤷

@@zhitchcresttail3387 Been there twice since opening, place is pretty well packed and very pricey (for downtown)

Followed by "in 2020..." 😬

Also: “after 9/11”

This building sounds like a cruise ship on land, expecting that guests would never want or need to go elsewhere. Except that they could. Mission: Impossible Expectations.

10/2023

12/2023

Opening December 2023

it finally opened

Almost ruined Marvel!

This is just risk management, smart guy

@@Clay3613 Yes Marvel's greatest villain

Once a raider, always a raider.

Killed Chesapeake and my future for an oil well. I’m not kidding.

"honest taxpayers foot the bill for this" how? If corporations and banks are doing this it's not taxpayers money. It's when the gov't pisses away money on things such as Solyndra and all the gov't give away programs pols think up that it is the honest taxpayer's money. That's why capitalism is so much better than socialism, it's not your money in capitalism.

Yup. Ain’t capitalism great?! Especially for the poor and middle class. (Sarcasm……Just in case there’s any doubt)

Vote Democrat. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and others would eliminate this bullshit with enough allies to override Republican resistance.

@@loriw2661 Actually Lori, free market capitalism has proven to raise the living standards of the poor and middle class more than socialism ever has. For example, our country, being the first free market capitalist country, in only 150 surpassed every other country on the planet in standard of living for the poor and middle class. Even though other countries had been around for thousands of years. Socialism only benefits the rulers and politically connected making the middle class and poor even poorer. Just look at Venezuela, once the wealthiest country in South America.

@@wollam11 OK Rodney, how come Bernie never has someone from a socialist country up on stage with him during a rally to tell people how great socialism is. But Trump has many, many people that fled socialist countries at his rallies to tell you how bad it is. Stop looking at politics like a sporting event in which your side must win and look at what has really worked in history and what has not.

I think that Plaza will be my next "go to" hotel as I heard that Main Station is going to go.

I thought one of the new owners sold all the stuff off the guy who sold it for 650 and won it at auction for 150

@@howellwong11 I adore the Plaza. I even liked it when it was a dump. I love Fremont though. There is a rooftop pool on the seventh floor (or something like that) and it's always either empty or a Mexican family and me and my sister. MUCH more my speed than the strip. The Fremont hotels are so so so much cheaper than the strip. Golden Nugget is way overpriced for what you get. I'm Plaza til I die. LOL. Although I wanted to try Main St. Station as I love the Hawai'ian vibe, that's sad if it goes under.

@@michaeladamo1188 Yeah and he probably resold it to recroup his money. Who else wants to buy hundreds of rooms worth of hotel fixtures but another hotel? LOL

I liked it too, cheapish, conveniently located, and when i was there they had like smoking floors you could just light up a blunt and no one cared......honestly maybe it was just smokers floor for cogarettes but yea they did not care.

I was looking at that thing the whole video, what an eyesore. Is it as bad inside as I expect it might be or is it pleasantly nice?

@@TheOnlyDamien yes! Still pretty dated . Was on the strip in 2019.

@@TheOnlyDamien they added new carpet that already some how looks old, “refreshed”the rooms, added a few stores, and that’s it. It’s one of the few casinos we feel a total tear down and remodeling is actually long over due. We like the theme, would love to see it come back better and not look like a 1970s time capsule including the smell

I've stayed at Circus Circus, it is 1960's kitsch at it's finest.

I stayed at Circus Circus for the first time a few days ago… won’t be doing that again.

🤣🤣

Creamatorium ? What?

Oh condos? Like those are a big winner now?

If this is true get ready to rent some rooms!!!!!

@@kimberwoolridge6088 They changed the name, it's now the JW Marriott Las Vegas Boulevard and it will open in late 2023.

Thank you so much!

Ya i remember the super early days when it seemed like everyone just came to complain. I didn’t understand it back then and I’m glad that people have really come around on the channel since.

The company I used to work for did a lot of design work for their pool deck!

The minute you said "over a decade ago" the first thing I thought was "yep this is a recession one"

timestamp?

@@cngel literally the first words

That’s pretty much how all the hotel/casinos are in Vegas 🤷🏼‍♀️ They all have casinos, rooms, restaurants, convention rooms, etc

@@candicecart9786 yep most of the bigger casinos seem to include some sort of all purpose mall

That is exactly how all of the larger casino/resorts on The Strip operate. If they don’t have something on property, it’s probably at a sister property.

Right? Esp. When Vegas already has so many shopping centers.

good ole rich ppl hubris

It's not very unusual in other countries. Kuala Lumpur has many malls just like this one.

@@poochyenarulez > not very unusual > Kuala Lumpur KL has over 3x the population as LV and is an international flight hub

@@clarkwhite998 yea and they have 10x or 15x more malls

A London resort….. for authenticity they would near to smear all the public walkways in dog-shit, ensure all the servers are obese angry fat pigs that look orange with the amount of fake tan they have on and pump the smell of vomit through the air-con system.

@@mikew742 lol

Can't be any worse than the Paris

Word. Had the punishment of traveling to paris...I barely remember the sights, but the smell of garbage and urine were imprinted on my rain

@@mikew742 and absolutely NO SERVICE!

less than 2% of Bezos wealth.

@@johnsmith-cw3wo Not his liquid wealth.

To think….

Old?

Wasn't really cool lmao

It was only around for 12 years. And abandoned for 8 of them.

Most buildings in vegas don't make it past 30 years

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It will open in December 2023

Thank you!!

@@BrightSunFilms No Problem.

@@BrightSunFilms Yes, I really want to see 'Closed for Storm' on youtube?

@@cooperthegoldenretriever7099 same

I love your videos. When I was in high school some friends and I would explore abandoned homes. So much fun. And by the way. . . I'll be sure to see: Closed for The Storm. :)

"And I thought to myself, Bright Sun Films should really do an episode Abandoned on this massive footprint" Thanks for this detailed, uncalled for insight into your brain

Thank you so much!

agree.......Vegas was so much better before the corporations took over n overbuilt (ruined) the whole place. too congested n too much traffic now.

I agree.

Yeah… idk about there being a magical time before corporations in vegas. The entire history of the city, from its founding, is based on gaudy excess and making quick bucks. Preserving historical vegas locations would have been nice, but the culture doesn’t really allow that. The old casinos had some incredible historical value, don’t get me wrong, but the reality is that the managers and land developers had the same ‘disposable money sponge’ perspective back then as they do today.

True Las Vegas sucks

Gonna be a while before that happens. They'd drain Lake Powell. They are not going to just let Lake Mead "dry up" drastic changes would occur first. You're right that it is silly to have such a large city in the middle of the desert with pools and grass lawns though.

@@VIPKidHealth all I saw was I lot of rocks for grass....being hot as it iz I can see y they have no grass....had a nice vacation tho👍🏾

@@downsouth822 Right on, I appreciate your view. I live in Las Vegas so I might have a bit of a better perspective than you. People have grass lawns in Vegas, not everone by any means, but my neighbor has a grass lawn. Grass does not grow in Las Vegas unless you water it. Bellagio has a giant fountain that I am sure evaporates a lot every day. Pools and all over the valley, it's a bit much. We have reduced the amound of grass lawns considerably however.

The reason the water level is receding at Lake Meade, is Los Angeles voraciously consuming and wasting water. The decreasing water level of Lake Meade is not caused by the amount used in Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City, even combined. It's Los Angeles, alone, that pumps more water from the lake than can be replenished, by river in-flow, and rainfall, yet LA wastes 80% of the water it pumps in from all over the northern California, and Lake Meade (NV,AZ), which Los Angeles shouldn't be able to tap, until the water flows downstream from the lake, where it finally reaches the Arizona/California border.

The London Big Ben idea would have been much better

There are lots of buildings that look like office buildings in vegas

Yeah, even for the time it was designed it seems pretty bland. The only reason it stands out is because it's so big.

@@jenniferp4612 Are there office buildings that look like office buildings in vegas?

It's funny how this failed development involves Icahn, Deutsche Bank and The Koch Bros. all three being involved in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

They have to sleep together, fat cats club ,wonder how many subs sank with their fiascos of daily business. Mardian ,perini name changes same rats.,👍✌️💪🙏

He crashed Chrysler too.

Yes he is. However, the vulture is a very useful bird in natures plan. They do not kill prey, but rather eat the remains of other killers meals, and keep the area tidy. A very useful bird. The people who sold this place to Carl were not forced to sell it, it was their choice, and they were probably glad to be out of this shipwreck. Other bidders could have bought it, but were coy. The fact that he was patient and awaited a recovery merely shows that he has business acumen. I own stock in his co, and it pays a steady, high dividend.

@Nosach And that's also bad. If 10 rich people are friends with known pedophiles and solicited women from that pedophile, I'd avoid those 10 rich people.

Oh, it's certainly not a "husk" of a building; The husk is about the only thing missing.

I don't think you understand what "laundered" means.

Great spot for rent control housing Of course the government is crooked and so are the billionaires who could help out at this point So I can't write off any petrol or steel toes for metatarsals or rent or work clothes because I'm an swf But those greedy little bastard carry on as always catching to write everything off was America still pays millions and billions to Iran Iraq Afghanistan and God knows who else in Aid What the f*** When will people wake up and protest THAT? Salaries don't keep up with inflation, bleed us some more why don't you? Everybody's tired of the slavery Supposedly the richest country in the world and some people get no and I mean zero paid days-off if you're lucky you get 5 and if you're really lucky you make it to 10 and if you were simply blessed you get to purchase 5 days for the year Be as capitalistic as you like but stop the slavery of highly-skilled people like metal fabricators who are genuinely underpaid How much money do those bastards need? And I've what will it take for everybody to say no stop because it's easy stop buying their products it's simple as that Who wants to take the initiative and educate yourselves How many elections need to be stolen before we the people put it into the extortion and abuse They are nothing without the trades and yes that means you (PS I would add a pointing finger but clipart is against me haha)

Yes, there is. A collapsed condo in the same town of Miami.

Where else will super hero's and villains fight? 😆

Good, he colludes with Trump

@@Nicholas-f5 you think it's a good idea for a government entity to not allow a private business license because of which presidential candidate was supported? That is actually a very scary idea to anyone who is a fan of freedom and private enterprise.

@@benvester3340 Same.

Danke, vielen Dank! I wanted to say sth, but at the same time i didn't want to risk being called a grammar nazi etc. so thank you. Please excuse my poor English, any typos and grammar fuckery I'm German thank you😄

(HERE IS THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST) JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS AND HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY BY FAITH IN GOD'S SON THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ONLY SALVATION SHALL BE YOURS AND ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN WILL AWAIT YOU WHEN YOU DIE THE BIBLE JOHN CHAPTER 3 VERSES 16 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 THE BIBLE

@@jolliebearforchrist5468 Well, ok, I believe that, but trying to figure out what that has to do with my mortgage.

wholesome comment award

Yeah a place like that could house and maintain a town! A form of a homeless shelter execpt funded by the city with hospital, food, and other necessities. Sort of the island of hope in a lake of gambling, lost cash, and dead dreams.

😮

What electrical contractor? I heard Rosendin got a good chunk of that project, but having been in the trade 18 years, I know several contractors will be needed to man up and finish.

@@brandtbagley5265 yeah I heard the same thing, but bombard is on it too

Same! I see this from my yard daily and just sigh.

Interestingly Resorts world was being built at the same time FountainBleu was. It was originally called the Echelon and was owned by Boyd gaming I believe. It stood as ruins for many year until it was bought and finished.

Condos, after the condo tower collapse in Miami Beach, not so sure. It looks more like a prison to me.

@@Timeless80 it would be a shame to leave a building of that magnitude vacant. This is a weird time that we live in. Where I live, there are bidding wars for properties. My neighbors have put FSBO out and they ask ridiculous prices and get even higher ones. Bidding wars.

Wd wat happened n surfside condo i dont think people still interested investing der money into waste

Concrete. Even without a facade at all that frame would stand for a century.

@@JasperJanssen 50 years. look at that condo that just collapsed in Florida

@@dindog22 I mean, sea air. Vegas is a lot of things, but full of cold wet salty air isn’t one of them. (And we don’t know yet *why* that thing collapsed. Simple age almost certainly wasn’t it.)

@@JasperJanssen several engineers have said that the slabs were too thin and the water runoff was in the wrong direction, compromising the rebar.

@@dindog22 That condo in Florida had an imbecilic design flaw that should never have passed review. It's not a measuring stick for the Fontainebleau.

How much of the inside was finished at that point when the work was completely halted? Were there actually rooms complete with plumbing, electricity and light bulbs installed?

Yeah, I believe it's just pronounced DOY-TCH. The "s" is silent.

@@debkski6084 no. there is no "s" in Deutsche Bank at all. Deutsche Bank is called Deutsche Bank

Yeah! Those interior renders are gorgeous! And the building itself looks good too.

I think they’re no different than any other rich ppl

Koch is an American oligarch who funds the GQP to keep the white, rich minority in power while the rest of the country is turning many shades of color from all over the world. BOO HISSSS to the crap ass Koch's.

@@bablumenthal9703 correct. From the minute we wake up in the morning, put our feet on the floor getting out of bed, open the door, walk into our bathroom, take a shit, a shower & shave - we have already come in contact with about 100 products that the Koch Evil Empire owns. No one should be this wealthy.

@@bablumenthal9703 Not anymore. The Kochs were Bush Republicans. They are globalists and open border advocates. The current GOP calls those old hawkish GOPers "RINOs". Examples are Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney

@@cattycorner8 the Koch bros, Bush, Cheney, Romney, McCain etc are what the GOP correctly call “progressives”. And we all know that the progressives ruin everything they they touch, take a look at the democrat party for what progressives are. Their only goal is to get gain and power over the people and then blame their opposition for doing the exact same thing.

Notice how the elites never go bankrupt in a world economic crash? They just get bailed out by governments over and over. Why is that? Because homo sapiens lack intelligence, integrity and impulse control. A recipe for species suicide. Remember that next time you vote for someone promising to deliver Utopia if only you would turn over more of your autonomy to them.

Mostly workers on specific job not everyday ppl business as usual.,✌️🤔🤙😎

I agree. I like the somewhat tacky old school America Las Vegas far and away more than the new slick fantasy part of town.

thats been covered hundreds of times on youtube. nothing interesting.

@@nmnmnm35 i know but i just want to see his take on it because his style of editing and the fact that he has his own series on topics just like the hotel makes it an interesting video idea. thats all.

Now y’all ain’t gots no water!

Fontainebleau is about to start back up construction. My father is the PM for the electrical side and its $200 Million dollar job just for electrical.

Airbnb is very shady. I do not recommend doing business with them. Forced to use them three times due to the area. Never again. Ever.

OSB?

@@TheOnlyDamien Oriented Strand Board, substitute replacement for plywood however at the moment finished wood prices are nearly as valuable as gold for for around $90 a sheet at Home Depot.

Ayyyyy the I4 eyesore, nice to hear about local things

@Peter Evans New company: "Honey, it's 2024, time to remodel the entire 3 million square foot Fountainebleau interior again!" Deutsche Bank: "Yes dear"

Why didn't they fill the pool and charge admission?

U r clueless about real estate business...banks and multiple companies do that....u buy it cheap and hold it until the sun ☀️ comes up ⬆️...

Thanks for watching!!

I would love to see it but it will be to painful to watch I am from new Orleans but live in Kentucky for 3 years now and I was in that storm I remembere was there when it was named jazz land and then 6 flags got it now it's still a ghost town

@@nigeltapp7370 I’m so sorry to hear you went through that tragedy, but glad you made it out! Jake is always very respectful of places he visits and one of the reasons I love his videos is that he always gives the history of the abandoned property - but living through that storm must have been harrowing, it’s completely understandable if it’s too painful to see it all over again

do you mean merry go-round?

@@simonlloyd7557 Thank you Simon, for noticing my mistake.😁😁😁

That would be 'merry-go-round'. Sheesh.