Fontainebleau Las Vegas 2024 Update 

Honestly, i am genuinely shocked that a project like this, delayed and abandoned so many times by so many owners over nearly 2 decades, ACTUALLY got completed. You almost NEVER hear of this happening, and the projects typically stay abandoned and rot after so many years of failed attempts and deterioration. Impressive

Somehow the Fontainebleau returned

The redemption arc is crazy

This is a rare occasion where an abandoned structure actually gets a happy ending! 😮

This is one of those channels where my head thinks "This is such great content I wish anyone else cared about abandoned material" then I see 1.43 million subscribers and realize I'm not alone. Congrats. Job very well done.

I love that you do full update videos.

it's like a crossover episode between BSF & BSF Travel! I love it!

I just returned from a 4 night stay at Fontainebleau LV, and that resort is gorgeous! The staff were wonderful to deal with, and dined at several great restaurants around the resort. I highly recommend Mother Wolf and Miami Slice as my favourite restaurants.

I’ve been to Vegas for YEARS. As a vistor/tourist, I can say the lumbering blue giant eyesore finally is open after nearly 20 years of developmental hell. Viva Las Vegas. 🎉

As someone who works at The Fontainebleau, it’s a pretty cool place

My name is Jake, and this is UN-Abandoned! haha

I’m a musician who performs at the Fontainebleau, and all I can say is that this place is one of the coolest spots on the strip.

I stayed there earlier this month. I really liked the room and the view. The food was great at 4 different restaurants I tried. The conference center did what a conference center is supposed to do. The Bleu Bar had great service and cocktails.

I got a few red flags when I came gambling, 1. The cocktail ladies give out Fiji as their complimentary water 2. They serve pretty heavy pours in high quality glass (polar opposite of every other hotel) 3. All the casino chips are electronically chipped (unsure if this is a thing in other properties) 4. The slot machines feel a lot more spaced out than your average casino. I loved the decor, and how well the ribbon was adapted to the design, but I am worried that their operating costs are way too high and they will be burning through a lot money real quick, especially with its low occupation costs

I was a kid back in 2010 when it had an incomplete glass cladding. This building is so huge and the tallest one. It wasn't its time back then to operate, now after setbacks, this blue themed resort is actually unique with spacious rooms than Palazzo.

I’ve never gotten in this early so I want to tell you how much our family enjoy your videos. One of the few things we cast to the big screen to watch together.

The logo on that building was originally created to show case itself of what will soon to be the “new fountain blue.” I was told at my job (where me and one other person cut those pieces out) that it was going to be installed to advertise its grand opening on new years when TV’s around the world would panel on that end of the strip. It was made out of Vinyl with no lamination believe it or not. Surprised they were able to remove it without the windows falling or ripping off little by little pieces due to the extreme weather

The Fontainebleau being incomplete always bugged me as a kid every time I would visit Vegas. Now that I’m 24years young I’m definitely going to visit it this year.

They're airing Fontainebleau commercials on ESPN+ right now. Glad to see this project got un-abandoned!

I was just in Vegas and right up close to it and was pretty impressed and happy to see it finally finished

I remember the first time I laid my eyes on an abandoned and creepy building right across the Travelodge my family and I were staying in during our road trip from Denver to LA in July of 2008. After years of being annoyed and kinda disgusted at the amount of waste that building was becoming, I am now working there. It's kind of crazy, who would've thought.

Last I read in local LV news was they are basically charging mid-strip prices for a building by the prime real estate of Circus Circus, Sahara, and Festival Grounds.

The 67th floor "rooftop bar area" is going to be a private club, the Poodle Room. Foundation Room at the top of Mandalay Bay similarly started as a private club and has since abandoned that concept. Fontainebleau's clientele, the few that there are, might be the types to buy into a private club, but I just can't imagine enough to be sustainable.

I worked construction in FB for over a year and a half. It was a nightmare for everyone involved with deadlines that were barely met. They were still working on the top floors when they opened.

Excellent video, this was a great documentary! The comparisons between the original concept and the final outcome is impressive.This was a great overall perspective of this property.

My brain is still struggling to get my head around 9 million square feet

Here from Las Vegas! Love your videos.

I just randomly stumbled across this video, because I like the history of Vegas and also like to keep up to date on the new aesthetic developments that are springing up in Vegas, really like your analytical and aesthetically minded approach to these videos, very well done, keep it up

Holy shit! I grew in Vegas and I remember this building just being an eyesore at the end of the strip every time I would go pick up my mom from work. I can’t believe it’s actually finished and open. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for posting. I lived in Vegas and moved before it opened. This place was huge. I always wanted to sneak inside but never did.

I think I have pictures from when it was just a metal skeleton with a crane on top mannnny years ago and it gave creepy abandoned vibes even then. I couldn't believe it was finished until we passed it in early January on a trip. Even the taxi driver couldn't believe it finally opened. Wild.

Every single "fountain blue" had me wincing.

Each of these casinos - the Fountainebleau included - is its own microcosm with repeats of Tiffany/HarryWinston/DolceGabbana/Starbucks/Sephora/Gucci/Prada/Hermes/LouisVuitton ad nauseum. There are now literally dozens of these identical shops in Vegas and it's now cliche.

The Fountain Blue hotel is architecture beautiful inside and out. This hotel has the same issue like resort world, it's always empty. They're bleeding money like crazy.

This is awesome. I was looking for something to watch while I wait and I got the notification that you posted!! Amazing job!!

I was at CES a few weeks back and stopped by, saying to myself, “I thought this was abandoned.” We did eat once at Wally’s right by the giant ball in the mall at Resort World. It was a fantastic dinner, but the shopping was empty. Proud to be a patrion supporter!

A wonderful looking place. It's very upscale. I play there but don't stay there/ The place was pretty empty, but with The Mirage closing 3 years, and the recent tropicana closure, there are an extra 6,000 rooms available! I watch all your content!

Your videos are always informative and entertaining. I sincerely appreciate your content. I remember walking by the abandoned site for FB and RW in vegas many times over several trips, the last in 2019... I'm amazed this was ever finished in the first place.

Crazy how in the span of a few years the North Strip has definitely changed so much

I used to go to Vegas and set up at Circus Circus...and look at that empty ice cube call The Drew across the street wondering if it's a lost cause....I'm glad it persevered and made it to fruition.

After having seen your original video on the Fountainbleu Las Vegas and then seeing that it's finally open, I am both surprised and amazed that this is a construction equivalent to the Phoenix.

I’m still shook the Fontainebleau Resort sat for so long ever since I was 13 (2013) when I first had a family trip to Las Vegas! I’m now able to gamble (in wise ways) and I can tell it’s really beautiful inside! I hope to see inside eventually!

Hey Jake, I'm a huge fan of your videos as it is always interesting to hear all about the abandoned places in the world.

I was at the Fontainebleau a few weeks ago and it was a ghost town inside.

Thanks for the update. Great video as always.

When i lived in vegas from 2017-2019 this building was a standing corpse. Good to see its finally opened...

Bro your turnaround for getting content out is impressive lol, I literally saw you posting about it on Instagram, and now I’m watching a the fully edited great lol. Pretty cool to see them actually finish a project that looked like it was never gonna open.

I love these updates on previous videos. Keep it up!

I've seen that building on the Strip for years on end with the name changes in everything and wondered if it was ever going to open up. Thanks for the update

It's going to take time for these new resorts in Vegas to make any money back. It doesn't help that both Fontainebleau and Resorts World are located at the least popular section of the Strip. I'm aging myself here but I still remember when the City Center resorts, The Aria, Vadara and Costmo opened (2009 and 2010), it took them a while to get going and have more guests.

I really appreciate these updates!! I would love to see more updates of your past projects, especially Closed For Storm.

They were actually building the tower when me and my wife got married in 2005, now we have three kids and we’re divorced. This project lasted longer than my marriage.😂

Thanks, Jake. Was always wondering what would happen to that abandoned Fontainbleau property in Las Vegas.

I really enjoy your updates. It’s fun to see what happens to these places that have so much potential.

LOVE THESE UPDATE VIDEOS ... please consider doing more for any updates on properties you've done

We were waiting for this update, Awsome! Enjoyed your Disney price update the other day as well. Keep up the great work Sir

Thanks so much for this update!

I was in vegas last month for a big poker tourney and was gonna stop and check it out to tell you. glad you enjoyed it. The blue lights at the top of the resort definitly stand out on the strip. salute!

The interiors are spectacular. When I use to go to Vegas in the early 2000's, one of the things I used to do was walk through the properties and lobbies to look at them. I certainly would put this on the list (although not having retailing yet would limit my time spent there)

I’ve been waiting for your video on this, you never disappoint

Thank you for sharing.😊

I wish them success! That's perseverance! I was in Vegas last summer and saw that Fountainebleau was being worked on. "Wait a second, I thought that was abandoned since I watched a video on it!"

Loved this video! Keep it up!!! 😍

Nicely done, I drive past it 5 times a week. Didn’t know it was open until just now with your video. Never gave it a second thought.. thanks for sharing this story..😊

Thanks for the update on this old /new hotel !!!!!

I thought I was watching Bright Sun Travels lol that's not a bad thing cause really I think an episode is needed for both Vegas hotels now that they're open!

Great input, thank you!

thanks for the update, glad to see it is done, went to Vegas during Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival and saw both of those towers, and thought of your videos seeing them XD

You know what the most impressive thing to me is about all of this? I *live* in Vegas 2/3rds of the year, and I had no idea they had re-started construction and that it had opened 3 months ago. (Granted I only go to the strip about once every 3 months, but *still* I feel like this is something I would have heard about over the last year.

Probably a good thing that this was abandoned in Las Vegas, the desert environment probably preserved it better than other places in the US and the building was salvageable

Remember seeing ads for this at DFW International, was surprised since I remember your other video

Really nice vid! Cant wait to see more! 😀

Im a North Strip fan ....Wynn and Resorts World are my favorite places to stay and rarely do we venture past Venetian. This spot is definitely on our list for a stay next time. Once it gets a little more filled out/completed.

Wow....what an amazing story

I just saw a commercial for the hotel today and instantly thought of your video.

Thank you for this update. For some oddball reason, I was just wondering the other day what happened to this.

So happy there's an update video

Local here, I stayed at this hotel and it was well worth the wait! I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

So wild. I've been visiting Vegas frequently since 2013 and would always see it when it was an eyesore imagining what could have been. To see it operating after so many years is mind blowing. I'm looking forward to visiting it next month

The square footage currently being "fitted out" in the USA is really and truly incredible absolutely.

I have watched many of your videos and it is heartwarming to see a project actually open. So many of your stories show projects that cost a lot of money and are never finished which is such a waste of time

Aaaaaaaaah! It is here. The video I was awaiting for the evening here in CET. x'3

Hey, I've been binge watching your back catalog and almost every video i had to resub to your channel. RU-vid kept unsubbing me. Thought you should know. Good content.

That’s a cool property but they for sure need to get the pool and rooftop bar open in order to be as competitive as possible.

Love the abandoned content and really appreciated this video. However, it's tough to evaluate a casino hotel and it's place in Las Vegas on your first trip to Las Vegas. There is no better location than where the Bellagio is on the strip, it will always be full as an icon at nearly the heart of the Strip. The Resorts World and now FB are pushing the strip north and it's still kind of crummy with Circus Circus and other lesser properties working against them. Also, it takes time to fill those retail spaces. I'm not promoting FB, but only 4/5 months in no space is 100% full, it needs time and as a Vegas aficionado I'm pulling for the property. Keep up the great work!

Going with what you said about the AC units, another thing that’s interesting is the elevators here. They were installed back in around 2007 or maybe even before that. They were sitting, fully installed or almost fully installed for 15 years. They had to modernize them before the hotel opened, but they kept a lot of the old parts and added new parts.

Dang, I remember in Las Vegas like two or three years ago and seeing this just sitting there abandoned and I actually watched your video on it and it was cool to see it, but I can’t believe it was finished

As a Las Vegas resident, I didn't even know this opened. Shows you how much I keep up with the local area. Neat!

When I visited Las Vegas in late December just before Christmas I walked to the Fontainebleau. I signed up for a player's card and racked up some decent points and managed not to lose money. There's not too much near it except Circus Circus and Resorts World. They've had at least three or four high-level Executives leave already. Then they had nachogate. I don't know that I would go out of my way to go there again

Looks pretty nice!

I’m so so excited to get back to Vegas and see this place full of life!!! Abandonment structures have always been interesting to me and Vegas is my happy place so naturally I’ve been obsessed with the Fontainebleau for years now. If feels like a child of mine😭

Cool vid, I saw ur 1st 1 when ya made it. Resorts world sat un-started forever too,.

ENCORE + FOUNTAINEBLEAU HOTELS 0:14 - - Encore glass + roof 2:37 - - 67 flr hotel is NOT 9m sf (maybe 6m if you include the casino) 5:50 - - nice room + furniture 5:58 - - 3,644 rooms 😲 6:04 - - cool purple round windows 🟣

Nice to once see an abandoned building being finished after all. Because usually it's financially such a huge task, almost like building it all new from scrap, that it just not worth it. There must have been some deeeeep pockets they could open up! Thanks for the update!

I’m so glad they made it happen. It felt like such a waste sitting there empty.

I'm happy to see that the place finally opened. I've walked by the construction side numerous times and saw it in all its' various stages of progress and no progress at all.

I was just in Las Vegas last week for work and didn't get a chance to check out Fontainebleau. It looks really nice lit up at night from the Westgate. It's a crazy 17 year journey for that hotel though. I'd like to think of it as the oldest new resort in Las Vegas. The North end of the strip seems to have a bit of a cloud around it given the struggles with both FB and RW to finally open. I've stayed a RW a couple times since its opening and I really like it, and even sneak my way over there for the cigar lounge even when I'm not a hotel guest. Nothing wrong with more rooms coming online in Las Vegas.

Thanks Jake

The interior design is quite nice. I was expecting an incredibly generic “modern” design (aka a random hodgepodge of fancy things that’ll likely to appeal to most of the Vegas crowd), but it really doesn’t seem that way. It weaves together modern and more classical elements much better than most casino hotels nowadays. I can see it being decently successful, especially with all the marketing.

happy to see this place open, and I would really like to see it make it, love a great story