I gotta say, I never thought this day would come. When I moved to Vegas in late 2009, Big Blue, or the blue monster as I called it, was already sitting idle, with all work having ceased. And that is how it sat, supposedly 90% finished for well over a decade, through several different ownerships and new plans. For many years the area surrounding the blue monster was fenced off because pieces were literally falling off and crashing to the ground. You would see broken glass inside the fenced perimeter. At one point one of the cranes that had been sitting idle on the top came crashing down

And through the various new ownerships and plans to breathe new life into the blue monster, I always figured the most likely scenario would have been to bring it down and start over. I don't really know about these things, but kind of figured that sitting there in the elements rotting for a decade with no maintenance, it probably wouldn't be up to standard or code. I guess it is.

So the opening to the public was last night before midnight. I am not in a hurry to check it out as I was last week with Durango, but will probably make my way up that way over the weekend when I am on the strip. The parcel of land it sits on is small and odd shaped, so the casino floor cannot be very big unless it spans a couple floors like Circa.