Abandoned - Fontainebleau Las Vegas

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @BrightSunFilms
    @BrightSunFilms  3 роки тому +119

    A new video is out on the history of the never finished casino across the street called Echelon! ua-cam.com/video/1wKsoprTLdY/v-deo.html

    • @josepharmstrong1531
      @josepharmstrong1531 3 роки тому +1

      Nice

    • @jkube3232
      @jkube3232 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @chadrodick1161
      @chadrodick1161 3 роки тому +2

      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

    • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      @truckerkevthepaidtourist 3 роки тому

      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

    • @pyronical
      @pyronical 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @toddbrown4185
    @toddbrown4185 3 роки тому +2756

    If I’ve learned anything from this channel, it’s that If anything tourist related was set to open in 2001, 2008, or 2020 it ain’t gonna end well

    • @doktormerlin
      @doktormerlin 3 роки тому +160

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

    • @ay-dionne
      @ay-dionne 3 роки тому +118

      @@doktormerlin It really was Abandoned Bingo on this one

    • @ViceCoin
      @ViceCoin 3 роки тому +28

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

    • @PandorasTmrw
      @PandorasTmrw 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @BCNeil
      @BCNeil 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @BrakusJPS
    @BrakusJPS 11 місяців тому +206

    This casino has finally come full circle - after almost 20 years, the Fountainebleu finally opened to the public on 12/13/2023. It's stunning to see how long it sat idle for so long.

    • @DustinMcphetridgesRazor
      @DustinMcphetridgesRazor 11 місяців тому +1

      I wanna stay there lol

    • @usersays8599
      @usersays8599 10 місяців тому +11

      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

    • @commandersolo
      @commandersolo 10 місяців тому +8

      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

    • @Suisfonia
      @Suisfonia 5 місяців тому +3

      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.

    • @BrakusJPS
      @BrakusJPS 5 місяців тому +1

      @@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.)

  • @mikefm4
    @mikefm4 2 роки тому +166

    The only thing worse than setting to finish a project in 2001, 2008 or 2020 is declaring a ship unsinkable

    • @sai_beanz
      @sai_beanz Рік тому +9

      or diving a sub down to an unsinkable wreck

  • @firealarm109
    @firealarm109 3 роки тому +1830

    Jake, as a vegas local that sees this building every day, I was waiting for the day you did a video of the Fontainebleau for a while. You did not disappoint! There’s so many crazy abandoned projects and abandoned hotels in Vegas you can cover! But great work my friend!!

    • @LeeAnnaHolt
      @LeeAnnaHolt 3 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @kyocera66
      @kyocera66 3 роки тому +2

      Same

    • @jillsmith633
      @jillsmith633 3 роки тому +2

      @@kyocera66 Same

    • @lauraromdeussen864
      @lauraromdeussen864 3 роки тому +31

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

    • @TheToonyloon
      @TheToonyloon 3 роки тому +21

      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.

  • @brendanlawrence3624
    @brendanlawrence3624 3 роки тому +2376

    "Ground was broken in 2007"
    Oh boy... here we go again....
    "The new opening date was set for 2020"
    oh dear....

  • @mackenziek8383
    @mackenziek8383 3 роки тому +339

    This project has always been one of my favorite "abandoned" stories after having breakfast at the nearby Denny's one morning in fall 2013 and realizing "What is that behemoth of a building"? This building, and Vegas generally, set off my fascination with development

    • @getintothewildwithjeffruma8777
      @getintothewildwithjeffruma8777 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @tishgrier
      @tishgrier 2 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @wmeagen
      @wmeagen 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @goodgrief888
      @goodgrief888 Рік тому +4

      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

  • @stevend3753
    @stevend3753 3 роки тому +1472

    “This video is brought to you by ME”
    I bet that is an incredible feeling. Good for you!

    • @BABellec
      @BABellec 3 роки тому +33

      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!

    • @Itsjustc
      @Itsjustc 3 роки тому +27

      Such a hard and well-deserved flex

    • @kandace1128
      @kandace1128 3 роки тому +12

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

    • @demef758
      @demef758 3 роки тому

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

    • @kandace1128
      @kandace1128 3 роки тому

      @@demef758 Nope and oh well :)

  • @puddycat2325
    @puddycat2325 3 роки тому +820

    As soon as I see a project that was due to finish 2008 I know it’s gonna end badly.

    • @AirshipsAviation11
      @AirshipsAviation11 3 роки тому +8

      Facts :(

    • @SLone3251
      @SLone3251 3 роки тому +31

      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.

    • @MsAngrybutterfly
      @MsAngrybutterfly 3 роки тому +2

      It could be a playlist on this channel.

    • @evetsnitram8866
      @evetsnitram8866 3 роки тому +4

      So when is the controlled demolition?

    • @unknownsender6852
      @unknownsender6852 3 роки тому

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

  • @ByddinRhyddidCymru
    @ByddinRhyddidCymru 3 роки тому +118

    The London resort would’ve still had some character, even if it were based on something that already exists, fountainblue is just a soulless blue skyscraper, maybe it was for the best

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 3 роки тому +13

      London would’ve been better.

    • @juannavarrete9647
      @juannavarrete9647 3 роки тому +17

      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

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 3 роки тому +12

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

  • @313jb8
    @313jb8 3 роки тому +216

    I was a concrete laborer for this place for 4 years or so...what a experience...was like working in the clouds. Its nice to see that it might finally open. Was supposed to be a great hotel casino. But the real story should be about the 5 guys that lost there lives on this jobsite!!!!

    • @goodgrief888
      @goodgrief888 Рік тому +15

      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?

    • @togikisses
      @togikisses Рік тому +5

      @@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.

    • @shoeflytoo
      @shoeflytoo Рік тому +3

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

    • @kap1526
      @kap1526 Рік тому +1

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

    • @elmerslick8700
      @elmerslick8700 Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @acenine8149
    @acenine8149 3 роки тому +231

    As a local, I’d much rather see it completed than sitting there rotting away. That end of the strip certainly needs some loving, but now that two new massive resorts just opened or are close to opening (Cirque and Resorts World), Big Blue is going to face another challenge to its third attempt at opening.

    • @Crumbaa
      @Crumbaa 3 роки тому +1

      Ayyyy political compass guy B)

    • @Crumbaa
      @Crumbaa 3 роки тому

      @Sweet “What in the Goddamn?” Tea B)

    • @zhitchcresttail3387
      @zhitchcresttail3387 3 роки тому +1

      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 🤷

    • @Robert-ti5ku
      @Robert-ti5ku 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @thebadriffs3247
      @thebadriffs3247 Рік тому

      Resorts World is pretty disappointing. I have no idea why it's called that for one. Secondly, that location just has never done well.

  • @Thomas-bl6vf
    @Thomas-bl6vf 11 місяців тому +20

    Two years later, the abandoned fountain blue opened its doors on December 13 at 11:45 PM 2023

  • @captaintalon4485
    @captaintalon4485 3 роки тому +119

    If you're binging Abandoned videos take a drink every time Jake mentions 2007 or 2008

    • @gladitsnotme
      @gladitsnotme 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @marissapatterson9566
      @marissapatterson9566 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @kata8528
      @kata8528 3 роки тому

      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

    • @kittiwhieldon4329
      @kittiwhieldon4329 3 роки тому

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

    • @kittiwhieldon4329
      @kittiwhieldon4329 3 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @joseadorno292
    @joseadorno292 3 роки тому +91

    Awww, when he said "This episode is brought to you by ME" Was so cute

    • @kata8528
      @kata8528 3 роки тому

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

    • @cngel
      @cngel 3 роки тому

      timestamp?

    • @xboys_archive
      @xboys_archive 3 роки тому

      @@cngel literally the first words

  • @donlove3741
    @donlove3741 3 роки тому +78

    No billionaires were harmed in this project.
    Many law firms were ENRICHED as were politicians.

    • @foobazabar
      @foobazabar 2 роки тому

      The land development version of The Producers

  • @zrsaw
    @zrsaw 3 роки тому +333

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

    • @BrightSunFilms
      @BrightSunFilms  3 роки тому +75

      That’s so cool!

    • @zrsaw
      @zrsaw 3 роки тому +35

      @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.

    • @cap6741
      @cap6741 3 роки тому +1

      Don't lie

    • @gerrylopez5743
      @gerrylopez5743 3 роки тому +1

      Did the company get paid for its work?

    • @zrsaw
      @zrsaw 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @montyollie
    @montyollie 3 роки тому +148

    Whenever I go to Vegas, I stay at the Plaza in the Fremont district. It was really dumpy back in the day, and then suddenly all the rooms had BRAND new fixtures and bedding and it was GORGEOUS. I found out later, they were able to buy all that stuff for pennies on the dollar at auction because a strip hotel had gone bankrupt during construction and they had to sell off all the assets. That hotel? The FontainBleu. I LOVE the decor at the Plaza. And the price is right for me.

    • @howellwong11
      @howellwong11 3 роки тому +7

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

    • @michaeladamo1188
      @michaeladamo1188 3 роки тому +5

      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

    • @montyollie
      @montyollie 3 роки тому +4

      @@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.

    • @montyollie
      @montyollie 3 роки тому

      @@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

    • @danr154
      @danr154 3 роки тому +4

      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.

  • @rdlewis3616
    @rdlewis3616 2 роки тому +41

    It boggles the mind that they thought there was a need for that much retail space and so many rooms. There is a limit to everything.

    • @StewiethaChewie
      @StewiethaChewie Рік тому +8

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

    • @sadmanh0
      @sadmanh0 11 місяців тому +1

      good ole rich ppl hubris

    • @poochyenarulez
      @poochyenarulez 10 місяців тому

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

    • @clarkwhite998
      @clarkwhite998 9 місяців тому

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

    • @poochyenarulez
      @poochyenarulez 9 місяців тому

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

  • @purplehazeffc
    @purplehazeffc 3 роки тому +81

    If the doco “Closed for Storm” would’ve taken my longer.. it could’ve had it’s own Abandoned episode.. 😀
    Can’t wait to see it Jake. Congratulations on getting it finished.

  • @chrisandersonlv
    @chrisandersonlv 3 роки тому +126

    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.

    • @jonr7207
      @jonr7207 3 роки тому +22

      @Tim Garmany you okay bud?

    • @jbmcb
      @jbmcb 3 роки тому

      How many elevators are in that thing?

    • @mikeg4678
      @mikeg4678 3 роки тому +2

      My dad put in the elevators in at Wynn Encore.

    • @g3money12
      @g3money12 3 роки тому

      what were they bidding out?

    • @johnnyholmes8840
      @johnnyholmes8840 3 роки тому +3

      "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.

  • @sml2k186
    @sml2k186 Рік тому +23

    Well apparently this site is no longer abandoned and will officially open in Q4 2023. A rare abandoned place lives

  • @StabStabStabStabby
    @StabStabStabStabby 3 роки тому +433

    Making $400 million on an abandoned property is a pretty good hustle.

    • @candicecart9786
      @candicecart9786 3 роки тому +44

      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

    • @_EyeOfTheTiger
      @_EyeOfTheTiger 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @elonmust7470
      @elonmust7470 3 роки тому +1

      @@_EyeOfTheTiger How do you know?

    • @_EyeOfTheTiger
      @_EyeOfTheTiger 3 роки тому +10

      @@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

    • @elonmust7470
      @elonmust7470 3 роки тому +8

      @@_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..

  • @gerrylopez5743
    @gerrylopez5743 3 роки тому +575

    Mind blowing how they want to “forgive “ billions on their loan but we (the little guy) sweat thinking about our next credit card payment.

    • @michaeladamo1188
      @michaeladamo1188 3 роки тому +30

      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

    • @gkprivate433
      @gkprivate433 3 роки тому +32

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

    • @No1reallydies
      @No1reallydies 3 роки тому +21

      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

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 3 роки тому +11

      Yep, it's because the rich run the country

    • @jenniferp4612
      @jenniferp4612 3 роки тому +10

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

  • @Martys.Corner
    @Martys.Corner 3 роки тому +79

    I really enjoyed watching this. I was just in Las Vegas last week and couldn’t believe that that structure was still standing there as I remember being in Vegas 14 years ago when they started this saga. And I thought to myself, Bright Sun Films should really do an episode Abandoned on this massive footprint. I guess you guys read my mind an answered all of my questions. Outstanding job well done!

    • @nicksterl.2133
      @nicksterl.2133 Рік тому

      "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

  • @MarquezDaniel
    @MarquezDaniel 3 роки тому +313

    Me: *looks at the title and thumbnail and asks myself, "how can a place like this just go abandoned?"
    Jake: "in 2008..."
    Me: "yep that tells me all I need to know"

    • @AmusementLabs
      @AmusementLabs 3 роки тому +28

      Followed by "in 2020..." 😬

    • @qwellen7521
      @qwellen7521 3 роки тому +16

      Also: “after 9/11”

    • @kata8528
      @kata8528 3 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @wallstaple9125
    @wallstaple9125 3 роки тому +16

    Wow!!! I never expected you to do a video on this. As a Vegas local, this abandoned building has always had this ominous aura surrounding it to me. It’s not often that you see an enormous abandoned building on display from anywhere in the city.

  • @MattRod98
    @MattRod98 3 роки тому +40

    I did some service work there last year and it’s really crazy to see how the inside is. My dad was on the original project, and he said one day they were working normally and the next day they laid everyone off. And walking the building you can literally tell. It’s such a strange feeling walking it, but super cool. It’s massive!

    • @michaeldiraimondo
      @michaeldiraimondo Рік тому +2

      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?

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan 3 роки тому +259

    There's a reason why Carl Icahn is called the "Vulture Capitalist."

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 3 роки тому +12

      Almost ruined Marvel!

    • @Jasper-Holland
      @Jasper-Holland 3 роки тому +2

      This is just risk management, smart guy

    • @franklloyd3264
      @franklloyd3264 3 роки тому +8

      @@Clay3613 Yes Marvel's greatest villain

    • @aldrichuyliong8143
      @aldrichuyliong8143 3 роки тому +7

      Once a raider, always a raider.

    • @ladysparkle6784
      @ladysparkle6784 3 роки тому +10

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

  • @tintin89113
    @tintin89113 3 роки тому +57

    Excellent history Jake, thank you. With the next future phase of the Las Vegas Convention Center being built on the opposite corner from the Fountainbleau site (the old Riviera Site), and with Resorts World now open across the strip, the Fountainbleau should be finished and opened. The north end of the strip will eventually catch up to the southern portion of the strip. Both hotel-resort properties would greatly support conventioneers coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center, further developing the older desolate-looking north end of Las Vegas Blvd.

    • @jolliebearforchrist5468
      @jolliebearforchrist5468 3 роки тому

      (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

    • @marcsonnenberg623
      @marcsonnenberg623 Рік тому +1

      It will open in December 2023

  • @x_choppy_x
    @x_choppy_x Рік тому +8

    so i found your channel yesterday, and i cant stop binging it. closed for storm was SO GOOD

  • @Elmaestrodemusica
    @Elmaestrodemusica 3 роки тому +274

    I'm hearing this: company founded - executives hired and paid huge salaries, bonuses, perks, benefits- begin projects they never plan to complete - file for bankruptcy - - sell project divide loot - honest taxpayers foot the bill for this - begin again ....
    This is what's wrong with our economy.

    • @jwyzdm
      @jwyzdm 3 роки тому +9

      "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.

    • @loriw2661
      @loriw2661 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @wollam11
      @wollam11 3 роки тому +7

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

    • @jwyzdm
      @jwyzdm 3 роки тому +23

      @@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.

    • @jwyzdm
      @jwyzdm 3 роки тому +19

      @@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.

  • @fangbite6969
    @fangbite6969 3 роки тому +75

    i am so incredibly proud of you and how far youve come! definitely will be watching the film. much love!

  • @Slayin_Egos
    @Slayin_Egos 3 роки тому +53

    That building is so beautiful too and even as incomplete is still beautiful in itself!!!! I remember when I first saw it at 18 and went to Vegas every year after and saw that it wasn’t going anywhere. The lights are on though and some windows are broken
    Oh I’m 31 now

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @nickman2345
    @nickman2345 3 роки тому +29

    As a local Las Vegan, I can't tell you just how happy I am that you're doing this video! Been waiting a long time for this.

  • @ninapagonakis4628
    @ninapagonakis4628 3 роки тому +46

    Jake, congrats on Closed for Storm, what an amazing accomplishment! We are so proud of you 😎😎 you’re super talented and you’ve earned this!

  • @scotty_blocks
    @scotty_blocks 3 роки тому +23

    My thought is that Vegas should have preserved and marketed some of the older resorts as heritage venues rather than blowing them away to try for the next big (literally) thing.

    • @driver4011
      @driver4011 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @celieboo
      @celieboo 3 роки тому +1

      I agree.

    • @dymaxion3988
      @dymaxion3988 3 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @endeavourist5287
    @endeavourist5287 3 роки тому +27

    I swear Bright Sun Films reads my thoughts when they come up with video ideas.

  • @eyeonsquatch
    @eyeonsquatch 3 роки тому +125

    Imagine if Jake gave up after all the shitty comments about his voice on the first Abandoned video. Your content is incredible and I'm pre-ordering your movie.

    • @BrightSunFilms
      @BrightSunFilms  3 роки тому +21

      Thank you so much!

    • @Mankorra_Gomorrah
      @Mankorra_Gomorrah 3 роки тому +8

      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.

    • @kata8528
      @kata8528 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @jpzellar
    @jpzellar 3 роки тому +8

    Jake, myself and my family have taken so much joy from your efforts for years dating back to your humble beginnings. I’m so happy that you never quit and I can’t wait to buy and watch the film. You’re special my man.

  • @KatieGrady1997
    @KatieGrady1997 3 роки тому +18

    Abandoned videos make my life. Thanks Jake!

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate Рік тому +1

    This got me thinking, if the 2008 crisis never happened, who knows how many attractions and buildings would have been built and realized.

  • @Paul_Wetor
    @Paul_Wetor 3 роки тому +85

    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.

    • @candicecart9786
      @candicecart9786 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 3 роки тому

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

    •  3 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @plausiblequotes7643
    @plausiblequotes7643 3 роки тому +83

    We call it “Big Blue”
    Yet this unfinished, decaying hotel is somehow still better to look at than Circus Circus across the street. 🎪

    • @TheOnlyDamien
      @TheOnlyDamien 3 роки тому +6

      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?

    • @clarefriend1376
      @clarefriend1376 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @plausiblequotes7643
      @plausiblequotes7643 3 роки тому +4

      @@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

    • @sillyone52062
      @sillyone52062 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @davidlizama223
      @davidlizama223 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @TRAVISMOET
    @TRAVISMOET 2 роки тому +33

    Finally after all of these years of shenanigans, the construction is moving forward. The logo and Fontainebleau name went up a few weeks ago. 10/2022 Let's see how this goes.

  • @frankfarago2825
    @frankfarago2825 3 роки тому +175

    Latest Headline News on this thing (July 6, 2021): "Motel 6 buys the Abandoned Crematorium of the Vegas Strip."

  • @brookejohansen1681
    @brookejohansen1681 3 роки тому +137

    I kinda liked the London themed resort. Wish they’d done that one.

    • @mikew742
      @mikew742 3 роки тому +18

      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.

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 3 роки тому +4

      @@mikew742 lol

    • @chrislongbeard
      @chrislongbeard 3 роки тому

      Can't be any worse than the Paris

    • @Lucifer-qt9gh
      @Lucifer-qt9gh 3 роки тому +9

      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

    • @johnp139
      @johnp139 3 роки тому +2

      @@mikew742 and absolutely NO SERVICE!

  • @justinfriel7000
    @justinfriel7000 11 місяців тому +6

    For anyone watching in the future,, Fontainebleu Las Vegas finally opened on December 13, 2023. Update if something changes!

  • @smrk2452
    @smrk2452 3 роки тому +88

    I can’t wrap my head around money like this.

  • @donaldneavitt4306
    @donaldneavitt4306 3 роки тому +13

    As someone who lives here it is sad to see it still unfinished.

  • @wingedchicken5701
    @wingedchicken5701 2 роки тому +9

    I just found your channel.
    It's a gold mine of content! Lately I've been obsessing over theme parks, massive building projects and the limitless creativity/potential they have, so this is perfect timing for me! Thank you for creating all of this.

  • @MewMewMinou13
    @MewMewMinou13 3 роки тому +14

    Jake Ive been watching since that first "Abandoned" vid and I just want to say I'm super proud of how far you've come with this channel and this documentary. As someone around your age it's really inspiring. I can't wait to watch it!

  • @ingvarhallstrom2306
    @ingvarhallstrom2306 3 роки тому +33

    Those shattered windows look like pockmarks. There's nothing more eerie than an abandoned skyscraper....

    • @robertfeinberg748
      @robertfeinberg748 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @chuckh4077
      @chuckh4077 3 роки тому

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

  • @atribecalledjudah5436
    @atribecalledjudah5436 3 роки тому +9

    Great work Jake, this is a perfect ending to a long day, a joint and BSF!

  • @lozlullaby7947
    @lozlullaby7947 3 роки тому +14

    I cannot wait for your film to come out! I’ve been in love with your channel for years now and I always learn so many niche facts that aren’t presented half as detailed anywhere else. Amazing job and so heartwarming to see someone grow :) keep doing what you’re doing man.

  • @Disneylover-pt6ey
    @Disneylover-pt6ey 3 роки тому +20

    I just watched closed for storm on patron and it was amazing. You and everyone who worked on it did a great job. I learned so much more about six flags new Orleans.

  • @Vok250
    @Vok250 3 роки тому +96

    Damn. So billions have been laundered through that husk of a building.

    • @-108-
      @-108- 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @kla4600
      @kla4600 3 роки тому +10

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

    • @openeverydoor8879
      @openeverydoor8879 3 роки тому +2

      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)

  • @edsalinas9996
    @edsalinas9996 3 роки тому +55

    "It's like Deja vu all over again!" - Yogi Berra.

  • @spamramm568
    @spamramm568 3 роки тому +30

    Firstly, love the content, and secondly, not sure what series it’d fit into, but you gotta cover the cancelled Florida barge canal project… they almost cut a state in HALF and there is literally no content on it. Just an idea, stay awesome bro!

  • @recoucheable
    @recoucheable 3 роки тому +60

    You failed to mention that the Nevada Gaming Commission refused to give Carl Icahn a gaming license.

    • @Nicholas-f5
      @Nicholas-f5 3 роки тому +8

      Good, he colludes with Trump

    • @benvester3340
      @benvester3340 3 роки тому +4

      @@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.

    • @jenniferloving9054
      @jenniferloving9054 3 роки тому

      @@benvester3340 Same.

  • @user-lh2ec7dr6y
    @user-lh2ec7dr6y 3 роки тому +38

    Hey Jake, you should do the abandoned series on Great Basin Adventure: Reno’s abandoned theme park… good content btw

  • @larrywt656
    @larrywt656 3 роки тому +5

    I used to live in Las Vegas in the 90s, and vacationed there for years before that. When I lived there, I ran a record store on the north end of the strip (I actually caught a glimpse of the building in one of the aerial shots in this video). Even back then, 25 years ago, the north end was a mess. I guess nothing's changed. Las Vegas used to be a great town, but since the corporations took everything over...not so much anymore. Looking VERY forward to Closed For Storm, Jake!

    • @MegaMagicdog
      @MegaMagicdog 3 роки тому

      Consider yourself lucky to be gone. The city is a shadow of its former self! Bad enough there are mundane mega resorts with no character to speak of, but they're charging for parking, resort fees, and the bums are allowed to sleep in the doorways of resorts like Harrah's and Ceasar's! No joke, they are turning The Strip into SF! Most buffets are still closed too! They reopened the buffets only for Circus Circus, Excalibur and Baccanal (and you have to make a reservation for that one!).

    • @vidili68
      @vidili68 3 роки тому

      Hi there
      Live there 70s
      Now pa

  • @cloverhal2284
    @cloverhal2284 2 роки тому +9

    As a French person I absolutely love the way you pronounce Fontainebleau

  • @lancetheman28
    @lancetheman28 3 роки тому +155

    And to think they tore down a cool old building for this.

  • @deanruthlessrecords
    @deanruthlessrecords Рік тому +2

    I just want to say thank you for your channel… I enjoy every story of every episode.

  • @frankieffbaby
    @frankieffbaby 3 роки тому +7

    I’m very excited about this documentary. I grew up 45 minutes from New Orleans And JazzLand was the biggest thing ever. Everybody was so excited we used to always plan trips ago it was so much fun and we were so sad when they decided not to reopen it but Katrina devastated a lot and JazzLand it’s just a moment to what really happened and not what they just show on TV

  • @brentmartin1981
    @brentmartin1981 3 роки тому +8

    I absolutely love this series!!! It is always so well done and incredibly interesting, keep up the good work!!!

  • @TyRose1984
    @TyRose1984 2 роки тому +1

    I actually watched the documentary in 2022 and it lead to an interest in these types of videos. I had no clue about the connection until now. Closed for Storm was so good!

  • @serpentisma
    @serpentisma 3 роки тому +25

    Hey Jake, congrats on the documentary!! I can't preorder it, but this Friday when I get paid you can be sure I'm getting it. You do such amazing videos here on your channel, just to know my money is going forward to support your passion, that's money well spent in my book. Cheers to you, sir!!!

  • @NinthShinigami
    @NinthShinigami 3 роки тому +11

    As if my birthday couldn’t get any better! Thank you for the new video Jake!!

  • @Amanda-ef6rj
    @Amanda-ef6rj 11 місяців тому +7

    Fontainebleau is now open!

  • @carl-fredrikmalmgren2868
    @carl-fredrikmalmgren2868 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks for your documentary of Las Vegas Fountainbleu! Looking forward to see "Closed for Storm"

  • @rmc_fan
    @rmc_fan 3 роки тому +27

    I have an idea for this series: The Ryugyong Hotel. It’s an abandoned skyscraper hotel in North Korea with 105 floors.

    • @nmnmnm35
      @nmnmnm35 3 роки тому

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

    • @rmc_fan
      @rmc_fan 3 роки тому +2

      @@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.

  • @Gambleraddictz
    @Gambleraddictz 11 місяців тому +6

    Was just there last week it’s gorgeous

  • @Weekendinspirations
    @Weekendinspirations 3 роки тому +6

    Somehow I'm relieved that it's back to Fontainebleau. Now I hope that they finish it and open to the public soon.

  • @andrewhoel5927
    @andrewhoel5927 3 роки тому +29

    It’s quite astounding to hear how much money went into a project, that 20 years later is still sitting incomplete. They could’ve started with the hotel first and then expanded from there. However, bad time is simply that…bad timing. Hope it has a future. Must be frustrating for the residents of this city.

    • @poweraccountabilityleague6877
      @poweraccountabilityleague6877 3 роки тому +6

      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.

    • @milotorres6894
      @milotorres6894 3 роки тому

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

  • @LukasVokrinek
    @LukasVokrinek 3 роки тому +3

    Man, I remember when this channel was in the tens of thousands. Congrats man!

  • @TaliaIGhul
    @TaliaIGhul 3 роки тому +4

    I passed by that building a lot since I first visited that town when I was 30 (now 41). Crazy how that property is still unfinished.

  • @Kathleennebel
    @Kathleennebel 3 роки тому +8

    As I’ve said many times, you could really do a weekly series on like idk A&E or something like that.. Your videos are so full of information and very well produced!!! Love them!!

  • @JimboInTheHouse1
    @JimboInTheHouse1 11 місяців тому +1

    Happy to see a happy ending with Fontaine Bleu finally opening Dec 13, 2023. It is a beautiful structure.

  • @jesusdachrist9192
    @jesusdachrist9192 3 роки тому +15

    Fountain Bleu should have gone for a more memorable design and look for the building, it looks like an office building and it isn't "Vegas" enough

    • @calebshedd1732
      @calebshedd1732 3 роки тому +5

      The London Big Ben idea would have been much better

    • @jenniferp4612
      @jenniferp4612 3 роки тому

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

    • @jwitt513
      @jwitt513 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @retromodernart4426
      @retromodernart4426 3 роки тому

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

  • @mikebronicki6978
    @mikebronicki6978 3 роки тому +24

    "And despite what you may think of them."
    Yes, the Koch's reputation is well known.

    • @josephs8364
      @josephs8364 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @bablumenthal9703
      @bablumenthal9703 3 роки тому +12

      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.

    • @ZachBPresentz
      @ZachBPresentz 3 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @cattycorner8
      @cattycorner8 3 роки тому +1

      @@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

    • @dcarts5616
      @dcarts5616 3 роки тому +1

      @@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.

  • @bradtripodi1072
    @bradtripodi1072 2 роки тому +3

    March 2022 I went to Vegas, saw this building and I thought it was an old abandoned hotel being remodeled. Little did I know it was a hotel that was never even open!! The pictures look the same from 2009 as it did today!!

  • @pixelatedmushroom
    @pixelatedmushroom 3 роки тому +20

    Sure sounds to me like it ultimately will be demolished and the property repurposed.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 3 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @andrewhoel5927
    @andrewhoel5927 3 роки тому +4

    Preordered “Closed for Storm.” Great to finally see this coming out!!

  • @JustinProper
    @JustinProper 3 роки тому +10

    Congrats on the movie! I didn't even know you had one in the works. I look forward to seeing it sometime soon!

  • @spacepopeXIV
    @spacepopeXIV 3 роки тому +26

    This entire past two weeks I've been passing by this hotel a lot of times and I've seen it like that since 2008 when I went on vacation when I was nine, now I live here and I'm 22 and it's just insane that it's been like that ever since. I wonder if the material and structure has been compromised due to weathering and whatnot.

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @dindog22
      @dindog22 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen 3 роки тому +4

      @@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.)

    • @ChatGPT1111
      @ChatGPT1111 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @geezerpleasers_OG
      @geezerpleasers_OG 3 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @Bacca-rat09
    @Bacca-rat09 3 роки тому +12

    You are a fantastic filmmaker, and I don’t know if I was one of the people whose comment recommended this resort to you but I’m so happy to see you’ve decided to create a story about it. This is the Ocean Casino of Las Vegas, but way worse 😂
    Edit: I have a weird obsession with this stupid hotel ever since I visited it during construction as a kid

  • @vegastocali
    @vegastocali 3 роки тому +1

    So many people ask me about this project. I'm linking it to a short video I'm posting this week. You deserve much more views. Thanks again for the update.

    • @VegasBestIdeas
      @VegasBestIdeas 3 роки тому

      Thanks for telling us about this video Stef 👍💙

  • @becj1857
    @becj1857 3 роки тому +15

    I just pre-ordered closed for storm on iTunes, and downloaded Apple TV just for it lol I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT!!!!!!! I just watched the trailer and I’m so excited

    • @nigeltapp7370
      @nigeltapp7370 3 роки тому +1

      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

    • @becj1857
      @becj1857 3 роки тому

      @@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

  • @christianbergado3676
    @christianbergado3676 3 роки тому +6

    Just pre-ordered Closed for Storm! I lived in the south when Kathrina hit so this will be for old time’s sake.

  • @ElTurbinado
    @ElTurbinado 11 місяців тому +8

    It's unabandoned! Just opened.

  • @MysExotiq
    @MysExotiq 3 роки тому +18

    I was in Vegas years ago and saw this hotel and at that time it was a ghost town, this was like 7 years ago. At that time it was an eye sore on that end of the strip. I forgot about it until watching this. There’s so much money in that building, and No profit in sight, crazy!!

  • @tomperkins5657
    @tomperkins5657 3 роки тому +27

    I guess that makes my $50K second mortgage not quite as dramatic as I thought.

    • @jolliebearforchrist5468
      @jolliebearforchrist5468 3 роки тому

      (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

    • @tomperkins5657
      @tomperkins5657 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @meganmystical6840
      @meganmystical6840 3 роки тому +1

      wholesome comment award

  • @_lucas_1k_
    @_lucas_1k_ 2 роки тому +3

    2022 update: It has been renamed back to the Fontainebleau and it is scheduled to reopen in late 2023. Marriott dropped out of the project in 2021

  • @zerocool5395
    @zerocool5395 3 роки тому +21

    "Happy Canada day buddy!" - South Park Canadian accent.

  • @stifm3ister
    @stifm3ister 3 роки тому +22

    probably my favorite video series on UA-cam. btw. „deutsches“ isn’t the correct abbreviation for Deutsche Bank😅

    • @debkski6084
      @debkski6084 3 роки тому

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

    • @martymcfly5423
      @martymcfly5423 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @edvaira6891
    @edvaira6891 Рік тому +2

    FINALLY OPENING NEXT MONTH! November 23,2023 and it looks nice!

  • @Ramonatho
    @Ramonatho 3 роки тому +6

    I loved seeing an In The Loop credit on the videos! Shouts out to In The Loop!

  • @mariaalmounir1070
    @mariaalmounir1070 3 роки тому +5

    Wow - this is an incredible story and is amazing how it came full circle with the Sofer family. This story has the making similar to the American Dream mall in Secaucus, NJ