New casinos to add juice to Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas Review-Journal – The biggest gaming story of 2014 might be a 2016 or a 2017 event. Malaysia-based Genting Group is expected to begin construction sometime in 2014 on the $2 billion-to-$7 billion Resorts World Las Vegas, returning construction activity to the 87-acre Echelon site that has sat dormant for almost five years. It will take at least two to three years to complete the 3,500-room Resorts World, which would become the Strip’s first new megaresort opening since the 2010 unveiling of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. It’s unclear, however, when work might begin. Since the company’s over-the-top project…