Stayed there last month. It is absolutely gorgeous. Very soothing on the eyes compared to pretty much everywhere else. The casino action was calm but vibrant. I rather enjoyed myself there. For a 3 day stay, (sans gambling) only cost me about $1,800. (I made more from the blackjack tables so I'm not complaining)

@seascape35

2 ай бұрын

You are a very good blackjack player!

@markanthony1004

2 ай бұрын

@@imperialstrategies6065 Lol calm down bro damn

@rockymntdan1

2 ай бұрын

@@markanthony1004 Yeah; but you ain't arguing the point. 😁

@user-qj6fk9px8l

2 ай бұрын

*FOR A FULL LOOK AT THE 'ORIGINAL' FONTAINBLEU IN MIAMI...... WATCH THE MOVIE **_THE BELLBOY_* *It is BEST Jerry Lewis movie, & movie shot to showcase the entire hotel there.*

@VegasD702

Ай бұрын

Did you get to visit our pool?

We stayed at the Fontainebleau hotel casino back during the international builders show in late February 2024. Totally enjoyed the experience. It is very convenient to the convention center as it is literally a walk across the street to the new expansion of the Las Vegas convention center. While there’s plenty of new retail space that will be opening in the future, the restaurants were very good. I would highly recommend this hotel. The rooms were very comfortable and well laid out.

Last time we stopped by Fontainebleau, just a few weeks back, we were actually impressed with the number of visitors there. It takes a while for a newer resort in Vegas to build up a steady clientele. I remember the first year when Aria opened it was often a ghost town, yet slowly but surely it developed a steadily increasing fanbase. Granted, the lack of foot traffic due to Fontainebleau's North Strip location might slow its growth a bit, but then again its proximity to the Convention Center should help make up for that lack of foot traffic.

I dine and spa there frequently since they opened, and they are rocking and rolling so clicked on to see what you’re talking about.

@dan9222scandiguy

22 күн бұрын

Bot?

The Fontainebleau is a very beautiful hotel. The food at Don's Prime is excellent with great servers and a gorgeous dining room. It is pricey but around the same price at SW Wynn and Prime Bellagio.

Love your channel, DG. I live on the Strip in Vegas. That "main road" that you are referring to is Las Vegas Boulevard!!! 😂🤣😂

I've been to Fontainebleau last week the night before my brother's graduation commencement. The building is so pretty! I love it! The casino resort has the same initials as the oldest social media app still in use these days.

I went in here to play some slots because i happened to be out there in December when it opened and it seemed like it would be successful. There’s a good burger joint on the second level near the casino floor

Been there a few times when I'm Vegas. Interior wise, it's gorgeous. Lot's of great restaurants, very tasty food. The huge issues that it has is location. It's far from the strip & other hotels & by itself next to the convention center. Their initial marketing was their let down. They didn't do any tier matching with other hotels (they do now), didn't market to the convention crowd & didn't market to the locals. I have heard they are really changing their marketing approach now & trying to lure in the convention folks.

Lived in las Vegas , truly don’t miss it

Like a stationary cruise ship.

My friend works there… says its not that bad… but all the executives quit 3 months back

I really don't know how this place will ever turn a profit with all the money that was invested into it considering the location is not convenient, but I am glad it's open after all these years.

@redwolfexr

2 ай бұрын

Depends on how much the current owner has invested -- the sunk costs lost in Bankruptcy are just that... sunk.

sure glad i was able to enjoy las vegas when it was a bargain......so affordable it was back then........i don't think that is the case anymore.......

Those cranes are leased - someone finally said "HEY, WHY are WE STILL LEASING THIS DAMN THING?"

I remember this the first time I went to Vegas back in 2011. I also remember the brief Drew rebranding.

This will be the future of Chicago (and some other US cities i.e. SF). It's already started....vacant 40 story buildings in receivership in the Loop area.

@josephohanlon205

3 ай бұрын

It's been opened 4 mos. But being so much $3.7Bil investment. We Don"t know how they'll be able ever be able to recover the cost.

@deborahcallicotte6284

2 ай бұрын

Family had a jewelry biz in Chgo about 40 yrs ago...buildings were about 20% vacant then..over c 50 % now

Back about 2010 the Cosmopolitan got a great deal buying all the furniture from Fontainbleau. I helped open the Cosmopolitan, which would have gone down a similar path if it hadn't been bought by the lender allowing it to open about 2 years later than planned.

@darronlemell224

2 ай бұрын

Wrong

One of the most beautiful casinos in the world.

I think the money trail on building this resort would be interesting. Lot investors and banks lost a ton of money on the outset of the project. You say the "original owners" returned bought "back" the complex, but are they really the original owners, or a company that took the name? The current owners only paid a fraction of the costs to build that resort - since most of it was lost by previous investors. All they really had to do was complete the interior.

Great video and content. I love the spooky background music.

ITS SO COOL TO FINALLY SEE IT DONE . CANT WAIT TO CHECK IT OUT THIS SUMMER . ITS A HUGE HOTEL AND HAD TO CREATE SOME JOBS TOO . VIVA LAS VEGAS !

FOUNTAINEBLEAU HOTEL 7:45 - - began ‘07 - delayed ‘09 - restarted ‘21 - opened ‘24 (17 years!) 0:01 - - nice blue glass 3:33 - - extravagant lobby 3:55 - - blue + amber glass 4:07 - - sunset 🌇 night 🏙 4:20 - - impressive awning 4:32 - - awning + tower 5:05 - - blue glass noonday 5:17 - - nice gazebo (concrete?) + pool design 5:26 - - nice facade (but digital billboard is tacky) 6:05 - - model 6:34 - - model of pool 7:02 - - beautiful interior lighting, nice seats 7:26 - - awning - looking up at hotel 7:35 - - impressive lobby + chandelier

They need to start doing promotions. It's not on anyone's radar.

Stayed there in April this year and it was fantastic

Well, it’s not lonely anymore because people are booking it up quickly. We are going in July and it is difficult to get even a cabana right now.… Harder to get in the restaurants as well. They are going to kill it for summer.

@leemehan

2 ай бұрын

It just opened and is now catching fire 🔥.

Always like your videos, ginger, but the music killed this one. Didn't fit the video.

@dustinsindledecker154

3 ай бұрын

I know. What the hell was he thinking?

@michaelpratt4797

3 ай бұрын

Agreed

@damitzdesign

3 ай бұрын

It’s supposed to be haunting....

@michaelpratt4797

3 ай бұрын

@damitzdesign 👻💀☠️

@dustinsindledecker154

3 ай бұрын

@@damitzdesign I wasn't haunted

What is with the music?

@peterharris38

2 ай бұрын

Decoherence by Scott Buckley 😊

for me on my opinion of the resort's history, it was a complete full circle moment.

It’s now The Mirage that is going to change to the Hard Rock. I just got back from there. The employees are on edge not knowing what is going to happen. The company is having a meeting on 4/12 with the employees. I wished several workers good luck.

@Errr717

3 ай бұрын

Yeah they're gonna put an ugly guitar in place of the volcano. How dumb is that?

@rangel6242

Ай бұрын

@@Errr717. They ruined Treasure Island, it’s now called just TI. Mirage has been a great resort because it was Steve Wynns first major project and it changed Vegas into a family destination. The guitar shaped hotel plans looks ugly, in my opinion.

They can sell hotel rooms to convention goers for a peetty penny. It has its own convention rooms too.

@Errr717

3 ай бұрын

Yeah government convention.

Still better than circus circus

A baked potato in their steak house costs $95!!!😮 Plus taxes and a 50 cent credit card fee, because the steak house doesn't accept cash. The baked potato does come with a small sample of caviar, but $95 is still too much for a baked potato.

@georgedixon9863

3 ай бұрын

lol a little dishonest don't you think?????????

@harryyarrow4110

3 ай бұрын

I don't know how anyone,(except Taylor) can afford these prices.🥵🤷

@fillup40

3 ай бұрын

One he'll of a potato !

@D-Boss-1958

2 ай бұрын

But did it come with sour cream?

It’s a really nice hotel I recommend checking it out. At least there was a happy ending

This hotel just makes me depressed being inside of it

@aceTL87

2 ай бұрын

Howcome? I love the spaciousness compared to Resorts World; you feel like a sardine in a tin can. There's nowhere to sit and eat at resorts world whereas in Fontaine you have 3 times the number of seats and tables.

@navitechn9ne

2 ай бұрын

​@@aceTL87it is dead ASF in there like almost always

My trucking company delivered all those panels from China inside containers from the port of LA

@RagedContinuum

2 ай бұрын

what panels?

The music really set the tone of this video lol. It's nice that the original people got the rights back.

that got completed and with vegas being sports destination now they will start coming. if hotel has kitchen style rooms which normally not found on strip. vegas has been building crazy since that crisis. And they continue to build. due to desert heat and water issues it will never be like a go to destination. it will be go to destination for a short time always. it is not sin city per se as you can do sin in any city for that matter.

America's Ryugyong project (that's the North Korea hotel you referenced, DG)

@aceTL87

2 ай бұрын

Exactly l. I've been to S.Korea, everything is pristine and complete. Even the subways were clean somehow!

Broke ground so long ago the Riviera was still open! And all the windows that were put in but not maintained are etched.

Wow, a building with nobody in it, spooooookyyy👻

Five stars all the way !

What’s your point. The resort is open. Why show pictures from 10 years ago.

I would love to live there

2008/2009 the entire world financially collapsed

Welcome to Vegas! While it's true that the FB is in "Winchester," Winchester is a "town," which under Nevada law is just some lines on the map -- everything that a town does is controlled by the county anyway. (A "city" -- like Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, or Henderson -- works as you'd expect.) Watching the FB from close-up since it opened, it's apparent that ownership don't know much about running casinos. It wouldn't be the first time a real-estate company tried to run a casino, with limited success -- the Sahara spent a few years as "SLS" with about the same result.

I love it…less crowded…everything new. House cleaning staff not very well trained though. Pool is 👍

Once the A’s come to town the out-of-town fans will fill this hotel.

@csurampower

3 ай бұрын

It's on the wrong end of the strip. There are many better options that are walking distance from where the stadium will be.

@Justmekpc

2 ай бұрын

The As have no fans now so where are the pit of town fans coming from?

6:01-6:05 is a portion of the casino floor

Uhm, you haven't been there; it's gorgeous.

It’s FONTainbleau. (NOT) FOUNTainbleau.

@peterharris38

2 ай бұрын

Yes it's pronounced with the French inflection ❤

@benjaminwinfrey7727

2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! This guy’s whole channel discusses stadiums and locations around the county but I swear he never leaves his house. The whole channel just consists of his musings from television and the internet.

@jc2604

2 ай бұрын

@@benjaminwinfrey7727 Yup, this guy is pretty clueless.

@RagedContinuum

2 ай бұрын

@@jc2604 his honking voice is awful too

@jc2604

2 ай бұрын

@@RagedContinuum LOL

Well its open now and doings well...what's with the music? Maybe you should play Keith Urban?

The South end of the strip is like the twilight zone, nothing seems to do well. Resorts World has been the lone exception and the Wynn. It looks nice but the rooms are nothing special and if people are staying down that way, they will go to Resorts World or the Wynn.

@iworkout6912

3 ай бұрын

Actually this is the north end of the strip heading toward downtown. Circus Circus is across the street (almost) And the world famous Rivera was nearby, gone with the wind, as most LV resorts eventually end up.

FONtainbleau... please!

Think they can turn this around?

You might be surprised to know it's having trouble getting people to come

@Steve_Hunts96

3 ай бұрын

That is not true actually. I work at the resort, and lately things have gotten much more busy than they used to be. I think word about the resort has gotten around, and on top of that, the resort is offering quite a nice room rate compared to other high-end resorts on the strip right now, so they’re actually drawing in a decent amount of business as we speak.

@jamesmay5860

3 ай бұрын

​@@Steve_Hunts96there's nothing special about the resort I've been there several times nobody wants to be down on that end it's boring

@emodrmmr007

3 ай бұрын

@@Steve_Hunts96 i work there too...might have run into ya somewhere. if you see me, say hi!

went to vegas in december Durango Casino & Resort was more crowded than Fontainebleau

Was it the banks that took the loss?

Please make a video on the new college basketball postseason tournament by FOX

Jeez, now *I'm* depressed and I'm not even ginger! 😧

The back ground music 🤤👻

@peterharris38

2 ай бұрын

Click on more and the title and composer named there.

I didn't even know about it.😂

Shout out to NG who has Donated but hopefully No More. 🍀🍀🍀🍀

I swear I’ve seen commercials on TV promoting this hotel. I seem to remember ads geared for the ultra hip hipsters with weird sexual fantasies.

Did I just watch a trailer for a new Conjuring movie?

You can't read. It says Fontaine Bleau. Not "Fountain Blue"

A lot of this video is about what has been. I was expecting more of the now.

I called it Foutaineblah.

“neh-VAD-uh” and “neh-VAH-duh”, which one?

review Jerry's nugget, oyo, casino royale, ellis Island

😮

I think its way over hyped. It is just a big resort that is new and shiny with really expensive food .

It's called the FON-TAIN Blue. Not Fountain Blue.

It isn't "FOUNTAIN"- blue.

Looks like it's where the old Sahara Hotel was...

@scherzva

2 ай бұрын

It’s next door, the Sahara is back

I wonder where that name Fontainebleau came from. The spelling is weird. It looks like it should be pronounced FON-TANE-BLUE.

2009 I wonder what happened to tank eveything... oh thats right Obozo the Clown happened.

Wow the payoff of your spooky music was just you eventually saying it is a "ghost resort".

wats wit da 👻🎵❓️

Vegas lost its charm since all attraction hotels want to charge the parking fee this crazy high for self parking.

I wouldn't pay a penny over $3.6 billion to stay there. That's all it's worth.

Vegas ,needs too bring back value .... People are tired 😫 of getting over charged. They need to make that property more fun too ,to draw people in. They need to have an outside weed smoking area, and perhaps a nude club would help it

I walked in and it’s really quite lousy. So boring. Terrible casino. Low qualityh construction. Not worth visiting.

It’s not them or their managers it’s the economy bad timing

The Background music is ANNOYING 😮

It’s FONTainbleau. (NOT) FOUNTainbleau

the music doesn't blend well with his honking voice

Maybe it’s on purpose and your thing and obviously you have a ton of subscribers, but , I would *highly* recommend…breathing while speaking, working on vocal variety, and not ‘pushing’ in your voice for every sentence, making every phrase sound the exact same, and very monotone. I would never normally comment like this, and Evidently it bothers no one else on here, but I had to mute the sound. Practice the sound and the air coming from deeper down in your body, and projecting “out there” further, instead of tightening it up and only coming from the head area. Also the FB is beautiful inside but was a little too “spacious” on the floor . Rooms are beautiful.

They might be able to build a little more clientele if they weren't so proud with their prices. Lower the prices get people coming in gradually raise them up as Word of Mouth gets out there. You wouldn't catch me dead in there for 600 bucks a night don't care what the room looks like the location sucks and for 600 bucks a night I can get a lot more for my money in Las Vegas

This seems like click bait. Its doing well

Doesn't look good for FB...

Wth 3 biliosn dollars i can build in Albania a new city with 5 milion people houses hahaha and give rent airbnb 1000 euro 2 weeks in south albania hahaha some people have money but dont have idea mind hahaha

The drew is such a dumb name, I’m happy it didn’t stick

Fontainebleau not 'fountain blue' lol Americans

Ghost resort. Jai Hind

So they go bankrupt everyone gets screwed then they come buy it back? Must be nice right. Do you think you can do that if you go bankrupt? Nope. It looks like it doesn’t have many balconies and i don’t understand this in Vegas. Balconies are hard to come buy-i love a lot of Hotel Casinos but Cosmo always has my business because i always want a balcony wherever i go. Just look at all the reviews or KZread videos. People love the balconies and i don’t understand how the new hotels don’t hear that and make balconies on every room. I’m not in room much but when i am I’m on balcony with my iPad playing and just chilling in the dry air and no bugs. I’m from Florida so we like outside. Well most do-others whine it’s hot in Summer than they want the cold air then whine when it’s cold in winter , lol. More balconies Vegas!

your stuff needs action live video

You’ve got to stop the loud background music, I had to stop listening, it’s not easy to listen to if you’ve got hearing issues

So tired of hearing the same remarks over and over again. But it’s an attractive resort hotel. Not garish like so many others.

It will probably eventually go bankrupt again, sold, and then converted into condo housing