Groundbreaking held for new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas — PHOTOS
Gene Collins, left, a member of Moulin Rouge Holdings and Scott Johnson, a member of Moulin Rouge Holdings, holds a rendering during a groundbreaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Architect Edward Vance, left, discusses the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas while Gene Collins, center, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings and Scott Johnson, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, holds a rendering during a ground break at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Rd on Tuesday. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Architect Edward Vance, center, discusses the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas while Scott Johnson, left, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, and Gene Collins, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, holds renderings during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Harry Holmes hangs a banner at the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Gene Collins, right, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings and Scott Johnson, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
A rendering of the exterior of the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas is seen during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The budget of the proposed development will be $100 million to $150 million. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid
A rendering of the exterior of the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas is seen during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The budget of the proposed development will be $100 million to $150 million. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid
Gene Collins, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, stands at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Gene Collins, left, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings and Scott Johnson, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, holds a rendering during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Banner line entrance of the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas is seen during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Architect Edward Vance, left, discusses the proposed new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas while Gene Collins, center, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings and Scott Johnson, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, holds a rendering during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Scott Johnson, left, president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, and Gene Collins, vice president of Moulin Rouge Holdings, talk during a ground breaking at the original Moulin Rouge site at 900 W. Bonanza Road on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid)
Officials for Moulin Rouge Holdings held a groundbreaking on Tuesday for the new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas.
The project is located at 900 W. Bonanza Road.
The date was chosen since the original Moulin Rouge opened on May 24, 1955, as the only integrated hotel and casino in the United States, officials said in a statement.
The budget for the development is between $100 million and $150 million.
Scott Johnson is president of Moulin Rouge Holdings LLC. Johnson’s family has a 56-year history of construction projects and small-business ownership on Las Vegas’ Westside.
Gene Collins is vice president and community liaison for Moulin Rouge Holdings. He has more than a 60-year legacy in Las Vegas’ Westside.
Edward Vance & Associates is the architect for the project.
Officials project a 2019 opening.
