America's Loneliest Resort

[@indyracingnut]

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]

You are a very good blackjack player!

[@markanthony1004]

@@imperialstrategies6065 Lol calm down bro damn

[@rockymntdan1]

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

[@rickpat-x9u]

*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]

Did you get to visit our pool?

[@dhfsnow]

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.

[@bibibachmd9995]

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.

[@CH-tg6zq]

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

[@clubmogambo3214]

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.

[@avayu2289]

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]

Bot?

[@bigsurf]

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

[@111jimi]

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.......

[@ragomonkey]

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

[@dustinsindledecker154]

What is with the music?

[@peterharris38]

Decoherence by Scott Buckley 😊

[@RogerBates7]

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

[@dustinsindledecker154]

I know. What the hell was he thinking?

[@michaelpratt4797]

Agreed

[@damitzdesign]

It’s supposed to be haunting....

[@michaelpratt4797]

@damitzdesign 👻💀☠️

[@dustinsindledecker154]

@@damitzdesign I wasn't haunted

[@liamhaffener3325]

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

[@fanman71]

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.

[@Jorr235]

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

[@Anthony_The_Disney_Guy]

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

[@James-nv1wf]

Like a stationary cruise ship.

[@tomg1776]

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.

[@sonyaodesho2665]

The Background music is ANNOYING 😮

[@SampsoniteR]

Still better than circus circus

[@sweettexast2894]

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.

[@Icarusvampire]

It just opened and is now catching fire 🔥.

[@hawaiianpunch6534]

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

[@3_Gold_Coins]

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]

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

[@rangel6242]

@@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.

[@kalnfornia]

2008/2009 the entire world financially collapsed

[@deniskapllani]

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

[@walterlv01]

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]

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

[@lautaroaguilar9584]

The location is convenient for me; it keeps the bar hoppers and loud people away.

[@danw2112]

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]

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

[@harryyarrow4110]

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

[@fillup40]

One he'll of a potato !

[@D-Boss-1958]

But did it come with sour cream?

[@TheOldTapeArchive]

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]

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]

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

[@redwolfexr]

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

[@RagedContinuum]

the music doesn't blend well with his honking voice

[@paulchang9527]

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

[@RagedContinuum]

what panels?

[@daveotuwa5596]

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.

[@meatball6930]

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 KZbin 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!

[@SVW1976]

Why are you talking like that? And whats with the noise? 👎

[@JohnnyWalker-j5i]

It’s FONTainbleau. (NOT) FOUNTainbleau.

[@peterharris38]

Yes it's pronounced with the French inflection ❤

[@benjaminwinfrey7727]

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]

@@benjaminwinfrey7727 Yup, this guy is pretty clueless.

[@RagedContinuum]

@@jc2604 his honking voice is awful too

[@jc2604]

@@RagedContinuum LOL

[@sportsmaster1364]

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

[@aceTL87]

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

[@LVRugger]

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]

Wrong

[@Travluminatii]

This hotel just makes me depressed being inside of it

[@aceTL87]

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]

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

[@UVIXPro]

Fontainebleau not 'fountain blue' lol Americans

[@djtexas4993]

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.

[@danf321]

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.

[@quinn-wf3kk]

FONtainbleau... please!

[@_Breakdown]

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

[@awezman]

Wow, a building with nobody in it, spooooookyyy👻

[@Db_traveler]

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

[@csurampower]

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]

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

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

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.

[@aceTL87]

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

[@stevenbrookover3934]

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

[@roberthovakemian233]

Lived in las Vegas , truly don’t miss it

[@awezman]

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

[@steveking7719]

I don't like the background music. Your voice and the music is bad PR for the Hotel. I hope they kick your ass for posting this. 😁Don't you have anything nice to say?

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

VEGAS wont be number one casino destination in the world it is simply macau. but ironically it is same american firms that have put shops there. the problem with macau though is there is no infinite place like vegas to keep expanding. ----------- vegas will remain casino capital of north america thought but macau surrounding folks are extremely hungry for gambling. they do not know what to do with the money come to think of it. They wish they had vegas near them!! -------------- but landscape may change in a decade with vietnam coming to the fore. whole world is looking at it to make like new taiwan with no geographical bull and labor etc is also cheap and space reasonably available. other nations still have not loosened up in gambling so all them people in south east asia and china need to go to a place like vegas and gamble their hearts out!! ironically usa was involved in vietnam war. you see what goes around comes around!!!

[@lautaroaguilar9584]

I loved it! It was not loud with Gen Z and millennials. It was quiet and luxurious for us Gen X that will spend real money for suites for some peace in LV.

[@PimpinAZ]

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

[@JohnRyan-gr8bs]

Was it the banks that took the loss?

[@mikelindner2646]

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

[@LlewellynGreen-n3f]

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

[@danbaer2688]

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

[@stevenundisclosed6091]

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

[@jayaybe1]

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

[@cryptoinside8814]

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

[@markrussell4482]

Five stars all the way !

[@scotttild]

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]

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.

[@matthew01234]

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

[@therealtombrokaw]

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

[@Steve_Hunts96]

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]

​@@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]

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

[@dapple33]

Think they can turn this around?

[@Nomar2007_NWDE_WRESTLING]

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

[@MiteshDamania]

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

[@Errr717]

Yeah government convention.

[@tradersltd]

Click bait. Its a thriving resort. Stop telling lies to get views

[@SWSimpson]

It isn't "FOUNTAIN"- blue.

[@MaryLopez-em3rc]

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

[@FatLu-zu2fb]

Doesn't look good for FB...

[@raycastaneda7089]

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

[@VoteAdnanShahab]

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

[@WillS724]

Music makes it sound like it's haunted

[@RWernsing]

It's tacky, like all of Las Vegas. Why should anyone care to hear this kid giving his opinions?

[@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq]

I think it’s outdated because they took a long time to build it

[@piddles11]

Crappy area of Las Vegas Not a chance

[@nickd2296]

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

[@warningsigns4526]

MUSIC IS HORRIBLE

[@darrellborder8555]

Congrats on reporting the long build history on this place. I’m sure it wasn’t a giant laundering operation of Chinese origins or anything. Just crazy finances and multiple construction delays. Oh well. Enjoy the sin games and sin palaces.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

I would love to live there

[@schmedlap]

it's a big bore.

[@user-hy7kq8gw2g]

😮

[@davidkreitzer4401]

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

[@l.rongardner2150]

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

[@City_Valencia]

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

[@davidlang1125]

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

[@juliusvinh109]

How is Trump Hotel doing compares to this one ?

[@codyburns5557]

🤑💸💰💳

[@danmarsh5949]

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.

[@markchalled3976]

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

[@dylanjimenez1952]

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

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

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

[@SoCalDan530]

It’s FONTainbleau. (NOT) FOUNTainbleau

[@danielbautista4757]

One of the most beautiful casinos in the world.

[@Kbarboza94]

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

[@jartstopsign]

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

[@michaelbudlong1738]

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

[@Freedom-IXOYE]

I don’t know what’s worse the narrator or the music, I’m out!

[@bryantsteury8910]

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

[@bigdaddybrad100]

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 !

[@Dgem08]

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