Recession or not, a joint venture led by a financially struggling Israel-based development group plans to build the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas.
A holding company that includes the AFI Group, formerly known as Africa Israel Group, is scheduled to ask Clark County commissioners today for use permits to build a 6,745-room hotel, casino and retail complex on 60 acres along Harmon Avenue west of the Hard Rock Hotel.
The largest hotel in the world now is the 6,118-room First World Hotel in Malaysia. Many of the largest hotels in the world are already in Las Vegas, including the 5,690-room MGM Grand, the 4,408-room Luxor and the 4,341-room Mandalay Bay and The Hotel resorts.