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The north end of the Strip, really, used to be the center of the Strip, but things got neglected over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the past three decades, Leon Boghossian has visited Las Vegas about twice a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Rhode Island resident has seen many changes to the city during that time, but is particularly impressed with what\u2019s happening now at the north end of the Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on in this area,\u201d said Boghossian, walking north on Las Vegas Boulevard near Resorts World Drive. \u201cThe changes, in my opinion, have been all positive. It\u2019s really great to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he talked, construction sounds could be heard to the west as workers labored on the $4 billion, 59-story Resorts World Las Vegas project, which is being built on the site formerly occupied by the Stardust.<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>To the east, Boghossian could see work being done on a $935 million expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The project, which will also feature a renovation of the existing space,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvegasinc.lasvegassun.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftourism%2F2019%2Foct%2F25%2Fconvention-center-expansion-halfway-people-mover%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdc369c4388f04022ea8f08d75f2c790c%7Cc64a4fa65c9344ee83651e8c8c86f41a%7C0%7C0%7C637082516938341547&amp;sdata=KvpEJiGKfL7jaaiZCCtjsOAi%2BOczYFYT7dV3VtpzBkY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">will cost $1.5 billion and be complete in early 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A short walk to the north of where Boghossian stood sits Circus Circus, the family-themed former MGM Resorts International property that is in the process of being sold to Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin for $825 million.<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegasinc.lasvegassun.com\/business\/2019\/nov\/04\/once-left-behind-north-end-las-vegas-strip-humming\/?fbclid=IwAR1z88ThvObscJi5nMPq7EZVP8bbq_oBFDu7RZBXt5yVKA74oxwrGYeskDM#.XcDdyHPGJQk.twitter\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once left behind, north end of Las Vegas Strip humming along with development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[1848,92,1847],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11700"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11706,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions\/11706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}