Security Breach: Construction Site at the Monte Carlo Hotel
We were anxious to get a look at the construction going on at Monte Carlo, part of a $100 million development project bound to dramatically change the look of the Las Vegas Strip. Unfortunately, the construction is behind tall, draped fences.
![Deep sigh.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction1.jpg)
Next door, New York-New York is kind enough to put holes in its construction walls, making it easier to get a look. No such luck at Monte Carlo.
Time to get creative. We put our camera on a monopod and extended it over the fence for a bird’s eye peek at the work-in-progress. If it were a really low-flying bird. With a digital camera.
![Don't try to thwart this Las Vegas blog. We are unthwartable.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction2.jpg)
Existing structures and walkways are being removed to make way for, among other things, new restaurants and bars, including 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria (pizzas in a minute) and Double Barrel, an “old-world rustic barn saloon,” which certainly clears up any confusion about the name, doesn’t it?
![Stop pushing dirt around and build something!](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction3.jpg)
The outdoor plaza project is being done in conjunction with a planned 20,000-seat arena behind New York-New York and Monte Carlo. The arena is expected to cost $400 million, a cost which will be recouped by the sale of stale pretzels and possibly cotton candy. Unless we just made that last part up.
![One of the construction guys is apparently in a 12-step program.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction4.jpg)
The park-line dining and retail plaza is expected to open in phases, between 2014 and 2016. Translation: There’s room to fudge it if there are construction delays.
![This has to be one of the neatest construction sites, ever.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction5.jpg)
MGM Resorts says the development project will “encourage social interaction and people-watching” and “enliven one of the city’s most exciting intersections.” Because, in our book, if anything says “Las Vegas excitement,” it’s an intersection. An enlivened intersection, even better.
![We can't wait to socially interact here!](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monte_carlo_construction6.jpg)
Stay tuned for updates about the construction at Monte Carlo and other Las Vegas newness on the way.
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