The implosion of the 48-year-old, 1,500-room casino resort onthe Las Vegas Strip is scheduled to take place in the middle of thenight in the middle of March, a source at Boyd Gaming tellsGlobeSt.com. The company isn't saying exactly when the implosionwill take place for crowd control purposes, but says it plans tocapture the event on tape.

In its 80-acre place will rise Eschelon Place, a $4-billioncomplex of hotels, casinos, entertainment venues and shopping thatis scheduled to open in 2010. The plan includes 5,300 rooms in fourhotels, a 140,000-sf casino, theaters, a shopping promenade, spasand convention space.

Within the $4-billion Eschelon Place will be the $2.9-billionEchelon Resort, which would be wholly owned by Boyd. Echelon Resortwill include 3,300 of the 5,300 rooms in two high-rise towers, eachwith its own full-service spa, as well as the casino, two theaters(one with 4,000 seats and the other with 1,500 seats), 25restaurants and bars, and a pool area.