M Resort set for 10 p.m. opening

Steve Marcus

The Beer Bar boasts an impressive number of beers on tap at the M Resort in Henderson Thursday, February 19, 2009. The new hotel and casino property, under construction at St. Rose Parkway and Las Vegas Boulevard South, is scheduled to open March 1.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009 | 2 a.m.

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A glimpse into the M Resort two weeks before its grand opening on Sunday.

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Casino: More than 1,847 slot machines, 64 table games, a poker room and race and sports book.
Number of rooms: 390
Entertainment: Live music at the Villaggio Del Sole Pool and Entertainment Plaza
Restaurants: Baby Cakes, Marinelli's, Red Cup Cafe, Studio B, Terzetto, Veloce Cibo, Vig Deli, Piazza Grille
Nightlife: Five bars and lounges
Attractions: 14-screen movie theater
Spa: Spa Mio, offering 16 treatment rooms, sauna, steam, Jacuzzi wet areas and a full service salon.

UPDATED STORY: M Resort opening for business

The M Resort will open its doors at 10 p.m. tonight as the newest addition to the casino and resort scene in the Las Vegas Valley.

Set on 90 acres near Interstate 15 and St. Rose Parkway, M Resort is positioning itself as a locals casino with its placement near master-planned communities Anthem, Seven Hills and Southern Highlands.

The $1 billion M is operated by Anthony Marnell III, whose father, Anthony Marnell II, opened the Rio in 1990.

Marnell said after seeing a lack of value and customer service in Las Vegas casinos, he pledged that his resort would be different.

“People don’t care about all this bigger and better stuff,” Marnell said earlier this week. “They come here with their hard-earned money — and every day they realize how hard-earned it is — and they’re going to spend it where they’re going to get value. They want to know that they are going be taken care of, and that you’re going to treat them like they want to be treated.”

The new resort will feature 390 guest rooms, including 39 large suites, varying in size from 1,440 to 2,400 square feet. M rooms boast floor to ceiling windows with views of the mountains and the Strip, as well as cutting-edge technology with Bose sound systems, iPod docking stations and 42-inch plasma flat screens.

Standard room rates will begin at $54 during the week and $94 on weekends.

The 92,000-square-foot casino will include more than 1,800 slots and video poker machines, 64 table games, a 12-table poker room and a race and sports book.

M dining options will include Studio B, a show kitchen buffet; a standard casino café, the Red Cup Cafe; Baby Cakes bakery; Piazza Grille, a Mediterranean-style grill; Vig Deli; Marinelli’s Authentic Italian Dishes; Terzetto, a steak and seafood restaurant; sushi and sashimi bar Restaurant Veloce Cibo & Bar Veloce; and Hostile Grape Wine Cellar, where guests can taste more than 120 types of wine.

The 23,000-square-foot Spa Mio will offer a variety of treatments in 16 treatment rooms, as well as a sauna, steam, Jacuzzi wet areas and a full service salon.

Scheduled entertainment events have yet to be announced but the resort’s five lounges, ballroom and outdoor venues are equipped to host headline performers.

M will mark its grand opening with a fireworks display welcoming the property’s first guests and gamers.

Check lasvegassun.com tonight for updated coverage of M Resort’s opening.

Discussion: 4 comments so far…

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By tvegas

March 1, 2009

8:20 a.m.

Suggest removal

Wondering if anyone will be there.
By mteammember

March 1, 2009

9:12 a.m.

Suggest removal

I love this place. Been there for two weeks and it's the best place I've worked and the hotel is beautiful. This place will do good!
By stevem

March 1, 2009

11:04 a.m.

Suggest removal

they only have around $37,000 in convention business reserved for 2009 and that's hardly anything.

convention business keeps the lights on at these places now that people aren't coming to vegas for leisure travel.

i wish them the best because i think the less market share station casinos has is a good thing for the local market. it's just too bad this place wasn't opening 3 or 4 years ago.

vegas is emptying out and there aren't enough people with money to blow to keep this place humming after the initial "let's go check it out" phase. same problem that aliante station is having. the should rent that place out for archery practice.
By chippersql

March 2, 2009

2:07 p.m.

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I wish them the best of luck. Sure their own property holdings will subsidize the M resort for a period of time until the economy improves. The entire concept of treating the locals as individuals and catering to them on a more personal basis will generate lots of business. I will certainly be a regular over there (it is 10 minutes from my home in Anthem) and maybe win a few bucks. From what I can see this place is a winner!