Hundreds of invited guests gathered for the event and cheered comments made by Soffer’s development team and invited dignitaries. The start of the ribbon-cutting was punctuated by a line of Chinese dragon dancers that accented the international flair the property is expected to have upon opening. We now know why Fontainebleau executives opted to open the 67-story, blue-tinted north Strip resort on Wednesday.įollowing a 30-minute ribbon-cutting ceremony, a crowd of family and friends in attendance sang “Happy Birthday” to Fontainebleau Development CEO Jeffrey Soffer, who was joined on a stage by 18 contributors to the resort’s opening in the Urs Fischer Gallery for the property’s first big event.
(Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Sylvester Stallone walks the Fontainebleau “Bleau carpet” event on Wednesday, Dec.