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The construction firm sanctioned and fined for safety violations that allegedly killed a carpenter on the Echelon project paid a disputed $11,000 fine.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

With work on Echelon grinding to a halt, people are wondering what project might be next.

Credit woes that disrupted General Growth Properties' participation in Boyd Gaming's $4.8 billion Echelon resort represent just a small portion of the financial challenges facing the mall company that owns some of the priciest real estate on the Strip.

The announcement by Boyd Gaming Corp. on Friday morning that the casino operator will delay construction of its $4.8 billion Echelon project on the Strip for up to a year was met with applause on Wall Street.

Employees alleged deadline pressure at some sites on Strip.

The death toll at Strip construction sites continued to rise Monday, this time at Boyd Gaming Corp.'s Echelon project site with the death of a 49-year-old carpenter who fell about 15 feet and suffered fatal head injuries after landing on his head.

Boyd Gaming Corp. last month entered the construction fray, breaking ground on the second-largest building project in Las Vegas. Bob Boughner, Echelon's chief executive, answers questions.

Boyd Gaming unveiled details and renderings for the $4.8 billion Echelon, which will have five hotels surrounding a multiuse resort destination on 87 acres.

Bill Boyd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Boyd Gaming and Bob Boughner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming's Echelon Resorts, joined top company executives along with executives from its strategic partners, Morgans Hotel Group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, AEG Live and General Growth Properties at a groundbreaking ceremony.

Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Boyd Gaming Corporation announced their development and design plans for the new Mondrian and Delano hotels at Echelon in Las Vegas.

Boyd Gaming Corporation has signed a joint venture agreement with General Growth Properties, Inc. to develop a 300,000-square-foot retail promenade as part of Echelon.

When Sherie and James Johnson heard the Stardust was scheduled for demolition, the Salt Lake City couple knew they had be in Las Vegas to bid farewell to an old friend.

Robert Boughner, president of Echolon, said renderings and designs for Echelon would be revealed at the formal ground breaking, but he cautioned against expecting Echelon to have a theme attached to its architecture.

LVI Services Inc. announces the implosion of Las Vegas' famed Stardust Casino and Hotel Towers.

Almost two weeks after the Sahara was seemingly given a new lease on life, demolition crews are preparing to blast away the last remnant of the Stardust.

If it isn't steel or concrete, it's being removed from the shuttered Stardust hotel tower.

There's no mistaking Bill Boyd's appreciation of the property that took him into the casino industry's big leagues.

Skire, Inc. reports an agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation's Echelon Place development, a world class destination that is expected to open in 2010.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports an agreement with AEG Live, whereby AEG will produce and present shows in the two major entertainment venues at Echelon Place, its next-generation resort development on the Las Vegas Strip.