Clooney And Pitt Close Las Rambles

07-06-2006 11:01

George Clooney And Pitt Close Down Las RamblasGeorge Clooney and Brad Pitt's Las Vegas, Nevada dream is over - their ambitious Las Ramblas hotel complex is dead.Ten months after its much-publicised launch and following multiple rumours about its demise, the Las Ramblas sales office has been closed and the 25-acre plot of land the hotels, casinos and play areas were to stand on has been sold to the developers of the neighbouring W Hotel, Casino & Residences for a whopping $202 million (£112.2 million). The news has been confirmed by Dan Klores Communications, the New York-based publicity firm representing Las Ramblas.A spokesman says, "We are no longer dealing with that account as I understand the Las Ramblas project is no longer going ahead."Vegas insiders claim rising construction costs are behind the decision to shut down the Las Ramblas venture - a project backed financially by Clooney and CINDY CRAWFORD's restaurateur husband Rande Gerber, and supported by new dad Pitt.Pitt and Clooney were signed onto a boutique project rumoured to involve Gerber and Station Casinos on the plot of land currently housing the Wild, Wild West Casino.