The proposals stacked along Las Vegas Boulevard South on Silverado Ranch's west edge add up to more than $10 billion in stated ambition. As of early October 2026, the project with the largest price tag has made the least progress through county approvals. A mid-size resort-casino is on hold at the Clark County Zoning Commission. The project most likely to reach a buyer's closing table is a 275-home tract that drew far less coverage than the rest.
For anyone comparing Silverado Ranch with Henderson or Southern Highlands, the useful question is where each project sits in the approval process, and the answer changes how the headlines should be read.
| Project | Location | What's proposed | Status as of Oct. 3, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Vegas | NW corner, Las Vegas Blvd & Starr Ave | Arena, stadium, mixed use on 63 acres | Concept; no county approval located; no team signed |
| Silverado resort | NW corner, Las Vegas Blvd & Richmar Ave | 300 rooms, then 150 more; 57,000 sq ft casino | Held Sept. 2; listed as holdover Sept. 16; outcome unconfirmed |
| Marnell hotel-casino | NE corner, Las Vegas Blvd & St. Rose Pkwy | About 600 rooms on about 35 acres | Conceptual; groundbreaking projected three to five years out |
| Paradise Encore | 9457 Las Vegas Blvd S, at Serene Ave | 275 townhomes and detached homes | County-approved in 2025; sales projected for early-to-mid 2027 |
The $10 Billion Drawing Across the Boulevard
Starr Vegas went public on April 13, 2026, as a roughly $10 billion sports and entertainment development on 63 acres at Las Vegas Boulevard and Starr Avenue. The project lead is Chuck Haifley, CEO of Starr Vegas Development, Inc. Larry Canarelli and K. Roohani were named as land partners, and Lou Weisbach of In Tickets We Trust was named as the source of the financing structure. The plan calls for a 50,000-seat soccer and concert stadium that could expand to 60,000, a 25,000-seat arena, and a 40-story broadcast tower with condominiums on top, along with hotels, a casino, retail and offices.
The group said at the announcement that it had secured $6 billion of the total, and that figure is the developer's own claim. No NBA or MLS team has signed on, and the company says it is open to talks with teams. Our search of Clark County's Legistar records turned up no Starr Vegas land-use approval. The Starr Avenue item that did turn up is a road contract.
The decision that drives everything else here belongs to the NBA. In September, Commissioner Adam Silver repeated the league's goal of deciding on expansion to Las Vegas and Seattle by the end of 2026. On September 8, News 3 reported that no arena site or ownership group had a clear lead. The Review-Journal was more direct in June: multiple sources thought the Starr site was probably too far from the Strip and gave it the lowest chance of being built among the sites discussed.
For a buyer, the land at that corner was photographed as a vacant lot in May. The league had not picked an arena site as of September, and we found no county approval for the project.
The Casino That Has Paperwork and a Pause
A few blocks north of Silverado Ranch Boulevard, the proposed Silverado resort has made it further, because it has an actual county file. Developer Michael Ochoa of Ochoa Development Corp. filed plans for a 300-room hotel and a 57,000-square-foot casino, with 150 more rooms in a second phase. The case is UC-26-0437, filed by V L V 1, LLC for 13.52 acres north of Richmar Avenue and west of Las Vegas Boulevard South. The county staff report describes two six-story hotel towers, a five-level garage, and 960 parking spaces in the first phase.
In a letter to the county, the developer's land-use consultant, Lucy Stewart, described the project this way:
"substantial long-term investment" along this stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that will contribute to the "continued evolution and revitalization" of the area.
County staff recommended approval with conditions. Before permits are issued, the developer would need mitigation or a development agreement, along with drainage and traffic studies and full off-site improvements. The Enterprise Town Advisory Board also recommended approval. The separate sign plan matters more to nearby homes than the room count does. It proposes a 175-foot sign facing I-15 and a 100-foot sign on Las Vegas Boulevard, and the advisory board recommended capping the boulevard sign at 70 feet.
The Zoning Commission then held the item on September 2. It was listed as a holdover on the September 16 agenda and does not appear on the published October 7 agenda. The county's case record shows no final action. As of late August, Casino.org reported that the project had no named operating partner. Even if it is approved, the staff conditions give the developer two years to start work, so an approval would not set a construction date.
The large resort plans farther south are moving on even longer timelines. Anthony Marnell III's roughly 600-room hotel-casino on about 35 acres at St. Rose Parkway, across from the M Resort, was described as a conceptual plan in a May Review-Journal report. Marnell said he did not expect groundbreaking for three to five years. Station Casinos' parcel at Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue is held as a land bank, and company leadership has not said what will come next there.
The Project With the Fewest Headlines
Taylor Morrison's Paradise Encore is the only project in this corridor that has already been approved and has its old buildings demolished. Clark County commissioners approved 275 homes on 28 acres at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Serene Avenue in 2025. The plan mixes townhomes and detached houses and includes trails, a pickleball court, and picnic areas. The site at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd. South was once Paradise Spa, a 384-unit condo complex built in the 1960s, and crews had demolished it by May 2026. The deal is already financed. Kennedy Lewis closed a $30 million purchase of the site in September 2025 as Taylor Morrison's land-bank investor, and the builder will buy lots from it as construction proceeds.
In May, Kent Lay, president of Taylor Morrison's Las Vegas division, said he expected model homes to start in February 2027 and sales to begin in the first or second quarter of 2027. These dates are the builder's projections from May, and the community is not yet listed on Taylor Morrison's Las Vegas page. Even so, this project has moved further than any of the casino plans.
The Pavement Arrives First
Public road work along the corridor has outpaced the private projects, and it shows which parts of the plan already have funding:
- I-15 South. NDOT finished widening the freeway in December 2025. It now has eight general-purpose lanes from Sloan Road to St. Rose Parkway and 11 lanes from St. Rose to Blue Diamond Road.
- Starr Avenue and Gilespie Street. In August 2025, Clark County approved a $5.151 million contract with Las Vegas Paving for sidewalks, curb, lighting, and signals on Starr from Las Vegas Boulevard to Bermuda Road and on Gilespie from Silverado Ranch Boulevard to Pebble Road. Work began January 26, 2026, and was estimated to finish September 30, 2026. Completion has not been confirmed.
- Bermuda Road. The county's September 22 design-project list shows the segment from St. Rose Parkway to Silverado Ranch Boulevard at 0% complete, with no schedule.
The Starr Avenue road work and the Starr Vegas proposal sit on the same street, but they are unrelated. The road contract was approved as ordinary county public works and does not entitle any private project.
Why 275 Houses Matter More to a Buyer Than 450 Hotel Rooms
Hotel rooms do not compete with resale homes for buyers, but new homes do. That is why Paradise Encore matters more to anyone buying or selling a home in Silverado Ranch.
The valley-wide market already gives buyers some room. In August 2026, the median price of an existing single-family home across Southern Nevada was $475,000. That was down 1% from a year earlier and below the $490,000 peak in May and June. At the end of August, 7,590 single-family homes were listed without offers, up 5.3% year over year, which works out to just over 4.5 months of supply. These are metro-wide figures. We found no zip-level data for 89123 or 89183 from a public source.
That supply gives buyers time. A buyer weighing a Silverado Ranch home against an arena rumor does not need to hurry, because we found no approval, no team, and no start date for the arena. A buyer who expects to resell in two or three years faces a more specific consideration. If Taylor Morrison stays on schedule, a new-construction community with both townhomes and detached homes will open on the same boulevard in 2027, with builder incentives and new floor plans that resale listings cannot offer. Paradise Encore will be the comparison point for nearby resale homes starting in 2027.
For sellers, the timing points the same way. Listing before a builder's sales office opens nearby means competing only with other resale homes. Listing after it opens means competing with model homes as well.
Quick Answers
Did Clark County approve the Silverado resort? Clark County's public records do not show an approval yet. The Zoning Commission held the item on September 2, it was listed as a holdover on September 16, and the case record shows no final action as of early October.
Is Starr Vegas tied to the NBA's expansion decision? Only as one of several proposed sites. The league plans to decide by the end of 2026, and in June, Review-Journal sources rated Starr the least likely of the sites discussed.
When could Paradise Encore homes go on sale? In May, Taylor Morrison projected the first or second quarter of 2027, with model homes starting in February 2027. Pricing and floor plans have not been published.
If you own a home east of Las Vegas Boulevard and wonder how Paradise Encore's 2027 opening could affect your sale, Lopez Real Estate Group can price your home against current resale listings and the new-construction competition coming to the corridor. Request your home valuation, in English or Spanish, before the model homes open.
