Howard Hughes Corp.’s reputation in Las Vegas for developing master-planned community Summerlin bolsters its chances of getting a casino developed on the Strip, a UNLV history professor said.
“They have a successful business track record,” Michael Green, a history professor at UNLV, said in an interview. “The oddity is that they have no real experience with casinos, so they’re going to have to figure that out.”
Howard Hughes Holdings, the parent company of real estate development company Howard Hughes Corp., announced last week plans for a spinoff division, Seaport Entertainment, that will take over entertainment operations of the company, which includes an 80 percent interest in the air rights above Fashion Show mall where a casino is being planned.
