Originally slated to start out taking bets in 2018, Genting Group’s $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas will open sometime in early 2019, the corporate told Nevada gaming regulators this week in a public hearing.

Vegas Inc reported that Genting said that full-scale construction will commence later this year. Ground was officially broken at the project a year ago, with Gov. Brian Sandoval calling it “a day that we’ve been looking forward to an overly long time.”

The casino would be the first new mega-resort to be built at the Strip in about 10 years and one of the crucial expensive within the city’s history.

The site for Resorts World Las Vegas is Boyd Gaming’s unfinished Echelon development, which Malaysia-based Genting bought for $350 million several years ago. It’s located on the north end of the Strip, and was home to the long-lasting Stardust casino that Boyd imploded.

Genting officials were in Nevada this week to continue working in the course of the licensing process. The Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously sent the applications to the Gaming Commission for final approval late this month, in line with the report.

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