The Fontainebleau Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is on the 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) site previously occupied by the El Rancho Hotel and Casino and the Algiers Hotel. The project was announced as Fontainebleau Las Vegas in May 2005, with initial plans to begin construction by March 2006, and to have the resort opened by 2008. It was intended to be a sister property to the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel. It would be developed by Fontainebleau Resorts, which was owned by Jeff Soffer. This project was meant to be a sister property to the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. This Hotel and Casino development features 3,812-rooms in 63-stories on a 24.5 acres plot located in Las Vegas, NV. The project was announced in May 2005, with initial plans to begin construction by March 2006, and opening in 2008. In 2009, the project filed for bankruptcy, and it stalled ever since.