Malaysia’s Genting Group broke ground Tuesday on its new $4b Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) casino project.

Genting chairman KT Lim (pictured) and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval were on hand to commemorate the event, the first time in over a decade that Vegas had witnessed work commence on a property of this scale. The event was laden with added significance due to Monday’s closure of the Riviera, one of the last Vegas casinos to trace its roots back to the fabled Rat Pack era.

The four-tower, 3,500-room RWLV will plug the hole left by Boyd Gaming’s aborted Echelon project on the site of the old Stardust Hotel. Boyd put the project on pause after the global economy crashed and eventually sold out to Genting in March 2013 for $350m.

When it opens in mid-2018, RWLV’s gaming floor will occupy around 175k square feet. Non-gaming amenities include a replica of the Great Wall of China, indoor water park, 4k-seat theater and possibly some real live pandas. (Hopefully the kung fu kind, but don’t quote us.)