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Aladdin Gaming, LLC, developer of the new Aladdin Casino & Resort complex in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, and TrizecHahn Development Corporation, developer of DESERT PASSAGE,® the resort's expansive shopping, entertainment and dining destination, announced today that the $1.3-billion project will open on August 17.

The 34-acre site includes a new 2,600-room hotel; a 100,000-square-foot casino; the completely remodeled 7,000-seat Theatre for the Performing Arts; The London Club at Aladdin, a 35,000-square-foot European-style luxury casino and the 500,000-square-foot DESERT PASSAGE shopping adventure.

With 135 world-class retailers and 130,000 square feet of dining - including 14 premier restaurants, DESERT PASSAGE will bring the most comprehensive shopping and dining experience to Las Vegas.

"This simultaneous opening will stand as one of the most significant and memorable events in the history of Las Vegas," said Richard J. Goeglein, president, chief executive officer and director of Aladdin Gaming, LLC. "As the first and only mega-resort of the new millennium, Aladdin promises to offer the desert's most exciting and expansive list of attractions."

"This comprehensive mixed-use destination offers a depth of experience not found in any other Las Vegas locale," said Lee H. Wagman, president and chief executive officer of TrizecHahn Development.

Las Vegas-based Aladdin Gaming, LLC is the parent company of Aladdin Resort & Casino. The resort will feature, in addition to extensive entertainment and gaming offerings, a rich theme based on the legendary 1,001 Arabian Nights, extensive meeting space and a unique stacked layout allowing hotel guests to access their rooms, the pool and health spa without walking through the casino or other public areas.

TrizecHahn Development Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is the North American retail/entertainment development division of TrizecHahn Corporation. As the developer of The Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, the Company has developed 98 of the country's highest performing shopping centers and is now developing retail/entertainment in North America including Hollywood & Highland®, home of a premiere theater designed to house the Academy Awards® Ceremonies. TrizecHahn shares trade on New York, and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbol TZH.