The chief executive of Las Vegas’ newest casino compared its ritzy opening with an airplane that lands but has to quickly take off again.

“It’s just a touch and go because we really have to … take off,” said John Unwin of the $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “It’s just the beginning.”

Unwin and other executives counted down the final seconds to the resort’s opening Wednesday night with select gamblers around a craps table. One threw a pair of dice to mark the casino’s first wager, rolling a nine.

The Cosmopolitan opens as Sin City’s last new major casino–resort for at least a few years. Owned by German lender Deutsche Bank, it was the last casino to receive full funding before loans became impossible to get for casino projects conceived years ago when money flowed here and gambling flourished.

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