Vegas. Boughner said the resort would not have a theme: "Echelon, in terms of architecture, is more about designing a building that will evoke an emotion. A theme doesn't evoke an emotion, it evokes a cheap thrill." The entire project was overseen by Tishman Construction, but different general contractors worked on each of the project's five hotels. Marnell Corrao Associates was the general contractor for the project's main hotel, Echelon Tower, also known as Hotel Echelon. The construction site consisted of approximately 800 workers, who were divided between two shifts, and worked six days a week. Three of the project's hotels – The Enclave, Hotel Echelon, and Shangri-La Las Vegas – would be housed in three attached towers, which began to take form in June 2008. That month, a carpenter working on Echelon Tower died after falling 15 feet and hitting his head. A union official denied that the project's construction workers were being rushed to meet deadlines, although the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration later determined that the worker died as the result of safety violations and being rushed. Marnell Corrao Associates was fined $11,000 in the worker's death. Although the fine was disputed, it was eventually paid. Ultimately, there had been 44 injuries among Marnell's 280 workers at the Echelon site. On August 1, 2008, Boyd Gaming announced that construction would be halted for three to four quarters due to economic conditions, as Morgans Hotel Group and GGP were unable to obtain financing to build their portions of the project because of the Great Recession. Boyd Gaming had spent $500 million on the project, and planned to finance $3.3 billion of the total budget. The company's stock rose 20 percent on the day of the postponement, which was praised by investors, who were concerned about the state of the economy and the company's ability to complete such a large project. At that time of the delay, the site consisted of three steel-framed hotel towers, each standing eight stories high. Some work was expected to continue in order to maintain the steel and concrete structures. The two hotels by Morgans Hotel Group, now expected to cost a total of $1 billion, had been scheduled to begin construction that summer. Local economists and housing analysts believed the project's postponement would delay a housing recovery in the Las Vegas Valley, as the project would employ 10,000 people upon its eventual