Plans announced by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian to build a 5,000-room resort here would allow Las Vegas to claim the eight largest hotels in the world by 1992, according to industry statistics. Of course, Las Vegas' domination of the list dpends on other cities not building big hotels between now and 1992. The Las Vegas Hilton currently claims the title with 3,174 rooms but will be surpassed next March when an expansion is completed at the Flamingo Hilton, giving that Strip resort 3,530 rooms. The Flamingo will hold the title only a few months, until the Excalibur opens next summer with 4,032 rooms. Steve Wynn's Mirage Hotel opens next month with 3,054 rooms. Circus Circus, the parent corporation for Excalibur, currently has 2,800 rooms in Las Vegas, as does Bally's Hotel on the Strip. The Riviera Hotel currently has 2,200 rooms but a planned expansion will give the resort 3,800 rooms by June of 1992. Kerkorian built the International Hotel, now the Las Vegas Hilton, and the MGM Grand, now Bally's. He also owned the Flamingo at one time. The Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu currently has 2,525 rooms, making it the largest hotel, in number of rooms, outside of Las Vegas, according to figures in the Hotel and Motel Index. The number of rooms at the Hawaiian property is not expected to change in the near future because the hotel recently completed an expansion, according to Las Vegas Hilton spokesman Bruce Banke. Outside the United States, the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo leads in number of rooms with 2,056.
Plans to build a large resort in Las Vegas would allow the city to have the eight largest hotels in the world by 1992 if other cities do not build big hotels by 1992 . The Las Vegas Hilton has 3,174 rooms . When the Flamingo Hilton completes an expansion next March it will have 500 rooms . When the Excalibur is completed next summer it will have 4,032 rooms and the Mirage will opens next summer with 3,054 rooms . The Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Honolulu with 2,525 rooms makes it the largest hotel in number of rooms outside of Las Vegas .