21, 2025, to build their tower, or else the FAA’s approval will expire. The Casino Royale’s owners have until Jan. The aeronautical study revealed that the structure would have no substantial adverse effect on the safe and efficient utilization of the navigable airspace by aircraft or on the operation of air navigation facilities,” it read. who published the contents of a Jletter documenting the FAA’s approval of the project. The news was broken by ’s own Vital Vegas blogger Scott Roeben. The Best Western chain, the property’s owner since 2012, plans to replace it with a new 699-foot tower. The Casino Royale, a fixture of the Las Vegas Strip since 1964, may soon be no more. The owners of the casino hotel, a Strip fixture since 1964, just received FAA approval to build a 699-foot tower in the space. The Casino Royale may be the next Las Vegas icon to meet the wrecking ball. Commercial Gaming, Entertainment, Expert Insight, Las Vegas.