$510 million transformational resort project gets a reboot

Allegiant Travel executive John Redmond fittingly brought a lot of Vegas with him on a recent trip to Southwest Florida.

For one, Redmond, president of the Las Vegas-based low-cost airline pioneer and former CEO of MGM Grand Resorts, is at the helm of a big gamble: that travelers from some 50 Allegiant destinations nationwide will flock to the middle of Charlotte County, in one of most underdeveloped areas on Florida’s west coast, to rent suites and hotel rooms in an enclosed luxury resort with top-shelf amenities. The affable Redmond also delivered some Vegas pizzazz with him, spicing up his presentation by using “best ever, unbelievable and amazing” often to describe the $510 million project, Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor.