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    Opening December 3, 2016, is the Lucky Dragon Casino & Hotel, which is in its finishing stages at the North end of the Las Vegas Strip, just a block off the Boulevard at 300 West Sahara Avenue. This is the first major construction of a new hotel in the city since 2010 (Cosmopolitan).   It is Asian-themed. Its name, its decor and its layout all show this. It will have an indoor/outdoor tea garden, with an “expensive book of high-end teas from all over Asia.” The food at Lucky Dragon will be authentic Chinese food, with la zi ji instead of chicken egg foo yong; no brewpub, no pizza place or steakhouse. Number fours are studiously missing from its hotel — no 4th floor, no number 4 anywhere on the property, says Chief Operating Officer David Jacoby.   When asked if they were hoping to lure visitors from China and the Far East, Jacoby answered with a sort of Not-Really. He said, “This is obviously an Asian-focused property, but not necessarily directly f...