Recession or not, a joint venture led by a financially struggling Israel-based development group plans to build the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas. A holding company that includes the AFI Group, formerly known as Africa Israel Group, is scheduled to ask Clark County commissioners today for use permits to build a 6,745-room hotel, casino and retail complex on 60 acres along Harmon Avenue west of the Hard Rock Hotel.

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