The hotel rooms have been redecorated, and Ahern’s team expects to start construction inside the former casino building by the end of March. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) new owner of the former Lucky Dragon has renamed and reopened the failed Las Vegas hotel and plans to renovate its old casino space.Īhern Hotel, which still has the Lucky Dragon’s red exterior but features new signage outside, opened a few months ago and has already sold “thousands” of room nights, owner Don Ahern told the Las Vegas Review-Journal at his now-namesake property Thursday. Signage for Ahern Hotel and Convention Center, formerly the Lucky Dragon, in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Feb.