After buying the shuttered, torched and crumbling Moulin Rouge more than four years ago - and after more false starts than we can count — the guys behind the Moulin Rouge Development Corp. might finally have some money to start rebuilding the thing. But is Bonanza Road ready for … this?

That’s the official rendering from Ed Vance and Associates. I think the technical term is “consummately and face-scrapingly blingalicious.”

Mark Adams of www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com , meanwhile, has proposed a different take, which he drew up with for his design portfolio. He sees it as more faithful to the original hotel’s mid-century Modern design. It’s certainly easier on the eyebulbs:

He writes:

The main differences between these two plans are the colors and material choices. My plan calls for extensive use of limestone, glass block and ebony wood tones, which creates a more subtle color palette. These materials were widely used in the ’50s and are making a comeback.

There is one element I use in my rendering I would love to see in this and other projects: A second-floor restaurant near (and looking over) the main entrance. This idea was a trend in the ’50s and ’60s. When you drove up to the entrance at the Sahara in 1967, you could see folks dining behind large windows at the Don the Beachcomber restaurant on the second floor. It looked inviting, a place you wanted to be. Other Strip resorts used the same element. The Sands, Flamingo, Dunes, Desert Inn, Hacienda and others had these restaurants.

Second order of business: imploding the blight directly across the street!