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CityCenter
is an ultra
modern,
urban
environment
with nicely
hidden
parking
structures.
The
project has
its own
fire
station, an
on-site
power
plant, and
lots of
pedestrian
space. CityCenter
has achieve
LEED certification for the project as outlined by the U.S. Green Building
Council. Las Vegas is one of the leading cities for incorporating green
technology. The current inventory (with the respective architect) consists of:
- 4,004-room 61-story ARIA Resort & Casino (Cesar Pelli)
CityCenter
has a 1/4-mile Las Vegas Strip frontage. The project's center
is the 61-story
ARIA Resort & Casino with 4,000-rooms, designed by world renowned architect
Cesar Pelli. There
is plenty of glitz in the form of light
shows projected against building facades.
A new Cirque du Soleil
show, called Elvis, premiered at the
Aria Resort on opening day.
CityCenter phased it's opening
in December of 2009 and is
currently the single most expensive privately funded project in the western
hemisphere.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CityCenter ARIA Resort & Casino Mandarin Oriental Veer |
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11/14/10
The Harmon
Hotel
Slated for
Demolition |
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12/07/09 CityCenter Opens in Stages |
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1/7/09 Rumors Ring True Regarding The Harmon
and False for Veer
12/26/08 The Harmon Rumored Choked 10/12/08 It is rumored that work on The Harmon is stalled due to a construction issue. 7/22/08 The price of CityCenter rises to $11 billion. 6/4/08 CityCenter workers returned to work at midnight as Perini agreed to their demands regarding safety issues.
6/3/08 CityCenter Workers on Strike
5/16/08 The main
casino-resort at CityCenter has been named ARIA Resort & Casino.
5/15/08 The price for CityCenter has increased from $8.4
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Here's a
quick look at the modern design |
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Facade mock-ups of Veer and Mandarin for testing. |
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Hey, let's build three buildings for $64 million, use them for three years, then tear 'em down |
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CityCenter
Construction Photos |
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ARIA Set Photos 12/16 & 17/2009 by Mark Adams Wow, What a perfect place for photos. Everywhere you look in ARIA is another beautiful view. But, photos do not do ARIA justice, you really need to tour it in order to grasp the scale and scope of this huge resort.
The top two rows of photos show the exterior and Porte
Cochére areas and one of ARIAS many art installations. The next four rows highlight public areas and restaurants around the property.
The last two rows were taken on the second floor,
which houses the Elvis Cirque show a night club and the stunning conference
area.
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Mandarin Oriental set |
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Around CityCenter |
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ARIA Set |
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The Crystals Set |
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Infrastructure Set |
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Vdara Set (left) Exterior and interior shots of Vdara
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This set shows the backside of the project, Aria's Porte Cochére and Harmon Ave. interchange. The crazy (sorry, i just don't like it) canoe "sculpture" and Vdara's pool deck fill out the bottom row. Photos 7/3/09 by Veerish |
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4/21/09 Big photo update
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In these three shots we can see more lighting on
Cosmopolitan (Denizen) and Aria's crown. |
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Another big photo update in three sets:
Some filckr-finds taken 2/8/09 by Daveambition and
Travelin' Librarian show The Crystals really coming to form, the sign on top
of Aria (hey, the "i" is out), and the sign on the Mandarin.
The final six photos, taken 2/10/09 by Futurewon at filckr, are truly unique as they were taken from the (yet unfinished) Cosmopolitan. The photos show a true bird's-eye view of the project's core. A great shot of the Harmon Ave. spaghetti bowl and the foreshortened Harmon Hotel finishes the set. |
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Glass adds sheen to The Crystals mall, no more cranes on
Aria, and Mandarin's podium level is taking shape. |
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This is a nice group of shots showing various sections of
CityCenter. |
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Taking a closer look at the Strip-front,
Daniel Libeskind designed,
"The Crystals" mall, you can see that the framing
and skinning of the exterior has begun. |
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Another big CityCenter photo update This set includes two nice
overall shots, a shot of the top of the tallest part of ARIA, five pics of
Mandarin Oriental, three photos of Veer, four of The (stalled) Harmon, and
finally two shots of the supports for the pedestrian bridge that will lead
folks across the Strip. |
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Another nice group of photos showing CityCenter's progress. Photos 10/15/08 by Andrew Barber And, this beautiful HDR shot by |
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The latest batch of CityCenter photos show |
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This tour (top left to bottom right) starts with two overall project shots followed by four shots of Vdara (including Vdara's pool area). The Vdara people-mover station is underway and the crazy road-work over the future Harmon Ave. Two nice shots of The Harmon and a look down Harmon Ave. Veer looking amazing and a shot of the Mandarin Oriental. Finally, some color on the west side along Harmon Ave. Photos 8/9-13/08 by J. B. Matecki, Chad Minami, and Mark Diederichsen. |
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Two nice shots. |
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Four more shots of the Strip-side of CityCenter. |
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These shots show (from left to right): |
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CityCenter Southside Tour |
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Two night shots from Graham Rothwell taken on 6/16/08. |
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CityCenter Westside Tour (top-left) the overall project (top-right) the top few floors of Vdara (middle-left) looking down Harmon Ave. (middle-center) a close-up of ARIA (middle-right) ARIA (bottom-left) ARIA's pool and conference center (bottom-center) the Cirque theater (bottom-right) the conference center Thanks to Aaron Auxier of LasVegasStripDaily.com, who risked life and limb to get these shots from the unfinished top floor at Panorama Tower III on 6/12/08. |
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CityCenter
Eastside Tour |
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(from far left) Looking down (what will be) Harmon Ave. between CityCenter and Cosmopolitan. The Harmon's glass (looking good). The Crystals with Mandarin Oriental rising behind it. Photos 6/8/08 by VegasRain |
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Another shot from
the Eiffel Tower shows much progress on the site. |
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A nice tour of
CityCenter, shot 5/24/08 by Aaron Auxier, shows
(from left to right) Mandarin Oriental looking
svelte, Veer East and Veer West repelling each
other more every day, The Crystals Mall filling
in, The Harmon's four glass colors, and the
dangerous looking Porte Cochère for Aria. |
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Vdara at sunset, the
day after topping-out (far left) |
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Vdara is the first tower at CityCenter to
top-out. There will be a ceremony today, 5/14/08. This photo from JR Restoule, (shot from the Bellagio's pool area on 5/13/08) shows the 57-floor tower. |
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From left to
right: |
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Shot from Paris' Eiffel Tower, Laura P. Thomas captures |
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The north side of
Veer East and Veer West (far left) |
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Veer West gets its
first glass. |
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Looking east from
the Palms - CityCenter and Panorama |
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Two street-level
shots show The Harmon on the rise and |
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A View from the Eiffel Tower 4/7/08 |
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CityCenter
Tour |
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A nice close up of
Veer, shows the |
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From left to right
(top)
(bottom) |
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Mandarin Oriental
filling-in (far left and center). |
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The
Mandarin Oriental hotel is looking great (near
right) |
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Vdara shot from the
employee's garage. |
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Casey Pierce captures some close shots of the
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CityCenter
proudly rising into view |
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Veer (near right) is finally picking up speed.
The engineering for a leaning tower like this,
requires a much more complex foundation. This
will be an interesting one to watch. A
nice vantage point (far right) from behind Monte
Carlo, shows the main CityCenter hotel beginning
to take a commanding stance. |
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The photo (far left) shows
the overall project |
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The Mandarin
Oriental gets its first glass. |
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From the parking lot at Rio,
one could clearly see |
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CityCenter
rising above the rest (in more ways than one). |
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Four shots of CityCenter
taken |
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Scott Becker
captures a nice |
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Three shots 9/1/07 by Aaron Auxier of VegasCondoScene.com, show Veer with monorail, the parking garage and The Harmon finally taking shape. |
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First shots of the main monorail station. |
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Vdara looking
great in these |
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CityCenter Rising |
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The photos (left) taken by Brock Harrington, show details from the same perspective. |
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Cirque Theater Pool Area Main Resort |
Monorail/Veer/Mall |
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Looking shiny, this photo shows the
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Glass on Vdara (looking good). |
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The Mandarin Oriental at CityCenter |
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Vdara is up to 12 floors |
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Nice overview shot shows the
strip-side |
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Everyone gets a corner room at |
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Vdara is rising quickly. |
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This twilight shot of CityCenter shows |
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This way and that, the odd angles of
Veer towers east |
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Veer Angle Revealed
These two photos by
Aaron Auxier show an unusual |
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Mandarin (left) is shaping up and Vdara (right) is getting a fourth floor. Photos 4/17/07 by Mark Diederichsen |
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A composite of three photos |
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On
the northeast corner of the project |
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First shot of the main resort's glass. |
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Close-up of the main
resort tower |
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Nine floors down, 51 to go |
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Photo 1/9/07 shows work on the retail building in front and the main tower up to the eighth floor. Panorama Towers I and II (in the background) are almost finished. Click image to enlarge |
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Construction photo 11/29/06 by Don Pacho, shows the intersecting curves of the main hotel building. The elevator core will be an island surrounded by curved hallways. Click image to enlarge |
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Construction photo 11/17/06 taken by Mark Diederichsen shows the Mandarin Oriental Hotel's foundation work under way while the main resort rises quickly in the background. Click image to enlarge |
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Construction photo 10/12/06 taken by Scott Pinkerton. The center section has reached the fourth level. The complex shape of the behemoth can clearly be seen. Click image to enlarge |
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Construction photo 09/29/06. Working on the
third floor |
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Construction photo 8/11/06, revels the shape and size of the main hotel tower which is already up to the third floor. Also in the shot; Panorama Towers topped out and work on the Cosmopolitan's very complex foundation and underground parking. |
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This groundbreaking day photo shows the foundation for the main
hotel being poured on Monday, 6/25/06. |
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Prior to the official groundbreaking, |
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CityCenter - Older News and Views |
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As it is with
every project, changes are a fact of life. |
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News 5/9/06: Boardwalk Imploded Farwell to the faux roller coaster and the disturbing clown, after 38 years of business the Boardwalk became rubble at 2:30 am Tuesday May 9th, 2006. This will uncover a fraction of the land for MGM MIRAGE's massive CityCenter project. |
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News 5/3/06: Boardwalk Implosion Set for 2:30 am
5/09/06 The Boardwalk hotel has been gutted and is ready for its pending implosion. This will be Las Vegas' 12th implosion. Photo taken 5/01/06 |
For starters, MGM MIRAGE has enlisted a top drawer list of architects for the 66 acre project - Rafael Viñoly, Lord Norman Foster, Art Gensler, James Cheng, Cesar Pelli and Kohn Pedersen Fox. Each will be designing various parts of the project - Each is told to design with limitless boundaries, exploring unique and modern ideas. They (the architects) will also work with each other to meld the ideas into one cohesive plan. Art Gensler is the managing architect for the whole project. News 06/25/06 MGM Announces Construction of CityCenter
It's now official, CityCenter in under construction. The
foundation for the main hotel was poured on Monday, 6/25/06. A few changes,
which are visible in the photo of the new model include a new design
for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and the shape of the main shopping area. The
two buildings in the center are leaning (slightly) in opposite directions. New renderings are expected
soon. When completed in 2009, the project will employ over 12,000 people.
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8/12/05 First Step, New Parking Structure to Clear Lot The majority of the property on which CityCenter (CC) will sit, was at one time the Dunes golf course. MGM MIRAGE has been using this as an employee parking lot for its Bellagio Employees. So, in order to clear away the cars, a new parking garage is under construction in the back of the CC land (near I-15 and close to the Bellagio).
I'm sure I'm not the only one
who has noticed this, but it's never been mentioned in any article regarding
CityCenter (CC). Every rendering and model shows the CVS Pharmacy site
(which is nestled between the Monte Carlo and CC) intact. Although I have
not confirmed this, it seems that CVS won't sell to the MGM/Mirage monster.
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