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March 29, 2024

CityCenter Stories

  • An exterior view of the Harmon Tower, June 6, 2013.
    Judge approves demolition of flawed CityCenter hotel tower
    A judge has granted permission for owners of the CityCenter development to demolish a flawed, half-built hotel tower on the Strip after developers completed a fourth round of testing on the building.
  • An interior view of STK at the Cosmopolitan.
    STK, Tao and Todd English P.U.B. named among top U.S. restaurant bars
    Dining website OpenTable.com has named three Las Vegas hotspots among the best restaurant bars in the country as part of the site’s annual Diner’s Choice Awards.
  • Construction is nearing completion on the newest Starbucks on the Las Vegas Strip. It's set to open in early March in CityCenter, near Mandarin Oriental.
    Ventis at Vdara: CityCenter adding a fourth Starbucks
    A fourth Starbucks shop is slated for CityCenter — this time at Vdara.
  • Bobby Baldwin and wife Audra Baldwin attend the red carpet grand opening of Cirque du Soleil's "Zarkana" at Aria on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
    Poker skills helped CityCenter CEO Baldwin thrive in business
    In an interview with the Sun and VEGAS INC, CityCenter President Bobby Baldwin discusses how his business acumen was shaped by the knowledge he gleaned in becoming one of the world's top poker players.
  • Raising CityCenter, a collection of images taken by Cirque du Soleil show creation director Armand Thomas, documents the construction of CityCenter from 2006 to 2009.
    From red to black: How CityCenter pulled out of the economic morass and started making money
    CityCenter never had it easy. MGM Resorts International announced plans to build the $4 billion development in 2004 during the height of Las Vegas' boom.
  • A view of the Harmon at MGM's CityCenter looking westbound from a helicopter Monday, May 21, 2012.
    Contractors to begin dismantling portions of the Harmon this week
    Structural experts for CityCenter are scheduled as early as Thursday to begin chipping away at sections of concrete in the 26-story unfinished tower on the Las Vegas Strip. They'll be searching for evidence of construction defects they hope to present to a jury this summer. MGM Resorts International, which owns half of CityCenter, seeks to prove flaws that halted construction on the $275 million Harmon four years ago were the fault of its former general contractor.
  • The Las Vegas skyline is seen from the top of the Bellagio.
    How much does it cost to build a Strip resort?
    The Genting Group got a steal on the Strip land it bought this week to build Resorts World Las Vegas, a 3,500-room Chinese-themed resort. The Malaysian company paid Boyd Gaming only $350 million for the 87-acre site of the imploded Stardust and failed Echelon. By comparison, Phil Ruffin sold the 36-acre New Frontier property in 2007 for $1.24 billion, a Las Vegas record.
  • Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob condo in the Mandarin Oriental.
    Basketball team owner takes $1 million hit in Strip condo sale
    Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob sold his luxury condo on the Strip to a local casino executive — and took a loss of more than $1 million on the deal. Lacob, who bought the 3,000-square-foot unit in the Mandarin Oriental three years ago for $3.3 million, sold the condo last month to Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chief Financial Officer Kenneth J. Kay for $2.1 million, Clark County property records show.
  • Construction is nearing completion on the newest Starbucks on the Las Vegas Strip. It's set to open in early March in CityCenter, near Mandarin Oriental.
    CityCenter gets three new Starbucks
    The first of three new Starbucks set for CityCenter is expected to open within the next two weeks.
  • Randy Anderson and Jenni Lafollette of Minneapolis, Minn. look at a photo on their digital camera after getting married Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Las Vegas wedding chapels were busy all day as many couples wanted to get married on the date of 12-12-12.
    New chapel at Aria brings modern edge to Las Vegas weddings
    If you're looking for a Las Vegas wedding without the kitsch, a new chapel is bringing a contemporary option to the Strip.
  • The Veer Towers at CityCenter dwarf the Harmon Hotel, which sits empty and unfinished Friday, July 29, 2011.
    Veer Towers has 100 condominium units to sell
    A month after buying most of the remaining condos at CityCenter's Veer Towers, East Coast investors are putting 100 units back up for sale today. Executives with Ladder Capital and Pordes Residential Sales & Marketing plan to sell their 427 condos in phases, said Las Vegas broker Jim Navarro, who is overseeing the efforts at the Strip complex. It will take about three years to sell the entire portfolio, he estimated. Navarro and six salespeople will work out of a 30th-floor suite in the development's west tower.
  • MGM Resorts International employees perform in during a dress rehearsal for the Inspiring Our World show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.
    MGM Resorts employees take the stage to teach about diversity
    Jim Murren admits to getting choked up listening to employees talk about the hardships they've endured. This week has been especially rough — and gratifying — for the CEO of MGM Resorts International. Murren is one of 50,000 MGM workers who this week will attend "Inspiring our World," a stage show about identity put on by MGM employees for MGM employees. The goal is to teach about the value of workforce diversity.
  • The Harmon at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.
    Harmon Hotel case to be tied up in court well into 2014
    Litigation over the flawed Harmon Hotel tower at CityCenter will continue well into 2014 under a court order issued Monday. A judge set a June 24, 2013, trial on CityCenter payment issues and a separate trial beginning Jan. 6, 2014, on the Harmon defect claims.
  • Bill McBeath, president and chief operating officer of Aria, is shown in the Silk Road restaurant during its Dec. 1 opening.
    No. 2 executive at CityCenter resigns
    Bill McBeath, president and chief operating officer of the $8.5 billion CityCenter casino-resort complex on the Las Vegas Strip, has resigned. CityCenter CEO Bobby Baldwin will assume his duties, MGM Resorts International told employees.
  • The Harmon at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.
    CityCenter appeals order that could delay demolition of Harmon tower
    CityCenter has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that could delay demolition of the flawed Harmon hotel tower and a trial over defects in the structure.
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