The Harmon Hotel

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By Steve Marcus · December 8, 2009 · 3:02 p.m.

MGM Resorts seeks to demolish CityCenter's Harmon Hotel: Proposed timetable calls for demolition to be completed in 6 months; Monday, August 15, 2011; By Steve Green; MGM Resorts International today said it’s recommending to Clark County that the quarter-billion-dollar Harmon Hotel at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip be demolished because of construction defects. MGM Resorts said it is seeking Clark County Building Department approval to raze the empty, unused building.

Legal skirmish over flawed Harmon may never reveal defect blame: Tuesday, August 9, 2011; By Liz Benston; The stunted Harmon hotel at CityCenter stands as a constant reminder of the most startling construction defects case in Las Vegas: What was to be a 49-story tower is instead paralyzed and empty at 26 stories because of overwhelming construction flaws. Nobody wants to take the fall for what happened at Harmon.

MGM: CityCenter sound, apart from Harmon hotel tower: DEVELOPMENT:; Saturday, July 23, 2011; By Liz Benston; MGM Resorts International stopped work on the Strip’s Harmon hotel in January 2009 after disclosing that contractors had made significant structural errors, including the improper placement of steel used to hold up the tower.

MGM, contractor spar over CityCenter's Harmon hotel: Tuesday, July 12, 2011; By Liz Benston; Three years after engineers discovered structural problems at CityCenter’s Harmon hotel, the parties involved in building the resort appear no closer to figuring out what to do with an empty, 26-story building.

Engineer: CityCenter's Harmon would collapse in earthquake: Monday, July 11, 2011; OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press; The unfinished Harmon hotel tower at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip would likely collapse in a strong earthquake, a structural engineer told casino operator MGM Resorts International on Monday.

Harmon inspector lacked experience: CONSTRUCTION: At hearing, he said he read building plans in prior jobs only with help; Wednesday, July 1, 2009; By Alexandra Berzon; An inspector responsible for monitoring construction at the troubled Harmon hotel in CityCenter last year said he had never read engineering plans without assistance before taking that job, despite earning a civil engineering degree. The revelation by inspector Joseph Glenn Laurente was contained in documents the county released Tuesday after a hearing.

Harmon flaws haven’t brought big fallout: DAILY MEMO: citycenter: County hearings on inspections delayed; Wednesday, May 27, 2009; By Alexandra Berzon; It has been almost a year since an engineer discovered that the Harmon Hotel at CityCenter was riddled with construction problems.

Perini redirects blame for errors at Harmon: CONSTRUCTION: Company president: Design flaws mishandled by subcontractor, inspectors; Monday, February 9, 2009; By Alexandra Berzon; Perini Building Co. is disputing Clark County’s claim that construction problems alone — and not design problems — led to the faulty installation of reinforcing steel at CityCenter’s troubled Harmon tower.

Adaptation or 'disaster'?: ARCHITECTURE: Depends on your view of the Harmon, from the street or of its ultimate design; Sunday, February 8, 2009; By Joe Brown; MGM Mirage argues the Harmon's diminished height will scarcely be visible from the street. But architects not associated with the project say CityCenter’s grand and gracious addition to the Las Vegas skyline has been compromised.

Harmon condo cancellation helps some, hurts others: Friday, January 16, 2009; By Buck Wargo; The decision by MGM Mirage to cancel one of its condo components at CityCenter has some buyers looking for alternatives and Realtors lamenting the loss of income. CityCenter has decided not to build the top floors of the Harmon tower, where 207 condominiums were to sit on top of a 400-room hotel. Nearly 90 of the units were sold, but the project has been limited to a hotel only because of construction flaws.

How did CityCenter tower flaws persist?: Failed safeguards puzzle county inspections official; Thursday, January 8, 2009; By Alexandra Berzon; Clark County is investigating the consultants hired by CityCenter owner MGM Mirage to inspect the structural integrity of construction work at the site, after faulty rebar caused massive problems in the project’s Harmon tower.

End of ban on cell phones in sports books expected: Looking in on: gaming:; Tuesday, July 29, 2008; By Liz Benston; The Gaming Control Board, which investigated the change and recommended the commission remove the ban, says the ban has grown ineffective in preventing the transfer of betting lines — information that’s readily available on the Internet — to illegal bookies.