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By Trent Ogle · December 21, 2009 · 12:00 a.m.

Cirque du Soleil brings Elvis back to the Strip with "Viva ELVIS" at Aria in CityCenter.

Workers install a sculpture by Nancy Rubins at MGM Mirage's City Center project Thursday.
CityCenter’s crown jewel
ARTS: Vivid, boat-centric sculpture in roundabout is complete
Sunday, May 3, 2009
By Kristen Peterson
Artist Nancy Rubins stands in the middle of the CityCenter construction site — a vast valley of gravel, concrete and machinery surrounded by towering glass architecture.
Tourist Melony McCarrell of Victoria, Texas, watches a public art demonstration on the Fremont Street canopy of a work by artist Jenny Holzer, “For Las Vegas.” Holzer’s piece for CityCenter features phrases scrolled on a giant LED screen.
CityCenter: ‘Only in Vegas’ works for the art world, too
MGM Mirage putting $40 million into contemporary works for its city within a city on the Strip
Monday, March 10, 2008
By Kristen Peterson
The $40 million that CityCenter is spending on art not only creates a permanent collection on a scale unseen in Las Vegas, it also perpetuates the oft-used phrase, “only in Vegas.”