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The Killer View of CityCenter from Hotel32

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August 11, 2009 at 5:09 PM | by | Comments (0)

So we weren't in love with our experience at the Paradise Tower at The Hard Rock but we were might impressed by the new rooms at Hotel32, the new boutique floor atop the Monte Carlot Hotel and Casino.

Here's a snapshot from the Hotel32 lounge which offers up killer views of CityCenter. What you're looking at right here is the Aria Hotel and Casino. In the corner, you can see the tip of the new Cirque du Soleil building which will house the Elvis show. Yes, an Elvis Cirque du Soleil show!

After some pretty dark times this year, CityCenter is now moving forward with plans to open Aria, Vdara Resort and The Crystals luxury shopping complex, all in December. We can't wait.

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CityCenter In Vegas Is (Thankfully) Still Rising

July 2, 2009 at 1:34 PM | by | Comments (0)

MGM's Project CityCenter was able to avoid some near major financing catastrophes recently and the good news for everyone is that the two CityCenter hotels, Aria and Vdara, are set to open this fall, followed shortly by the Mandarin Oriental.

While our sib site VegasChatter has been following the ins and outs of CityCenter closely, we thought you'd all like a CityCenter construction snapshot. We took this pic of CityCenter last week. In the front, you can see The Crystals luxury retail complex with its funky entrance and in the background are the Veer Towers (on the left) and the Vdara and the Aria hotels. The Harmon Hotel and Spa is on the right (and out of the picture) but that project has been scaled down and put on hold.

While not everything is glittering in Vegas (Las Vegas Sands just laid off 200 employees; the Fontainebleau is bankrupt; Echelon is a ghost project and we all know about W Las Vegas), room rates are on an upward trend in Vegas, at least on the weekends.

The surest way to get a cheap room in Vegas on the weekends now is to book far in advance as many hotels are offering discounts for those who can book 30,60 and 90 days out. Otherwise, you might find yourself at the Tropicana or the Imperial Palace. (Ewwwww.)

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Will CityCenter Disrupt the View for The Bellagio's High Rollers?

May 21, 2009 at 11:06 AM | by | Comment (1)

We were already stoked yesterday during our flight on Virgin America when we used the airlines' fleet-wide WiFi to check our email. But then when we opened our mail, we got an even better surprise: an email about high roller suites in Vegas, with pictures!

However, this doesn't have quite the happy ending we were hoping for but it's still got some juicy info.

A tipster sent us photos from an executive suite at The Bellagio. It seems that the upcoming CityCenter might be cramping the Bellagio's suite style. Our tipster writes:

Last weekend I stayed in the 2 bedroom Executive Suite in the Spa Tower at Bellagio. Opened the windows to find quite an interesting view of the CityCenter construction site. As you can see, theres not much privacy when the new monorail station opens, especially from the bathroom! If you look close enough you can see the train in the station and they were testing the doors all weekend.

Take a look at the gallery below to see exactly what he's talking about. Those monorail riders are going to be in for a nice treat when they catch you in the tub! Looks like the Bellagio might need to invest in some of those creative window stickers to mask this new view.

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Luck is Running Out for MGM's CityCenter

March 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM | by | Comments (0)

MGM's Project CityCenter: So close, yet so far. The monstrous project in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip was conceived during a boom time for Sin City, a time that no longer exists. Yet even when construction began on the mega-hotel and condominium complex, things were looking really good. So good that a luxe retail center totaling 500,000-square-feet was not just a possibility, it was practically a necessity.

Then the bottom fell out of the economy and the other shoes kept dropping and dropping. Bernie Madoff, AIG, The Big Three, Bail-outs, lay-offs, downsize, salary freezes and other names and phrases have now become part of our daily lexicon.

So it's really no big surprise that CityCenter will most likely file for bankruptcy.

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Hotels at CityCenter Begin Taking Reservations

February 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

Project CityCenter construction, Late January 2009.

MGM CityCenter is forging ahead in these rough times. While plans for the Harmon Hotel and Spa have been both scaled back and delayed, two hotels in the mega-complex from MGM Mirage Resorts have begun taking reservations today--The Vdara Hotel and ARIA Resort & Casino.

Vdara is set to open on October 1 and ARIA will follow on December 16. Reservations for the two hotels can be made through their websites (here and here, respectively). Vdara will start at $159 a night and ARIA at $179. However, this morning we found a deluxe suite at Vdara for $199 a night while the Aria Las Vegas site just redirected us to the MGM Mirage Resorts home page. Hopefully, this will be sorted out by the end of the day.

More on the hotels after the jump.

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MGM CityCenter's Harmon Hotel and Spa Put On Hold

January 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM | by | Comments (2)

With all the bad news coming out of Las Vegas lately, this bit on the massive MGM CityCenter, which is set to open in late 2009, has us not at all surprised. From the press release:

MGM said Wednesday that its joint venture with Infinity World Development Corp., CityCenter Holdings LLC, is postponing the opening of the Harmon Hotel & Spa hotel on the Las Vegas Strip to late 2010. It is also cancelling The Harmon condominium component, which was slated to have 200 residential units. The company expects to save about $600 million from the action.

And we wouldn't be surprised if more and more planned condo-hotels around the country start dropping their residential components as well. Not that many people can afford a second home these days. The rest of CityCenter is still on track for its opening next year, although we suspect a few other components might get dropped along the way.

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Casino Hotels Enjoying Own Pity Party

November 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM | by | Comments (0)

Did you hear the story about the woman who, on her first trip to Vegas last week, won the $2.4 million jackpot at the Wheel of Fortune slots? The timing of the big win seems a little convenient considering the massive hit the hotels and casinos are taking with the recession; they could use a little good press right now.

While we'd like to imagine a depression as being all about escapism and people taking advantage of all-you-can-eat crab leg buffets, the reality is that Trump International Hotel and Tower has to give up a second tower for now, Kansas won't get a casino and the MGM Mirage is having trouble holding on to their Project CityCenter in Vegas. Even Harrah's CEO admitted that they aren't exactly cutting corners to help things along: "One of the challenges that has plagued the casino industry for a long time is that we spend money like drunken sailors."

Drunken sailors indeed, as that's exactly who they're hoping you'll become when the recession hits home. Who better to take advantage of $29-$39 per night for Harrah's Total Rewards members or all those free drinks while playing slots? If you're headed to Vegas, Atlantic City or Lake Tahoe in December hoping for a little last-minute Christmas money, keep your eyes peeled for recession specials, which are sure to include more than a bucketful of crab legs.

[Photo via Harrah's]

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MGM Mirage CEO Faked His MBA

November 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM | by | Comments (9)

Yesterday MGM Mirage's CEO of 13 years, Terrence Lanni came under fire after a Wall Street Journal investigation discovered that he never earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and abruptly "retired." Oops.

This is not what you want to find out about the man who is steering the world's largest casino-gaming company through a particularly rough patch in history. Especially as the hotel is on the brink of opening the extravagant MGM CityCenter.

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Hotel News Briefs :: A Look at Gwen Stefani's Uniforms for W Hotel Bars

September 17, 2008 at 5:57 PM | by | Comments (0)

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· L.A.M.B. Uniforms for W Hotels' Female Bar Staff: This is what they will look like. While not as boring as we first thought, those employees better have some great gams to wear such short dresses. [StyleList]

· Dial-up a Religious Text: Gone are the days of Gideon bibles in hotel nightstands. Spiritual menus are the newest religious amenity to hit hotels. [Canadian Press]

· Hilton Sells Pet Friendly Items: Not only is Hilton ok with you bringing your pets into their hotels, but they want you to buy Hilton-branded pet gear. [Hilton to Home]

· Aqua Hotels Says Aloha to Twitter: The Aqua Hotels group in Hawaii is now Twittering. [Twitter]

· CityCenter Slowing Down: So remember yesterday how the Aria Resort at CityCenter was topped off? Well, now there's a new report saying that corrective work being done on the Harmon Hotel is slowing down the overall construction. Yikes. [SF Chronicle]

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Hotel News Briefs :: More Hotel Deals Are On The Horizon

September 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM | by | Comments (0)

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Hotel Deals Will Be Coming Fast and Furious: So says Chris Elliott who has been looking at the downward trend of occupancy rates. [Elliott.Org]

· Lady Dupes a GOP Delegate: Much like the businessman at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a GOP delegate says he was drugged by a woman he took back to his room at the posh Hotel Ivy. The woman then made off with $50,000 worth of personal items.[WKBT]

· Hotel Indigo en Miami: Hotel Indigo announces first of three, count' em, three Hotel Indigos to open in the Miami area. Um...overdo it much? [FinChannel]

· CityCenter Gets Topped Off: The Aria Resort & Casino gets topped off. The rest of the hotel should be enclosed by December. [SJ Mercury-News]

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MGM's CityCenter Will Feature a Shopping Mecca Called The Crystals

July 21, 2008 at 10:57 AM | by | Comments (2)

When MGM's CityCenter opens in late 2009, it will change the face of the Las Vegas Strip forever. The complex will feature three hotels, a luxury apartment building and a ton of gaming, restaurant and retail space.

And it's that retail space we're so interested in. CityCenter has wisely ignored the choice to name their shopping complex something tired like "The Shops at City Center" in favor of something a bit more mysterious. CityCenter's retail haven will instead be called, The Crystals.

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MGM's Massive Art Program at CityCenter

March 13, 2008 at 9:30 AM | by | Comments (0)

The folks of Sin City are going to get a $40 million project that doesn't involve gambling, drinking, or burlesque shows. Instead Las Vegas will be getting a $40 million fine art program at the ginormous City Center by MGM Mirage, mega-retail/hotel/residential/gaming complex.

The amazing list of artists adding to the aesthetics of CityCenter include Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer and Nancy Rubins, who are collaborating with CityCenter's architects to create permanent site-specific commissions. This is the first time that ANY artist of this caliber will create a new work of art specifically for Las Vegas.

Additional pieces are being acquired for the program by artists such as Claes Van Oldenberg, Frank Stella, Henry Moore and others.

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