CityCenter Resort and Casino
The CityCenter resort project is a 76
acre mixed use development project currently under construction by
MGM MIRAGE on the
Las Vegas Strip. The development is on the site of the demolished
Boardwalk Hotel and
casino (demolished in
May 2006), which is the land between the
Bellagio and the
Monte Carlo. The new
resort will be
connected to both the Bellagio and the
Monte Carlo using a state-of-the-art
people mover system.
"The development is not a themed
resort but instead the plans include multiple high-rise buildings with contemporary urban
design."
The total cost of the project is expected to exceed $7bn – the original cost estimate was $4bn but rising prices and design changes have pushed the estimate up. The project is one of the largest privately financed developments in the United States ever undertaken. The development is not a themed resort but instead the plans include multiple high-rise buildings with contemporary urban Design.
The complex is intended to feel like an authentic city centre, with supermarkets and sidewalks. It will be a real urban district of variety and complexity that borrows its style from traditional cities. Over 500 of the condominiums will be incorporated into the retail district as lofts, brownstones or other attached-housing styles.
The resort will really be forming a city within a city and MGM MIRAGE will be incorporating the two resorts it owns either side of the new project to form an integrated super resort in the heart of Las Vegas. The resort will contain three of the largest casinos and a total of nearly 14,000 Hotel rooms between all the hotels, old and new. CityCenter will have a 1/4 mile Strip frontage. The resort itself when fully operational will employ 12,000 personnel.
In a city known for its extravagant shows, a new show is big news. MGM MIRAGE has indicated that a new Cirque du Soleil show, called Elvis, will have its opening night at the CityCenter resort on the opening day. Opening of the first phase of the project is scheduled for 2009, and The resort complex will be completely finished by 2010.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
The development plans for The resort include a 4,000-room 60 storey CityCenter resort tower designed by Cesar Pelli. The casino will have a floor space of 165,000ft² and will also be designed by Cesar Pelli. The resort will also have several smaller hotels and condominium residences, such as the 400-Hotel room (along with 200 condominiums)
Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Residences designed by Kohn, Pedersen, Fox and Tihany design; the 400-room The Harmon Hotel/Residences designed by Foster and Partners.
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