Mar 20th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
Las Vegas has a way of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Case in point: today's Photo of the Day taken by Flickr user Gustavo at the City Center entertainment complex. In the photo, monochrome lines and angles look more like a work of minimalist modern art than what they really are: balconies at a hotel.
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Photo of the Day: Optical illusion in Las Vegas
Mar 20th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
Las Vegas has a way of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Case in point: today's Photo of the Day taken by Flickr user Gustavo at the City Center entertainment complex. In the photo, monochrome lines and angles look more like a work of minimalist modern art than what they really are: balconies at a hotel.
Do you have your own optical illusion photographs? Upload your favorite ...New sight on the Strip: Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to open mid-December
Apr 12th, 2010 at 4:00PM: The struggling economy in Las Vegas sent tourism officials into overdrive in 2009. The results: More hotels, more casinos and more entertainment options. The opening of Las Vegas CityCenter marked the first step in the city's attempt to drive tourism dollars -- a mini-city smack in the middle of the busiest street in the desert was sure to drive a new type of Sin City crowd. As CityCenter ...Aria: Inside of City Center's new luxury hotel
Feb 28th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
The hottest new development in Las Vegas, City Center, is in the midst of a rolling opening this year, a sprawling glass and steel complex in the heart of the south strip. Among the most recent additions is Aria, an MGM hotel and casino billed as chic luxury. Gadling stopped by for a look last month.
In 2010, we're at the point in hotel design where oversight is just not made. Rooms, ...Las Vegas rolls the dice on CityCenter
Dec 18th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Talk about placing big bets.
It took a team of investors, architects, designers, art collectors, luxury buyers and acrobats to strike gold on this deal, but the gamble paid out. The city-within-a-city concept, aptly named CityCenter, debuted this week in Las Vegas and it was nothing short of extraordinary.
The "community" center in Las Vegas features five hotels/resorts inside a shopping ...CityCenter Las Vegas time lapse video
Dec 18th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
After more than three years of construction, and an estimated $8.5-billion budget, CityCenter -- Las Vegas's newest money pit -- opened for business yesterday. Three years isn't that long, really, when you consider the size of the Strip's largest project to date. At nearly 17-million square feet spread across 76 acres, this city-within-a-city boasts thousands upon thousands of rooms spread ...
$8.5 billion Vegas resort bringing green features to the desert
Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:30PM: One of the largest construction sites on the planet (short of some stuff going on in Dubai) is taking shape in Las Vegas. The $8.5 billion City Center complex is big - really big. Even on a Vegas scale, the project is mind blowing. Three new towers, a brand new casino with over four thousand rooms, and a half-a-million square foot retail development, all on a 67 acre site. From the ground up, ...
