{"id":2708,"date":"2009-12-18T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2009-12-18T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T18:31:09","slug":"mgm-mirage-execs-gather-to-mark-opening-of-citycenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=2708","title":{"rendered":"MGM Mirage execs gather to mark opening of CityCenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
\"The<\/a>
The water feature outside Aria makes a grand display during the opening ceremony for
\nAria at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
\nphoto Tiffany Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a re-post from The Las Vegas Sun.<\/p>\n

By Richard N. Velotta (contact)
\nPublished Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 | 8:51 a.m.
\nUpdated Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 | 12:04 a.m.<\/p>\n

The countdown is over.<\/p>\n

For months, MGM Mirage, the managing partner of the $8.5 billion CityCenter, has tantalized the public with a reminder of how many days it would be before Aria, the centerpiece of the development, would be \u201crevealed to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, the wait wound down to the final 24 hours, 3\u00bd years after the implosion of the Boardwalk hotel that once occupied a portion of the Strip frontage and five years after planning began.<\/p>\n

Today, the wait wound down to the final 24 hours, 3\u00bd years after the implosion of the Boardwalk hotel that once occupied a portion of the Strip frontage and five years after planning began.<\/p>\n

Aria was busy Tuesday with last-minute touch-up work throughout the building while journalists and VIPs took guided tours showcasing room technology, CityCenter\u2019s public art and water features and its signature entertainment offering, Cirque du Soleil\u2019s \u201cViva Elvis.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, activity was even more brisk and the company was graced with a warm, sunny day for the final push before the opening.<\/p>\n

\"Aria<\/a>
The Aria Hotel-Casino is at the heart of CityCenter, a 67-acre complex of hotels, condominiums and retail on the Las Vegas Strip and the most expensive private construction project in US history.
\nPhoto: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a midday opening ceremony, CityCenter executives CEO Jim Murren and President Bobby Baldwin applauded the efforts of the 12,000 CityCenter employees who will be working at the development and thanked representatives of the various development teams that had representatives in attendance read the rest of the story from the Las VegasSun<\/a><\/p>\n

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For months, MGM Mirage, the managing partner of the $8.5 billion CityCenter, has tantalized the public with a reminder of how many days it would be before Aria, the centerpiece of the development, would be \u201crevealed to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3,2],"tags":[399,400,28,401],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}