Aria Resort & Casino News - Page 21

Early-morning protest over worker deaths, safety gives way to deal

The majority of union workers on MGM Mirage's CityCenter project went on strike late Monday after union negotiations with the developer and construction company regarding the construction site's safety broke down.

Does CityCenter, which for a long time was given a $7 billion price tag, actually cost $8.1 billion, $8.4 billion, $8.5 billion, $9.2 billion or $11.2 billion?

MGM Mirage on Monday officially revealed the name of CityCenter's 61-story, 4,004-room centerpiece resort: Aria.

MGM Mirage involves companies owned by minorities, women and disabled people in CityCenter.

CityCenter has revealed that its stunning resort casino, scheduled to open in late 2009, will be named Aria.

While there may be one heck of a grand opening for the $9.2 billion CityCenter on the Strip, actual opening dates for the various buildings will differ.

While Las Vegas miniaturizes landmarks — the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty — the CityCenter skyline towering above the 76-acre site seems larger than life.

The cost to build MGM Mirage's massive CityCenter development has cracked the $9 billion mark.

CityCenter today commemorated the 'topping out' of its 57-story Vdara Condo Hotel, the first of six distinctive high-rise towers that will be topped within the coming months.

MGM Mirage officials will top out CityCenter's 57-story Vdara Condo Hotel today.

Tiffany & Co. reports plans for a late-2009 opening of an approximately 10,000-square-foot store in The Crystals at CityCenter, a dazzling vertical city under development in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

CityCenter and International Game Technology have signed a formal memorandum of understanding pertaining to installing a server-based network and related IGT sb and gaming management system products at the development's resort casino scheduled to open in late 2009.

MGM Mirage is unveiling initial plans for CityCenter's $40 million Fine Art Program.

A $1 billion cash infusion from its joint venture partner gave MGM Mirage's fourth-quarter earnings a boost.

The CityCenter Sales Pavilion is boasting a suite of architectural models the size of dump trucks.

Roughly 50 percent of CityCenter's nearly 2,650 high-end residential offerings have been claimed by buyers since MGM Mirage's $24 million sales pavilion on the Strip opened a year ago.

MGM Mirage released the last of CityCenter's exclusive residential offerings with the sales launch of The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences.

The budget for Las Vegas' most expensive construction project grew a little larger Tuesday.

When MGM Mirage in 2004 said it would build CityCenter, it embarked on an identity makeover of epic proportions