CityCenter is a 16,797,000 square feet (1,560,500 m²) mixed-use, massive urban complex on 76 acres (31 ha) located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The project was started by MGM Mirage and Dubai World became a joint partner during the project's construction phase. It is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States. The project straddles Harmon Avenue and is bordered by (listed clockwise): Las Vegas Boulevard, the Monte Carlo Resort, I-15, the Bellagio, and The Cosmopolitan Towers which are currently under construction. The site was formerly occupied by the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, the Bellagio employee parking lot, and several standalone commercial structures. The project will be connected by a people mover system.^[1]

CityCenter is set to include multiple high-rise buildings with contemporary urban design. The project will also include $40 million (US) worth of modern sculptures and installations by world famous artists.

The conceptual master plan was designed by Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn Architects, laying out the project with approximately 2,400 condominium and condo-hotel units and approximately 4,800 hotel rooms, distributed within several high-rise towers around The Crystals, an ultra high-end retail and entertainment district. It is designed to have all commodities for daily life, featuring a 4,000-room hotel and casino (Aria), two 400-room boutique hotels (The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, with 227 residential condo units, and the Harmon Hotel and Spa), a purely residential offering (Veer Towers), a condo-hotel (Vdara Condo-hotel) and a 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²) retail and entertainment district which will house the first grocery store directly on the Strip. The multi-use project is being designed with green technologies to make it one of the world's largest environmentally sustainable urban communities. Plans include the use of reclaimed water, and an on-site power plant. MGM Mirage will pursue LEED certification for the project as outlined by the U.S. Green Building Council.

With a total cost of approximately $11 billion,^[2] CityCenter is the largest privately financed development in the United States. The original cost estimate was $4 billion, but it was pushed up by rising construction costs and design changes. CityCenter is expected to open with approximately 12,000 employees and is planned to open in phases beginning in December 2009.

Dubai World sued its joint venture partner MGM Mirage for breach of contract and thus decided to not make its payment of US$200 million in financing, required to keep the project on track.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} As of April 17, 2009, MGM Mirage and Dubai World have agreed to a set of terms that would ensure the completion of CityCenter.^[10][11]

The Perini Building Company is lead contractor on the project, with Tishman Construction Corporation serving as the executive construction manager. Gensler is the executive architect overseeing the project. The project is being built in three blocks. Block A consists of the CityCenter Casino & Resort and surrounding facilities (HKS, Inc. is architect of record); Block B (Leo A. Daly - AOR) holds the Vdara; and Block C (Adamson Associates - AOR) the Mandarin, Veer, Crystals and Harmon structures.[1]

The last remaining permanent building on the project site, the Boardwalk Casino's mid-rise hotel tower, was imploded May 9, 2006. After most of the design process was complete, construction began without an official groundbreaking ceremony in June 2006. Most renderings of the project were released in September 2006 and some delayed until February 2007. Construction started taking shape on June 26, 2006, when the first concrete was poured. Prior to this all of the work was site preparation, including utilities and other infrastructure.^{[citation needed]} A number of construction discrepanices have been found in the project.^[12]

Six deaths have occurred since construction began. On February 6, 2007, a 3,000 pound steel wall used as a concrete mold fell from a crane, hitting another wall which struck four workers, killing two. On August 10, 2007, a worker died when the counterweight for a construction elevator came down on him as he oiled the machine. On October 5, 2007, a worker fell approximately 50 feet while working on the main resort tower.^[13] On April 26, 2008, a worker fell approximately 20 ft (6.1 m) in the south tower of the ARIA Hotel & Casino.^[14] On May 31, 2008, a worker was crushed and killed when caught between the counter-weight system and the track of a crane.^[15]

At midnight on June 3, 2008, construction workers shut down construction (which had been continuous 24-hours-a-day) by walking off the job to protest safety conditions at the project. The Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council demanded that the general contractor take three steps before they would begin working again: agree to pay for additional safety training for workers, allow national union researchers to examine root causes of safety problems on the site, and allow union leaders full access to the work site. ^[16]

On the afternoon of June 3, 2008, Perini Building Co. agreed to all of the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council's demands and workers resumed work several hours later at midnight, June 4, 2008.

The 61-story ARIA Resort & Casino will be CityCenter's central feature.

Vdara is a 57-story hotel-condo tower that will house 1,495 residential units.

The Harmon Hotel and Spa is a 400 room non-gaming boutique hotel that will be operated by Andrew Sasson's The Light Group. The hotel will be a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.

The Mandarin Oriental features 225 condominium residences and 392 hotel rooms.

The Veer Towers are twin 37-story towers with 674 condominium units.

Crystals is CityCenter's 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²)^[17] retail and entertainment district.

The project also includes a 6,900 car parking garage and several support structures including Clark County Fire Station #32. The Architect of Record was Winston Henderson Associates with Tom Penn as Project Manager. Tishman Construction was the Construction Manager with Peter Schroeder as Senior Project manager. Tooles Contracting Group was the General Contractor with Cory as Project Manager.^[18] The station opened on December 10, 2009.^[19]

Siemens designed and built the $100 million 9 MW (12,000 hp) central energy plant to help power and cool and provide hot water for CityCenter.

A tram that connects Crystals with the Monte Carlo to the south and the Bellagio to the north. It uses the Cable Liner technology from DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car (DCC), and has two independent rope-hauled parallel tracks and a four-car passenger unit operating on each track. The tram began operations on December 1, 2009.

The 2,100-foot (640 m) long elevated track can handle 3,266 passengers per hour in each direction. A fully loaded tram can hold 132 passengers.^[20] Construction of the track was covered by the TV show episode for CityCenter of Build It Bigger.

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  City Center-October2009 (North End)
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  City Center-July2009 (North End)
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  Late February 2009 - North End
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  Late February 2009 - Center
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  Late February 2009 - South End
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  December 2008
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  December 2008
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  December 2008
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  Eiffel Tower Picture, late June 2007.
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  Mandarin, Veer and Casino & Resort under construction, Monte Carlo in background.
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  The CityCenter Casino & Resort, June 2007.
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  Drilling work on the Casino & Resort, in June 2006.
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  The Casino & Resort, October 2006.
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  The Vdara Condo Hotel, June 2007.
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  The Mandarin Oriental, June 2007.
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  The Harmon Hotel, June 2007.
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  Harmon Hotel, June 2007.
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  The Veer Towers, June 2007.
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  The Veer West Tower, June 2007.
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  Parking Garage, April 2006.

• Model of the Project CityCenter, 2006.
  Model of the Project CityCenter, 2006.
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  Model of the Project CityCenter, September 15 2005.
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  Various sections of the Citycenter Project, September 2005.
• Model of the Veer Towers, 2006
  Model of the Veer Towers, 2006

• CityCenter website
• CityCenter agenda sheet

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