CityCenter is a 16,797,000-square-foot (1,560,500 m2) mixed-use, urban complex on 76 acres (31 ha) located on the Las Vegas Strip.
The project was started by MGM Resorts International; 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.
As of 2015, the "CityCenter" branding has been largely retired, with the focus instead on the Aria brand of the development's centerpiece property in names such as the "Aria Express" (formerly "CityCenter Tram") and "Aria Art Collection" (formerly "CityCenter Art Collection").
The project straddles Harmon Avenue and is bordered by (listed clockwise, starting on the east side): Las Vegas Boulevard, the Monte Carlo Resort, I-15, the Bellagio, and The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino.
It features 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(the Crystals).
The site was formerly occupied by the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, the Bellagio employee parking lot, and several standalone commercial structures.
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.
The multi-use project makes extensive use of green technologies, such as using reclaimed water and an on-site power plant. The Mandarin Oriental, Aria, and Vdara all received LEED certification in November 2009.
CityCenter features five water and ice features. These were designed by WET Design, the company responsible for the Bellagio fountain and the Mirage volcano. Three of these features are located at Aria Resort & Casino, Lumina, Focus, and Latisse. The remaining two are located in The Crystals, Halo and Glacia.
Construction of various parts of the site was covered by the TV show Build It Bigger in the episode titled CityCenter, Las Vegas.
The project also includes a 6,900 car parking garage and several support structures including Clark County Fire Station #32.
Siemens designed and built the $100 million 9 MW (12,000 hp) central energy plant to help power, cool, and provide hot water for CityCenter.
The Aria Express (formerly and also known as the CityCenter Tram) is a tram that connects Crystals with the Monte Carlo to the south and the Bellagio to the north. 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.
CityCenter has amassed one of the larger public art collections in the United States, which is valued at over $40 million USD. Additionally, the Mandarin Oriental has galleries open to the public which feature rotating collections from various artists.
CityCenter is credited with utilizing advanced Mega Project Assurance techniques developed by MGM which resulted in cost savings of over $100 million and enabled CityCenter's completion in 2009 while many other Las Vegas projects were stopped, or abandoned during the Financial Crisis.
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