Vegas Gambles On $8.5 Billion Luxury Project
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Billed as a city within a city, the $8.5 billion CityCenter opens on Wednesday in Las Vegas. CityCenter is a complex containing a resort and casino, hotels, condos and a shopping mall — all designed by some of the most well-known names in architecture: Rafael Vinoly, Daniel Libeskind, Norman Foster, Helmut Jahn and Cesar Pelli.
It’s one of the largest projects to date built to LEED standards for sustainable construction. And it features public art by artists such as Maya Lin, Frank Stella and Henry Moore. CityCenter is said to be the most expensive privately funded project in U.S. history.
Its 67-acre footprint is unmatched in size in Las Vegas. And with 19 million square feet, it has twice the space — though not the height — of the two World Trade Center towers.
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