I have written in the past about CityCenter, MGM/Mirage’s seven billion dollar city within the city of Las Vegas — and I’ll write more when I get back to my Macintosh. But here are some photos we shot yesterday at the sales center and on the construction site.
A model of the finished project, with its surrounding buildings.
This is Vdara, a condominium tower that will sit near the back of the property.
The main casino-hotel-resort building, as yet unnamed, under construction. (Caption corrected per the comment below.)
This was our favorite, I think: A giant on-site concrete factory.
We shot video of the the construction, also, so we may cut it together as a film. We’re used to vast undertakings in Las Vegas, but CityCenter breaks all records.
Robert Kerr says:
This is amazing and confounding. They’re building this center in the midst of a downturn that could, potentially, be the worst one in 40 years or more.
Condos? Does that make any sense? There’s a huge oversupply of condos right now, in Vegas and its surrounding areas.
I guess they know what they’re doing.
July 4, 2007 — 7:46 pm
Greg Swann says:
This is all high-end real estate marketed to wealthy out-of-towners. Prices start at $1,000 per square foot. The Mandarin Tower at the southeast corner of the property is 75% sold. In the middle of the market, Las Vegas is pretty cold. At the high-end, well-funded condo/condotel projects on or near The Strip seem to be doing all right.
July 5, 2007 — 7:31 am
troy says:
There are only 3 penthouses left at MO and your picture above labeled “Vdara under construction” is actually the resort-casino.
July 5, 2007 — 4:03 pm
Greg Swann says:
> your picture above labeled “Vdara under construction” is actually the resort-casino
Yes, you’re right. My mistake. I’ll fix it when I get back to Phoenix.
July 6, 2007 — 7:17 am