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Is CityCenter Just Another Theme on the Strip?

Paul Goldberger pays Las Vegas' CityCenter a visit, and wonders how much different it really is from a fake Paris and the Luxor Pyramid.
4 October 2010 - 7:00am
The New Yorker

Mega Development or Mega Disappointment?

CityCenter in Las Vegas is the most expensive development in U.S. history. As it settles into it surrounds, will the project attain visionary status, or will it be just another casino?
17 June 2010 - 6:00am
The Wall Street Journal

The Man Behind CityCenter

Architecture critic James S. Russell interviews James Murren, the man behind CityCenter in Las Vegas. It was Murren's idea to hire the six star architects who designed the site. Murren says the Ground Zero designs inspired him.
1 January 2010 - 7:00am
Bloomberg.com

Libeskind Says Downturn is Right Time for Mega Projects

Architect Daniel Libeskind, designer of part of the new Las Vegas megaproject CityCenter, says now is the right time to be building big and bold projects.
17 December 2009 - 7:00am
Der Spiegel
Nate Berg

The New 'Urban Community' On The Las Vegas Strip

Wed, 12/16/2009 - 14:55

Hey, Las Vegas. Good to see you! Tough break about all those foreclosures... But, hey, I hear you've got a new mega project opening up. That's cool! I bet those other broke cities are super jealous. Yeah, this new project's gonna bring you back to glory, eh? Oh, what's that? What did you just call it? CityCenter? The Capital of the New World? An urban community?

Let me stop you right there.

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'A Palace for the Age of Towering Debt and Easy Credit'

Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne offers a take on Las Vegas' new CityCenter mega project, highlighting the project's faux-urbanism and what in the end is disappointingly conservative architecture.
15 December 2009 - 6:00am
Los Angeles Times
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Touring Las Vegas' New Shining Hope

As the final construction took place, critic James Russell toured the newly-opened CityCenter. With 6,000 new hotel rooms opening in an already tanking market, will CityCenter sink Vegas or become its new star attraction?
11 December 2009 - 11:00am
Bloomberg.com

Last Gasp for Vegas?

The $8.5 billion CityCenter mega project is set to open next week in Las Vegas. Many say it's likely to be the last major project in the struggling city for years.
27 November 2009 - 1:00pm
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Walkable Las Vegas?

Developers and locals in Las Vegas are pinning hopes onto the new CityCenter development to bring walkability to the desert city.
12 November 2009 - 11:00am
MSNBC
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Embattled Las Vegas Mega Project to Finish

The $8.5 billion CityCenter casino complex designed for the Las Vegas Strip had been stalled over financial issues between two of the funders, but now an agreement has been reached and the mega project is set to complete on time.
1 May 2009 - 6:00am
Associated Press
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