Aria Hotel and Casino

$8.5B Las Vegas complex opening
LAS VEGAS — Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening today in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
The poker room at Aria Hotel and Casino is ready to open at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
Marble floors line a hall in Aria Hotel and Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
Executive housekeeper Judith Zamora checks for dust in a suite in the Aria Hotel and Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
The tip of the Aria Hotel and Casino is seen through the facade of Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
The lobby of the 5000 room Aria Hotel and Casino is ready to open at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
A light sculpture marks the entrance of the sports book at Aria Hotel and Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
Veer Towers, right, and the Vdara Hotel, left, can be seen from the window of suite in Aria Hotel and Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
Construction continues on MGM Mirage's CityCenter project in Las Vegas Nevada November 19, 2009. The Aria hotel-casino, the centerpiece of the company's $8.5 billion development, was licensed by the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday. Properties in the project, a partnership of MGM Mirage and Dubai World, will begin to open in December.