| In 2009, the biggest and brightest headlines in | | | | Steve Wynn is a family friend, of course.) The fine |
| entertainment are major architecture adventures that | | | | dining establishment will feature select, authentic Sinatra |
| are improving the skyline of sprawling Vegas with their | | | | memorabilia, included his 1953 Oscar. |
| foresight into what visitors to Sin City truly want in their | | | | City Center offers a different kind of high-class living: |
| stay, never mind the locals who expect the best in | | | | you never have to leave home. No, seriously. MGM |
| their city. | | | | Mirage and Dubai World have dreamt up a |
| Steve Wynn, Las Vegas' favorite architectural | | | | city-within-a-city that will rival anything else 2009 has to |
| entrepreneur, is about to open yet another | | | | offer the extravagance of Las Vegas. The $8 billion |
| jaw-dropping addition to the Vegas skyline, and its no | | | | dollar project (so far) covers over 75 acres and offers |
| coincidence that it will be eight feet taller than Trump's | | | | the finest in Vegas shopping, living, dining, and |
| current Vegas record-holder. Encore Las Vegas is the | | | | entertainment-all without having to leave the grounds. In |
| latest hotel resort by Wynn Resorts, and it promises | | | | the end, the City Center will house 2,650 luxury hotel |
| high class and luxury for a fair price. The $2 billion | | | | and condominium units; 500,000 square feet of shops, |
| building features 2000+ suites with rooms divided by a | | | | dining, and entertainment; a 61-story, 4,000-room hotel |
| swiveling 42" television in the center. The modern | | | | tower-just to get started. The complex also features |
| rooms feature an entire wall of mirrors. All this is mere | | | | the following residential towers: Vdara Condo Hotels, |
| accessory to the 70,000 square feet casino, 20-acre | | | | Veer Tower, Mandarin Oriental, and The Harmony |
| lake, and 60,000 sq. ft. of meeting facilities. The on-site | | | | Spa, Hotel, and Residences. Only adding to the |
| restaurant will be Sinatra, an Italian restaurant that | | | | convenience and splendor of City Center is its own |
| marks the first time Frank Sinatra's name has been | | | | permanent production of a Cirque de Soleil show, an |
| allowed to be used corporately. (It didn't hurt that | | | | Elvis Presley show unlike any other. |