Posts tagged as: CityCenter

Vegas Weekender: Food, fun and Foster the People

Vegas Weekender: Food, fun and Foster the People

This weekend in Vegas, it’s all about a good time. The fun starts at 5 o’clock–just make sure your fins can go to the left and to the right at the Jimmy Buffett concert. Continue the weekend and sing along to Motown favorites with Human Nature. Finally, eat and drink ’til your hearts content at the [...]

The Suite Life

The Suite Life

Sometimes we get the urge to splurge. Maybe it’s for a birthday weekend. Maybe for an anniversary or one last “hurrah” before walking down the aisle. Whatever the occasion, in Las Vegas, we’ve got you covered with sweet suites for your stay. We’ve scoured the city for 10 of the best suites. From size to [...]

Going Greek: Fresh imports, served here

Going Greek: Fresh imports, served here

There are few restaurateurs gutsy enough to come to a city dripping with over-the-top ostentation and try to succeed by keeping it simple. But Costas Spiliadis is determined to wade through the sometimes overly-complicated menus of Las Vegas and stick with his Greek roots—a formula that has worked in his other restaurants in Greece, Montreal and New York. At [...]

H2 Oh, wow: CityCenter’s water features add a splash of fun to Vegas

H2 Oh, wow: CityCenter’s water features add a splash of fun to Vegas

The Bellagio Fountains. The Volcano at the Mirage. There’s a certain irony to the fact that some the desert’s most memorable attractions are water-based. Among the newer water-based sights in Las Vegas are the water features you can find at CityCenter. Designed by WET, the same group responsible for the fountains and volcano, the water [...]

Vegas Weekender: Vegas is home to great tunes and big laughs

Vegas Weekender: Vegas is home to great tunes and big laughs

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Vegas has been setting up to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year next week, with ornate displays throughout some of the city’s nicest resorts, most of which are already on display. Make it a point to take in some of these Chinese-inspired sights during your Vegas weekend. The Venetian [...]

Vegas gambles on public art

Vegas gambles on public art

By Jorge Labrador VEGAS.com There is a new wave of headliners in Las Vegas. You won’t see their names on the Las Vegas Strip’s big marquees, even though some of them are known around the world. You won’t find them in the city’s showrooms, theaters or lounges. Instead, you can find their craft on the [...]

Guide to Vegas: City has something for everyone

Guide to Vegas: City has something for everyone

One of the best things about Las Vegas is that there is something for everyone to enjoy no matter what your interests are. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Vegas regular, or you’ve never been here, there’s always something new to check out and probably something you haven’t tried yet. Whatever kind of trip you’re [...]

Center of attention: CityCenter marks an “evolution” of the Las Vegas landscape

Center of attention: CityCenter marks an “evolution” of the Las Vegas landscape

By Aleza Freeman (aleza.freeman@vegas.com) Vegas.com There are Vegas resorts. There are mega Vegas resorts. Then there’s CityCenter: The urban development opened last month on 67 acres bringing Aria, a 61-story, 4,004-room gaming resort; the non-gaming Mandarin Oriental hotel and Vdara Hotel & Spa; and Crystals, a 500,000-square-foot retail district to the Las Vegas Strip. The [...]

Hot off the presses: New clubs!

Hot off the presses: New clubs!

And so it begins. A new era in Sin City nightlife has taken hold, with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR new nightclubs open or opening within a month of each other. In a city with so many clubs, this may seem like a drop in the bucket, but don’t be fooled. Just [...]

Save the earth, hug a hotel: Vegas is greener than you think

Save the earth, hug a hotel: Vegas is greener than you think

Las Vegas is viewed by most as a city of excess. We seem to have and waste too much of everything: Food, lights, booze, Elvis impersonators. You may think our concept of “going green” is drinking tinted beer on St. Patrick’s Day. But truth be told, when it comes to Las Vegas, image is everything. [...]

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