If it's fair to say that a collage of images of early 1980s Las Vegas would include polyester leisure suits, smudged plastic buckets of coins, far too much neon, and the names of slightly over-the-hill celebrities dotting the marquees of Strip hotels, today the city is home to the most beautiful and elegant hotels on earth, the permanent residence of half a dozen of the world's greatest chefs, and the weekend playground of the hippest and most happening Hollywood movie stars and recording artists. In just one month the MGM Grand Garden Arena showcased Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and U2. These days the biggest acts clamor to perform in Las Vegas because they recognize the city as the hottest entertainment venue.

Now MGM MIRAGE, which owns and operates all three of these resorts that have redefined Las Vegas, is set to raise the bar once again. With Project CityCenter, a dazzling vertical city under construction in the heart of The Strip's sprawling horizontal grid, MGM MIRAGE is making its grandest statement yet about the limitless potential of Las Vegas.

"Throughout its 100-year history," says MGM MIRAGE Chairman and CEO Terry Lanni, "Las Vegas has been transformed repeatedly by a series of significant developments reflecting the creative energies of its visionary builders and entrepreneurs. Project CityCenter represents what we feel is a significant new direction for our city and our company. With this world-class development, Las Vegas is on the fast track to becoming a major urban center in the western United States."

Built on 66 acres between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts, in the heart of The Strip, Project CityCenter confirms a cultural and lifestyle revival of metropolitan living in Las Vegas. As the country's fastest growing major city for the last two decades, with development reaching into every corner of the valley, land in Las Vegas has become extremely precious in an area where it once was thought that open space was endless. Thus vertical construction near the Las Vegas Strip has not only been deemed a necessity, but a valued commodity that has inspired wonderful architecture and greatly enhanced the urbanization and sophistication of the entire area.