Las Vegas 2008: There are some interesting developments going on in Sin City, chiefly City Center which is like a new city being built right on the Vegas Strip on the site of the old Boardwalk Hotel and Casino. As per usual, there is the expected glitz and glamour and over-the-top gaudiness that you'd expect from such a garish casino town. Penny slots and billion dollar hotels are the norm in this desert metropolis. It might seem strange if it were anywhere else but Vegas. And the recession we're hearing about has not quite reached Sin City, at least not on the surface. Here is a collection of pictures from my latest visit to the gambling mecca.
Las Vegas has been one of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S. during this recession, however - the casinos have not felt the brunt...yet, but the housing market, Aye.
Speaking of Project CityCenter, I believe it's both the largest privately financed project in the country, and the largest project in the country shooting for LEED certification.
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amazing shots of a city that just seems so very wrong... however, the new 'City Centre' looks like it might be potentially very impressive and actually quite stylish!
As the world's largest and tackiest tourist trap Las Vegas can be fun but that doesn't negate the fact that it's the most gawd awful 'place' ever created to man's greed and stupidity. The people who just love, love, love it...well tacky is as tacky does.
Cool shots. I was just watching something on the national geographic channel about the making of that Venice themed complex, twas pretty neat. A tacky and unsustainable town but impressive nonetheless.