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COPYRIGHT 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Byline: Jennifer Robison
Jun. 30--As Bill McBeath sees it, the last thing Las Vegas needs is another hotel-casino.
And on Monday, McBeath, president and chief operating officer of MGM Mirage's Bellagio, showed media and gaming-industry watchers just how far beyond the traditional Strip-resort concept his company is going with its $7 billion Project CityCenter.
Standing over a model of Project CityCenter inside an office on the construction site, McBeath pointed out the 66-acre development's variety of components: In the back, up against Frank Sinatra Drive, a 60-story, 4,000-room hotel-casino with a curved, contemporary design will dominate the project's skyline. An ebony condominium-hotel tower with 1,543 units will flank the hotel.
Toward Project CityCenter's Strip frontage, two nongaming boutique hotels operated by the Light Group and Mandarin Oriental will provide 400 rooms each.
At Project CityCenter's heart will be 500,000 square feet of retail and two glass-condominium towers with a total of 810...
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