CityCenter
Design
Best Spot to See a Performance
Haze Nightclub
December 22nd, 2011
Haze Nightclub routinely books the A-List of performers and DJ lineups. Drake, Usher, David Guetta, Tiësto—each has taken a spin in the DJ booth or at the very least danced upon it. Read more »
Events
Best New House Night
In the House Fridays at Haze
December 22nd, 2011
Haze put that booth to good use when it launched its weekly event, In the House Fridays, over Labor Day Weekend. Read more »
Dishing
Butter Cake, Mastro’s Ocean Club
December 8th, 2011
Mastro’s “Treehouse” is perhaps the most architecturally distinctive feature in Crystals. Executive chef Wayne Schumaker is most proud of the restaurant’s signature dessert, a warm butter cake that requires an alarming half stick of butter. Read more »
Enviables
A Vegas Lunar Landing
October 20th, 2011
As the only watch to make it to the moon, the Omega Speedmaster holds a special place in history. Astronauts wore the timepieces during the Apollo program, and it earned them recognition as the official timepiece of NASA. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Vices, Hidden and in Plain Sight
September 29th, 2011
The Marina Bay Sands is one of only two casinos in Singapore, a relatively wealthy city-state that’s about 200 miles from the nearest casino. CityCenter, on the other hand, opened on a saturated Strip that was experiencing falling visitation and revenue numbers. Those trends have since reversed, but CityCenter has nowhere near the upside of the Marina Bay Sands. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Tea Time
Tea cocktails, as served at Mandarin Bar and the Tea Lounge in Mandarin Oriental, $16 each
September 15th, 2011
The tea menu at Mandarin Oriental’s Tea Lounge is exquisite; the cocktails in the bar, delicious and sophisticated. It was just a matter of time before someone would set them up on a date. Read more »
The Week
The Beginning
August 18th, 2011
What if the impending implosion of the Harmon is not simply the erasure of a very expensive mistake, but an exorcism? In the movies, after all, when you destroy the evil wizard’s horcrux, or whatever, the dark spell rises from the land and a golden age begins. Read more »
Art Scene
Cirque Gets Visual
August 11th, 2011
Strip entertainment giant Cirque du Soleil is taking over the art scene this month with two big events. Read more »
Enviables
New Choo
August 11th, 2011
Jimmy Choo recently opened its third Las Vegas boutique, this time at Crystals in CityCenter. Read more »
Community & Culture
Best Remnant of Irrational Exuberance
July 28th, 2011
The CityCenter model, which you can now view at Crystals shopping center as you reflect on what was once the Strip’s future. Read more »
