Murren's Opening Aria

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In case you haven’t heard, there’s a little company opening up a
few new attractions out there on Las Vegas Boulevard this month
and the guy behind all that is a fellow named Jim Murren. The CEO
of MGM Mirage was, for better or worse, the visionary behind
CityCenter, the $8.5 billion project that is finally a reality
and has already opened the hotel-condo Vdara, the Mandarin
Oriental and the mammoth Crystals shopping mall. In the interview
you’ll hear in this episode, Steve challenges Murren on several
ideas behind CityCenter and Murren offers some surprising boasts
– that CityCenter will singlehandedly save the Nevada economy,
that he’s never set foot on Encore or Palazzo and much more.
Plus, Murren admits that the problems of Fontainbleau and Echelon
are good for CityCenter, has tough words about Harrah’s and
Station Casinos regarding overleveraging and describes the green
elements of CityCenter as “a gift to the United States.” Also,
Steve asks, much to Murren's chagrin, if CityCenter is a Vegas
version of EPCOT.





That’s coming up. Plus RateVegas.Com’s Hunter Hillegas is here to
discuss being Steve’s date at the Mandarin Oriental gala last
night, to tell all about his exclusive Aria tour and to explain
how this Harrah's-Planet Ho thing makes sense. Or not.





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