Vegas Gets Green
from Lori Zimmer:
Las Vegas' new futuristic City Center is the most expensive privately funded construction project in U.S. History, costing over $11 billion. The project, which occupies the part of the strip between the Monte Carlo and the Bellagio, is a new mini city of casinos, theaters, luxury condos, strippers, hotels, spas, a fire station and state of the art everything, including LEED certification.
Of that $11bil, a mere $40 million is reserved for a fine arts installations and sculptures by world reknowned artists, such as Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje Van Brugen, Nancy Rubens, Frank Stella, Henry Moore, Richard Long and New York's very own graffiti and Rock Steady Crew legend Doze Green. Doze's murals are a permanent installation that will greet guests in the tramway stations at the Monte Carlo and the Bellagio. Congrats Doze! We're excited that the City Center project has included these commissions to an incredible roster of important artists for Sin City. Special thanks to Ian Kuali'i for the photos.
