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ARIA Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Autograph Collection · Core Luxury
ARIA Resort & Casino is the glass centerpiece of MGM's $8.5 billion CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and opened at 11:41 p.m. on December 16, 2009. With roughly 4,000 rooms it is the largest hotel in the world to earn LEED Gold. Cesar Pelli's first casino skips a Strip theme and lets two curving steel-and-glass towers carry the architecture.
- 4,002 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: The Strip
- Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Pelli Clarke & Partners
About ARIA Resort & Casino
- The taller tower skips floors 13 and 40 through 49 for gambler superstition, with the top labeled 61 even though the building is 50 storeys.
- CityCenter's only casino, about 150,000 square feet, with windows and skylights that break the windowless-casino rule. Blackstone bought it from MGM in 2021; MGM still operates.
History
ARIA opened on December 16, 2009 as the centerpiece of CityCenter, the $8.5 billion MGM Mirage and Dubai World development on the Las Vegas Strip. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed the two curving glass towers, the firm's first casino; Cesar Pelli declined a Strip theme so the architecture would carry the building. Construction began June 25, 2006. The hotel is the largest in the world to achieve LEED Gold certification (the smoking casino floor is excluded). Blackstone acquired the property from MGM in 2021 in a sale-leaseback; MGM continues to operate it. The resort later joined Marriott's Autograph Collection as part of the MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy.
The setting
ARIA Resort & Casino sits toward the southwest of The Strip in Las Vegas. ARIA Resort & Casino is essentially at the door, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is about 4 minutes on foot, and Bellagio Hotel & Casino is roughly 7 minutes' walk. The Strip is American spectacle as a neighborhood: fountains, moving walkways, and hotels that are cities. Come for the Bellagio water show, stay for a steak, a show, and a later room that may involve a casino floor. 2 miles from Harry Reid International Airport. 15 miles from Shadow Creek Golf Course.
Restaurants and bars
- Bardot Brasserie — Restaurant · French · Chef Michael Mina
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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