Aria Resort and Casino, Resort and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States
Aria Resort and Casino is a luxury resort at the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip, made up of two curvilinear glass towers rising up to 50 stories. The facade is a dense grid of blue, grey and gold glass panels, and the word "Aria" is mounted in illuminated letters on the flat roofline. The towers meet a broad base of overlapping horizontal sections in orange-brown panels, grey cladding and metal grating.
Construction of CityCenter began on June 25, 2006, with Perini Building Company as general contractor. The name Aria, unveiled in May 2008, refers to the resort's central placement, as arias are focal points in operas. It opened on December 16, 2009, at 11:41 p.m. after a two-minute fireworks show, as the fourth CityCenter component. MGM bought out Dubai World's stake in 2021 and sold the property to Blackstone for $3.89 billion.
The name Aria, unveiled in May 2008, refers to the resort's position as the central feature of CityCenter, since arias are focal points in operas. The resort has no unifying theme; architect César Pelli said that without a theme the building's appeal must rest on the beauty of the architecture, and the design uses foliage, glass, wood and stone, with real and fake trees in several restaurants.
Aria sits at the centre of CityCenter, beside the Vdara and Monte Carlo hotels and south of the Bellagio. The casino floor has exterior windows and skylights over the high-limit area, so daylight reaches the gaming space. The resort spreads over 6,074,474 sq ft, with the spa on two levels and 36 conference rooms.
The rooms use sensors to adjust light and temperature when no one is present. This technology helped the building earn a LEED Gold certification for sustainability.
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