The Long, Bumpy Road to Completing CityCenter | wsj.com

Jim Murren, chief executive of MGM Mirage, will this week unveil the last major element of his $8.5 billion CityCenter project, the culmination of his quest to remake this city by wagering the future of his company. MGM Mirage touts CityCenter, a cluster of skyscrapers, casinos and shops nearly six years in the making, as "the evolution of Las Vegas into a sophisticated, multidimensional city." Its 67 acres feature a central boulevard that's the width of New York's Park Avenue and sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore and Maya Lin. "We view ourselves as patrons, like the Medicis," Mr. Murren says.