CityCenter | Building It Big in Las Vegas | nytimes.com

The ravages of the recession are visible in this gambling city, but one of the largest privately financed developments in the United States — an $8.5 billion city within a city called CityCenter — claims to be on schedule to open this year.The 67-acre development on the Strip consists of six towers with 2,392 apartments, as many as 5,900 hotel rooms, a casino, and a shopping center and entertainment complex.