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.