mgm mirage building a new strip monster.

Looks like the South Strip is getting another monster. From the Las Vegas Review Journal:

PROJECT CITYCENTER: HERE COMES THE NEW LOOK OF THE STRIP
MGM Mirage's $7 billion project starts construction

By ROD SMITH
GAMING WIRE

Construction on MGM Mirage's $7 billion Project CityCenter got under way just after midnight Sunday with the arrival of a convoy of trucks delivering 10,000 cubic yards of concrete to the largest privately financed construction project in the United States.


Trucks begin delivering nearly 10,000 cubic yards of concrete Saturday morning for the foundation of MGM Mirage's Project CityCenter, a $7 billion mixed-use "urban village" being built between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo.
(Photo by Jane Kalinowsky.)

Mirage Resorts President Robert Baldwin, who is overseeing the 18 million-square-foot, mixed-use urban village, said the pour is one of the largest in Las Vegas history and marks the first stage of construction on the project.

Further, he said it underscores MGM Mirage's commitment to the project and marks a paradigm shift for the company. Read more.