Aria Resort and Casino
Aria Resort and Casino is a large integrated resort in the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip, combining hotel accommodation, casino gaming, restaurants, entertainment, convention facilities, and spa services.
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Overview
Aria Resort and Casino is a luxury-oriented integrated resort on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It forms the central and largest operating component of CityCenter, the mixed-use development created on the former site of the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino. The property opened to the public on December 16, 2009, during a difficult period for Las Vegas tourism and real estate following the global financial crisis. The resort was developed through CityCenter Holdings, a joint venture associated with MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development Corp., an investment entity linked to Dubai World. MGM Resorts operates Aria as part of its Las Vegas resort portfolio. The property was intended to present a more contemporary, design-led alternative to the heavily themed casino resorts that had characterized much of the Strip. Its name, architecture, public art, restaurants, hotel interiors, and technology systems were used to support a modern luxury positioning rather than a single historical or geographical theme. Aria's principal hotel contains approximately 4,000 guest rooms and suites. The resort is also known for its large casino, a broad range of food-and-beverage venues, high-end retail, a spa and salon, pools, nightlife and entertainment facilities, and convention and meeting space. Its casino offers table games, slot machines, and a poker room, while the resort's restaurants span casual, premium, and celebrity-chef-led concepts. The property has also hosted major shows and events, including productions associated with Cirque du Soleil and other Las Vegas entertainment operators. A notable characteristic of the resort is its use of building-management and guest-room technology. Aria was promoted as a technologically advanced hotel, with systems designed to adjust room lighting, temperature, and other settings based on occupancy. The resort's architecture includes a large glass-and-steel main structure and an environmentally conscious design approach. It received LEED Gold certification, making sustainability a visible part of the property's original development story. Aria operates within a broader CityCenter destination that includes the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, Vdara Hotel & Spa, The Shops at Crystals, and residential components. This setting allows Aria to draw on shared pedestrian links, retail, restaurants, and nearby hospitality facilities while maintaining its own hotel, casino, convention, and entertainment identity. The resort competes with other premium integrated resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, including properties operated by MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, and Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The brand is primarily a single-property resort brand rather than a geographically distributed hotel chain. Its significance comes from the scale and design ambition of the original CityCenter project, its role in MGM Resorts' Las Vegas operations, and its combination of gaming, lodging, dining, entertainment, meetings, and luxury services under one property identity.
History
Aria Resort and Casino was conceived as the centerpiece of CityCenter, a major mixed-use development on the Las Vegas Strip. The project replaced the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino site and was planned during a period when Las Vegas developers were pursuing larger, more integrated destinations that combined hotel rooms, gaming, retail, residences, restaurants, entertainment, and convention facilities. CityCenter was developed through CityCenter Holdings, associated with MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development Corp., while MGM Resorts became the operating company for Aria. The resort was designed as a deliberately contemporary counterpart to the themed architecture common elsewhere on the Strip. Rather than using a historical replica or a strongly theatrical geographic motif, Aria emphasized glass, steel, large-scale public spaces, modern interiors, and integrated environmental systems. The architectural design was led by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, with other specialist firms involved in the resort's interior, landscape, engineering, and technology work. The completed property was presented as a technologically advanced and environmentally conscious resort, including room systems intended to manage energy use and improve guest comfort. Aria opened on December 16, 2009, as the principal resort within CityCenter. Its launch came during the aftermath of the global financial crisis, when the Las Vegas hospitality and construction sectors were under pressure. The opening nevertheless added one of the Strip's largest new hotel and casino properties, with roughly 4,000 rooms and suites, a substantial casino, restaurants, retail, pools, spa facilities, entertainment venues, and convention space. Its opening also marked the operational debut of the wider CityCenter destination, alongside properties and facilities intended to support a walkable, mixed-use resort environment. In its operating model, Aria combined several revenue categories typical of a Las Vegas integrated resort. Lodging was supported by casino gaming, food and beverage, entertainment, nightlife, meetings and conventions, retail, spa services, and resort amenities. The property's positioning targeted leisure travelers, premium casino customers, convention attendees, and visitors seeking modern luxury. Its restaurants and entertainment program helped make the resort a destination beyond gaming, while its location within CityCenter connected it to The Shops at Crystals and neighboring hotels. Aria's later identity has remained closely tied to MGM Resorts International's Las Vegas portfolio. The property continues to operate as a single major resort rather than as a broad international hotel chain. Its competitive set includes large luxury and premium resorts on the Las Vegas Strip operated by MGM Resorts and other major hospitality and gaming companies. The resort's original design, scale, technology features, and central role in CityCenter remain the main historical reasons for its importance within Las Vegas hospitality.
- 2009
Aria opens at CityCenter
[1]Aria Resort and Casino opened to the public on December 16, 2009, as the centerpiece of the CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip.
- 2009
CityCenter begins operations
[2]The opening of Aria formed part of the broader launch of CityCenter, a mixed-use resort complex associated with MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development Corp.
Products and positioning
A contemporary luxury integrated resort combining casino gaming, upscale accommodation, dining, entertainment, wellness, meetings, and technology-led guest services in the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip.
Hotel accommodation · 2009
ARIA Hotel
The main hotel operation provides approximately 4,000 rooms and suites in a contemporary high-rise resort setting. Accommodation is integrated with casino, dining, entertainment, spa, pool, shopping, and meeting facilities, allowing Aria to function as a full-service destination rather than a standalone hotel.
Casino gaming · 2009
ARIA Casino
The casino is one of the resort's central operating divisions. It offers slot-machine gaming, table games, poker, and related high-limit and premium gaming services. The casino is designed as part of the integrated resort experience and is supported by hotel, dining, entertainment, nightlife, and loyalty-program activity.
Spa and wellness · 2009
The Spa at ARIA
The resort's spa and salon operation provides treatments, relaxation facilities, and personal-care services for hotel guests and visitors. It supports Aria's luxury positioning by adding wellness and leisure services to the casino and accommodation offer.
Meetings and events · 2009
ARIA Convention Center
Aria includes substantial convention and meeting facilities for corporate events, conferences, exhibitions, weddings, and other group functions. The convention business diversifies the resort beyond leisure travel and gaming and benefits from the wider concentration of hospitality infrastructure within CityCenter.
Restaurants, bars, and entertainment · 2009
ARIA dining and entertainment
The resort's dining and entertainment portfolio includes restaurants, bars, lounges, nightlife venues, and performance-related offerings. These venues provide additional reasons to visit the property and help position Aria as a contemporary lifestyle resort as well as a gaming venue.
Brand decisions
2009
Launch a contemporary integrated resort within CityCenterStrategyBackground
The project was developed as the central hospitality and gaming component of CityCenter, a large mixed-use destination intended to combine lodging, gaming, retail, residences, dining, entertainment, and meetings.
Action taken
MGM Resorts and its CityCenter development partners opened Aria as a large, design-led resort with hotel, casino, food and beverage, entertainment, spa, convention, and retail-related services.
Aftermath
Aria became the principal operating resort in CityCenter and an important component of MGM Resorts' Las Vegas portfolio.
Recent events
Finger Licking Foodie Tours partners with ARIA for a dining experience[5]
Reported:
Finger Licking Foodie Tours partnered with ARIA Resort & Casino to present a socially distanced dining experience in Las Vegas.
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