ARIA Resort & Casino | Pelli Clarke & Partners

FAST FACTS
• Designed by the world-renowned firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
• 4,004 guest rooms, including 568 suites
• An exhilarating casino floor designed to provide intimate gaming spaces
• 300,000 square feet of meeting and pre-function space
• Three primary pools with 50 cabanas, one adults-only pool retreat
• 16 restaurants and 10 bars and lounges, including a nightclub
• 80,000-square-foot, two-level spa and salon with 62 individual spa treatment rooms; 55 salon stations
• Full-service salon, barbershop, deluxe fitness room, group exercise studio, meditation and relaxation rooms, separate men's and women's spa with eucalyptus steam rooms and red wood saunas
• 1,800-seat theater housing Viva ELVIS™, a tribute to the life and musical legacy of Elvis Presley from Cirque du Soleil®
• ARIA has received LEED® Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council

In designing ARIA Resort & Casino, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was inspired to make an important contribution to the Las Vegas skyline while also enhancing the daily life of people experiencing CityCenter. ARIA is a beautiful and dramatic resort that provides a rich variety of experiences at the street level. Everything about the sophisticated, contemporary design is demonstrably different from any building that has preceded it. ARIA is one of the first Las Vegas hotels to achieve LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. ARIA currently is the largest building in the world with Gold LEED status.

The ARIA Resort & Casino is the centerpiece of CityCenter, an urban environment on a 67-acre site fronting the Las Vegas Strip. The 4,000-room hotel and casino is the tallest structure in CityCenter, redefining the Las Vegas skyline and creating a strong sense of space. Constructed of steel and glass, the shimmering, crystalline towers reflect the changing sky.

The 3.8-million-square-foot hotel-casino complex is comprised of two counterpoising, curvilinear towers joining to form an open center. The curved shape of the towers creates gently arched corridors, which give the appearance of a shorter distance from the elevators to the guest rooms. Angled building corners allow for panoramic views. Filled with natural light, the corridors offer views of the Strip below and the mountains beyond.

Visitors enter the building at one of two entrances, each under a textured and faceted grand canopy. East of the hotel tower is a 150,000-square-foot casino, 45,000 square feet of retail and 125,000 square feet of dining, bar, and lounge space. West of the towers is a 1,800-seat theater with a layered, three-dimensional façade. Just past the theater is a 300,000-square-foot, three-level convention center. With its glass façade, the convention center is filled with natural light and has views of the landscaped pool area. Opposite the convention center is an 80,000-square-foot, two-level spa building clad in Las Vegas red metaquartzine stone.

Consistent with CityCenter’s scale and commitment to sustainable design, ARIA is the world’s largest hotel to achieve a LEED Gold rating. The building’s primary energy-saving feature is its curtain wall, which uses a new generation of glass coatings that let daylight in while blocking the sun’s heat-producing rays. Sunshades reduce glare and maintain an even temperature in the guest rooms. Ceramic frit is used selectively on the glass to block daylight without obscuring views.

As part of CityCenter’s art program, ARIA will include artwork commissioned or selected for the hotel-casino. Maya Lin’s “Silver River”, an 84-foot sculpture of the Colorado River cast in reclaimed silver, is suspended over the hotel registration desk. Jenny Holzer’s “VEGAS”, a 250-foot LED sign spelling out the artist’s signature messages, will welcome visitors at the north valet. Three stainless steel sculptures by Tony Cragg can be seen in the southern entry atrium: “Bolt”, depicting a bolt of lightning; “Bent of Mind”, a silhouette of a face; and “Untitled” (tall column), a graceful, curving form.