{"id":266842,"date":"2024-12-17T00:27:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T00:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/today-we-learned-citycenter-is-actually-aria-campus\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","slug":"today-we-learned-citycenter-is-actually-aria-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/today-we-learned-citycenter-is-actually-aria-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Today We Learned: CityCenter is Actually “Aria Campus”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on December 16 2024 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018Tis the season for WTF.<\/p>\n

Today we learned CityCenter, at some point, was renamed \u201cAria Campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presumably, because the name \u201cCityCenter\u201d was deemed just too damn sexy.<\/p>\n

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The opening of CityCenter was the exact moment when Las Vegas took a turn for the shrug.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We thought the name \u201cAria Campus\u201d might just be a term used internally at MGM Resorts, but nope, it\u2019s out there in the wild. We just missed the change entirely, and we claim to know everything.<\/p>\n

On the Aria Web site<\/a>, it says: \u201cDescribed as a city within-a-city, the Aria Campus (formerly known as CityCenter) [is] comprised of Aria Resort & Casino and Vdara Hotel & Spa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which is weird, because CityCenter covered not only Aria and Vdara, but also the Waldorf Astoria, Veer Towers and Shops at Crystals.<\/p>\n

The Internet believes the name change happened in 2019, yet we had never heard about this alleged rebrand until today in a post from a popular Twitter account marking the birthday of Aria, which opened on Dec. 16, 2009.<\/p>\n

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OTD 2009 Aria Resort and Casino opened in CityCenter (now Aria Campus) on the #LasVegas<\/a> Strip. It was named Aria due to its placement as the central feature of CityCenter, as arias are focal points in operas. pic.twitter.com\/hOd5Rh3voU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 _GrandpaD__Old School Vegas\u2728 (@_GrandPaD) December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The weird thing is nobody calls CityCenter the Aria Campus, just like nobody calls the Las Vegas airport \u201cHarry Reid International Airport\u201d and nobody calls David Copperfield \u201cnot a sexual predator.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help avoid confusion, do not ask your rideshare or taxi driver to take you to the Aria Campus. Please ask them to deliver you to the individual destination within the Aria Campus. Sorry, we are never getting used to that.<\/p>\n

Here are some shorthand ways of referring to the entities within the Aria Campus.<\/p>\n

Aria: \u201cThe one that started the trend of Las Vegas casinos looking like business parks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vdara: \u201cThe one without a casino, so who cares?\u201d<\/p>\n

Waldorf Astoria: \u201cThere\u2019s a Whataburger and some terrible pizza out front if you\u2019re into that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shops at Crystals: \u201cYou can\u2019t afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veer Towers: \u201cThe condos that look shitfaced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Average condo price at Veer Towers: $780,000. Otherwise known as pocket change if you have a sugar daddy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We hope that helps!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a nuanced and in-depth story<\/a> about CityCenter, so naturally, we didn\u2019t read all of it.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the miracle of A.I., two robots are happy to provide us with an audio overview of the CityCenter, sorry, Aria Campus, saga.<\/p>\n