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The Chip Board Archive 17

pic for today, Vegas and a couple better 1's vbg

Admit it, this is better than any pic of Vegas I have ever taken!!!!! The kick heard round the Swamp! Auburn looked great, considering they were 18 pt underdogs grin WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh sorry, this was NCR grin

OK, here are a couple I took on my last day at the Marriott Grand. They were taken right at dawn and sunrise.

These we took at the Palms when the MTV VMA's were in town. Lots of stuff going on in the casino. They had a couple VMA slot machines and all the table layouts were changed. Pretty cool and crazy crowded!

OK, now that I'm working on the City Center in the pic below, I am learning a little about the place. Here is a rundown of what I think I know about the site.

OK starting w/ the building on the bottom left: Lifestyles Condo Tower- It is, lets just call it a gay resort.
Bottom center: Veer Towers East and West. They will be very cool. The buildings will have a slant to them when looking at them in a certain direction.
Bottom Right: Harmon Tower. Another Condo
Behind Lifestyles is the Convention Center. When finished, it will extend to Frank Sinatra Road and attach to the Casino. The Conv area is enormous!
Center lower: Casino, it is a LONG way from being built out. There is a ton of steel left to hang on it. Retail shops, and Tram Stop. The tram will let out right at the casino (notice all the tram pillars in the pic). The Tram, supposedly will tie CC to the Monte Carlo and Bellagio.
Middle Right: Cosmopolitan Condos. They are residences and you can also timeshare them.
Dead center: The large tower is the Pillie Tower. Main tower of the property. It will be around 65 stories when topped out. There is also a lower wing on the back that you can't see from this angle.
Right of Pillie: Mandarin Condo. This is the Asian connection condo.

One of the cool things is, all the dirt that you can see now, will all be buildings and the rest of it will be below ground. There are things you can see now that will be underground when the job is completed. We did a ride-about Friday and this place is HUGE! There are tunnels all over the site for servants and back of house employees and such. On the job pics to come VERY soon grin

The last pic is of the model at Bellagio of the finished product. You can already see a lot of similarities between my pic and the finished product. Esp. notice the Veer Towers and the pitches of the Casino roof.



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