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Artist/Creator (1)
Veldon Simpson, Architect, Inc.
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality
American
Artist/Creator (1).Role
architect
Artist/Creator (2)
Kerkorian, Kerkor 'Kirk' (born 1917)
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality
Armenian-American
Artist/Creator (2).Role
developer
Artist/Creator (3)
Martin Stern, Jr. and Associates
Artist/Creator (3).Nationality
American
Artist/Creator (3).Role
architect
Title/Caption
MGM
Grand
Variant Title/Caption
MGM
Grand
Hotel
&
Casino
Site/Creative Center
3799
South
Las
Vegas
Boulevard
,
Las
Vegas
(Nevada)
Date of Work
Original 1973-1980. Hotel fire 1980. Tower addition and remodel 1981. MGM Grand Hotel & theme park 1993. Renovation 2000
Description of View
Detail
of
main
doorway
under
lion's
head
Notes
Architect
of
original
hotel
and
casino
,
Martin
Stern
,
Jr
. and
Associates
.
;Project
Description
: The
grand
entrance
to the
world's
largest
hotel
and
world's
largest
casino
is
an
88-foot-tall
portal
in the
shape
of a
golden
lion
.
Inside
, the
Studio
Cafe
and the
Emerald
City
Casino
echo
the
theme
of
Hollywood
and the
movies
that
made
MGM
great
. There are
5005
rooms
in the
hotel
,
each
decorated
in
one
of
four
themes
:
Oz
,
Hollywood
, the
Old
South
and
Casablanca
. The
arena
seats
15,200
spectators
. An
adjacent
,
separate
amusement
park
built
on
33
acres
provides
family
entertainment
in the
form
of
seven
rides
and
eight
theme
areas
.
;Project
History
:
Project
cost
:
$1
billion
.
Technique/Process
architecture
,
sculpture
Century
20th
Century
Subject
American architecture
American art
20th Century architecture
Gambling casinos
Hotels (public accommodations)
Fantastic architecture
Entrances
Animals
Lions
Publisher
ART
on
FILE
Publisher.Location
ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title
Las Vegas Style: Fantasy Architecture and Signs
Reference Number
Art on File LV-20-03-03
Collection Title
Architecture
(Art
and
Art
History
Department
images)
Collection Information
Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information
http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html
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