Comments on: Las Vegas CityCenter Set to Green Sin City http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:41:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Trey Farmerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-175827 Trey Farmer Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:43:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-175827 Sustainable????? Who are we kidding? I know this is hardly the place to take a stand on this horribly misused marketing term, but what the hell? NV has thrown exorbitant amounts of tax credits at this thing, so much for welfare and public schools. It's good to see developers being slightly less wasteful, but slightly less of a bad thing, does not, by any means, make it wonderful. Sustainable????? Who are we kidding? I know this is hardly the place to take a stand on this horribly misused marketing term, but what the hell? NV has thrown exorbitant amounts of tax credits at this thing, so much for welfare and public schools. It’s good to see developers being slightly less wasteful, but slightly less of a bad thing, does not, by any means, make it wonderful.

]]> By: DD002http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-175517 DD002 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:02:13 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-175517 Has anyone taken into consideration what this is doing to the look and feel of the Strip? Hello? Tourists make the majority of the profits for Las Vegas with the gaming industry. What they are looking for is excitement, fun and big casinos. What appeal will this have to the tourist coming into town? Zilch. If you drive down the Strip now it looks like a Steel Monster sitting in the middle of the Strip. Vegas is making a losing bet on this one. Has anyone taken into consideration what this is doing to the look and feel of the Strip? Hello? Tourists make the majority of the profits for Las Vegas with the gaming industry. What they are looking for is excitement, fun and big casinos. What appeal will this have to the tourist coming into town? Zilch. If you drive down the Strip now it looks like a Steel Monster sitting in the middle of the Strip. Vegas is making a losing bet on this one.

]]> By: WILL800http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-88815 WILL800 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:44:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-88815 From what I've seen lately, it's going to be a beautiful project but has anyone give any long due consideration about the traffic problems it will be creating along the busiest section of the Strip? Is anything being done to alleviated that humongous problem or are we just going to have to live with it and spend up to a half an hour driving down/up the Strip from Tropicana to Flamingo.I pesonally think that this problem has been overlooked or shoved under the carpet to let the next guy worry about. From what I’ve seen lately, it’s going to be a beautiful project but has anyone give any long due consideration about the traffic problems it will be creating along the busiest section of the Strip? Is anything being done to alleviated that humongous problem or are we just going to have to live with it and spend up to a half an hour driving down/up the Strip from Tropicana to Flamingo.

I pesonally think that this problem has been overlooked or shoved under the carpet to let the next guy worry about.

]]> By: rdhansonhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-85334 rdhanson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-85334 I'm pretty sure that they tore down older, more inefficient housing to build these buildings. And as to building them in a parched desert where nothing will grow, well that just leaves more fertile ground to farm, doesn't it? I’m pretty sure that they tore down older, more inefficient housing to build these buildings. And as to building them in a parched desert where nothing will grow, well that just leaves more fertile ground to farm, doesn’t it?

]]> By: lodelhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-84814 lodel Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:38:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-84814 Don't forget four of the towers are residence condos - one of them being a hotel condo. It's good to see some density actually coming to the city of hell. Don’t forget four of the towers are residence condos – one of them being a hotel condo. It’s good to see some density actually coming to the city of hell.

]]> By: BJhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-84675 BJ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:43:34 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-84675 I can't help but wonder how much they'll spend on VOC free paint and formaldehyde free carpet, just to fill the place with enough noise pollution and second hand smoke to kill an elephant. I can’t help but wonder how much they’ll spend on VOC free paint and formaldehyde free carpet, just to fill the place with enough noise pollution and second hand smoke to kill an elephant.

]]> By: tuffghosthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/comment-page-1/#comment-84575 tuffghost Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:21:51 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/citycenter-set-to-green-las-vegas-strip/#comment-84575 Is the local environment of the project taken into account by LEED? It seems like an 'green' luxery hotel project in the middle of a parched desert during a drought isn't much of a green project at all. There needs to be some context for these claims. One less hotel would be a lot better for the environment than one more with a certification slapped on it. Is the local environment of the project taken into account by LEED? It seems like an ‘green’ luxery hotel project in the middle of a parched desert during a drought isn’t much of a green project at all. There needs to be some context for these claims. One less hotel would be a lot better for the environment than one more with a certification slapped on it.

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