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In case you\\nhaven\\u2019t heard, there\\u2019s a little company opening up a few new attractions out\\nthere on Las Vegas Boulevard this month and the guy behind all that is a fellow\\nnamed Jim Murren. The CEO of MGM Mirage was, for better or worse, the visionary\\nbehind CityCenter, the $8.5 billion project that is finally a reality and has\\nalready opened the hotel-condo Vdara, the Mandarin Oriental and the mammoth\\nCrystals shopping mall. In the interview you\\u2019ll hear in this episode, Steve\\nchallenges Murren on several ideas behind CityCenter and Murren offers some\\nsurprising boasts \\u2013 that CityCenter will singlehandedly save the Nevada\\neconomy, that he\\u2019s never set foot on Encore or Palazzo and much more. Plus, Murren admits that the problems of Fontainbleau and\\nEchelon are good for CityCenter, has tough words about Harrah\\u2019s and Station Casinos regarding overleveraging and describes the green elements of CityCenter as \\u201ca gift to the\\nUnited States.\\u201d Also, Steve asks, much to Murren\'s chagrin, if CityCenter is\\na Vegas version of EPCOT.

That\\u2019s\\ncoming up. Plus RateVegas.Com\\u2019s Hunter Hillegas is here to discuss being\\nSteve\\u2019s date at the Mandarin Oriental gala last night, to tell all about his\\nexclusive Aria tour and to explain how this Harrah\'s-Planet Ho thing makes sense. Or not.

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