Demolition of towering Las Vegas eyesore to be decided by Nevada high court
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The fate of the hotel tower, geared to be the centerpiece of CityCenter has languished for years. Hopefully, a decision is in the offing, and the thing can be torn down already.
The Nevada Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday about a flawed hotel tower designed to be the centerpiece of MGM Resorts International's glittery CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip that the company now wants to tear down.
The question before five justices sitting in Las Vegas could go a long way toward determining whether and when the Harmon hotel structure can be demolished.
MGM Resorts argues the structure left unfinished and unopened when the rest of the $8.5 billion CityCenter project opened in December 2009 is "wholly unusable" due to "a cornucopia of construction defects" that imperil its structural integrity.
It points to a consultant's report in April 2011 that the 26-story building set snugly at the entrance of the CityCenter
