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While many are criticizing China's construction quality, have you noticed that a new hotel tower in Las Vegas is about to be torn down, without ever opening? MGM's Harmon Tower at the City Center Project has received the O.K. to be imploded. It was originally going to be 49 stories, and was stopped at 27. The architectural firm and the contractor are pointing their fingers at each other. Meanwhile it is not structurally sound for use, and currently serves as a large billboard on the Strip.
That is just the day in the life of Las Vegas, everything you see there will eventually be torn down and replaced with something bigger.
As for the City Center Project, that went up fast during the boom times, so I am not surprised that mistakes were made with the construction of a building.
Still looking for the new skyline in NYC where the twin towers used to be, it's been a decade and still counting.
The new tower is up past 1000 feet now and has surpassed the Empire State Building to be the 2nd tallest in the USA according to CNN. It should be done by next year. But you are right in that it should not take 16 years.
That is just the day in the life of Las Vegas, everything you see there will eventually be torn down and replaced with something bigger.
As for the City Center Project, that went up fast during the boom times, so I am not surprised that mistakes were made with the construction of a building.
Somebody fd up bad with that. Somebody gonna owe somebody alot of money. How is it that the Las Vegas building inspector didn't catch trouble before the building got to 27 floors?
No building needs to be that tall. It is purely a status symbol. In reality, many of the largest or tallest structures in the world have limited occupancy.
Something half of a mile in height does need to be engineered to perfection, though. There is no slacking at that altitude.
It doesn't seem to me that it is economicial to really build a building much more than 50 or 60 floors in 99% of the places on Earth. When I see these really supertall buildings, even here in Chicago, I wonder why the economics of that worked out. Even as valuable as land on the Lakefront is, it would still make more sense to buy land and build 4 60 floor buildings I would think. The high a building is, you have to use massive amounts of interior space for elevators and mechanical things. And it seems that it would cost much more to build a single building of 220 floors than 4 of 60 floors. I am only guessing as I am not in that business. If people want to get a rise out of views, build something like CN Tower to 3000 feet and do a paid observation deck, club, restaurant and rent out TV and radio tower space. That would make economical sense. Not a building that high.
Somebody fd up bad with that. Somebody gonna owe somebody alot of money. How is it that the Las Vegas building inspector didn't catch trouble before the building got to 27 floors?
You would have to ask someone who has a better understanding on Las Vegas building codes and their construction practices, anything I say about it would be purely speculation.
You would have to ask someone who has a better understanding on Las Vegas building codes and their construction practices, anything I say about it would be purely speculation.
Isn't that the same city that had a whole bunch of people killed in a hotel fire some years ago because the smoke from a fire on one floor vented to every room? Maybe they don't have any codes there.
Or maybe they just photoshopped the skyline together to illustrate the size differences
No. They would have used a much more recognized building like Sears Tower, Empire State or WTC pre 9-11. The Hancock Building is not really a world wide known landmark.
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