Cosmopolitan Las Vegas - Revisited

COSMOPOLITAN PHOTO-GUIDE / DECEMBER 13, 2010


Blog Correction: Last week I incorrectly labeled the Cosmopolitan Hotel as being The Harmon and vice versa. I did that on four photos. It wasn't a simple typo. It was a TOTAL error on my part. For over a year now I incorrectly thought that the hotel named The Cosmopolitan was just one building (hence the singular name) and that is was the building with the Elvis sign on its front. The oval looking structure.

A day after I mis-labeled the Harmon Hotel as being the Cosmopolitan I noticed that three other blogs had stories showing the actual Cosmopolitan. I took a look and realized my stupid mistake of mis-labeling the photos and also checked Wikipedia to verify for accuracy.

It seems that the two towers are referred to as simply being called 'Cosmopolitan'. Well, as strange as that name sounds to me, that's the name it has and I stand (and sit) corrected. I don't want to be known as the guy who incorrectly labels billion dollar hotels with the wrong names! But, with eight new high-rises being added to the new Las Vegas skyline - the odds were pretty high that I'd name something incorrectly.

Anyway. I'm posting these new photos to acknowledge and correct my mistake and the photos are labeled correctly. The two towers that are called 'Cosmopolitan' can be seen in the photo above and the photos below. They are the rectangular looking buildings. I'm 96% sure.

This is the back tower of Cosmopolitan. It's right next to The Bellagio (or just call it 'Bellagio' if you prefer pro-nounish names). I'm now a bit hesitant to even label the place quite actually. Don't worry though - you don't need a degree in English to find the place or have a good time there.

This is the Bellagio fountain (these are the Bellagio fountains?). Cosmopolitan is seen in the background as the two, big, tall, squarish looking buildings.

Cosmopolitan is seen on the right, just behind the sign for the O Show. Harmon Hotel is in the picture as well (sort of on the right and sort of light-bluer than the Cosmop).

The edge of The Ballys, Aria, Cosmopolitan 1, Cosmopolitan 2 and The Vdara or Vdara.

Photo-Guide to Cosmopolitan Hotel

CITY CENTER - Sunrise

City Center, looking north up the Las Vegas Strip. 6:45 am - April 8, 2010.

Mandarin Oriental, Aria, Veer Towers, Crystals Mall and a Cosmopolitan tower.

Aria, Veer Towers and Cosmoplitan Tower 2.

Veer Tower 1, Crystals, the Harmon Towers, the Cosmopolitan and Bellagio's sign.

Front Strip entrance into Crystals is to the right of Tom Ford's and YSL.

Mandarin Oriental and Veer.

New York NY, CVS pharmacy, Mandarin, City Center driveway entrance and Crystals.

Crystal's Mall, ther Harmon Hotel and Cosmopolitan Towers 1 and 2,

Westward view of the Harmon Intersection and Las Vegas Boulevard, taken from the Harley-Davidson parking garage. Harmon Avenue continues beyond the Strip and leads to Aria, Vdara, the Panorama Towers and Dean Martin Drive, the Rio and all points west. This can be a good road to use to by-pass Strip traffic on busy nights.

Planet Hollywood and Caesars are to the right. NYNY and MGM are to the left.

The Harmon, Vdara and Aria Hotels.

Aria (right) with the leaning Veer Towers (left).

Part of Aria Hotel with Vdara to the right.

Veer Towers, with Aria behind and Mandarin Hotel, to the left.

The City Center Neighborhood

Planet Hollywood's Westgate Tower is across from City Center on Harmon Avenue.

Planet Hollywood and the Paris Hotel are north of City Center, across the street.

This is the mini-mall that's currently across the street from City Center. The Hawaiian Market Place and the Polo Towers are just south of the cars. The Polo Tower has an excellent view of the entire City Center property. I'm not yet sure if photos can be taken from the top of the the Polo Tower, but I hope to soon find out.

The view looking south from the City Center area of the Strip, showing Monte Carlo, NYNY, Excalibur, Mandalay Bay and the MGM Grand's main roadsign on the boulevard.

Complete Photo-Guide to City Center

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