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CityCenter contest!

Posted At : March 25, 2009 05:00 PM | Posted By : D McKee
Related Categories: MGM Mirage,The Strip,Architecture

While building the Stratosphere, maverick casino owner Bob Stupak ran out of money, leaving the tower only partially erect. Wags were quick to dub the stymied Stratosphere "Stupak's Stump."

Stupak, of course, eventually finished the tower -- although it proved his undoing in the gambling industry. I was reminded of this while pondering MGM Mirage's predicament with its forcibly foreshortened Harmon condo-hotel. (If it had gambling, we'd call it a "failsino.")

At a truncated 25 stories (or roughly half its intended height), The Harmon cries out for a nickname but so far nobody has risen to the occasion. That's where you, dear readers, come in. How does "Lanni's Lump" grab you? Or "Murren's Midget"? Perhaps even "Baldwin's Bump"? "Perini's Plinth," anyone?

Better still ... suggest your own nickname for the mountain that was made into a molehill. Let the alliteration commence!

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The Half Harmon

# Posted By Rice | 3/25/09 7:48 PM

David,

How about the 'Harmon Condominimum' project? Or 'Initials at CityCenter' (a play on 'Signature at MGM Grand' - get it? You give initials instead of a full signature sometimes? No, eh?

# Posted By Bill in Henderson | 3/25/09 9:51 PM

Definition of "graft": <i>To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.</i>

Therefore, I suggest 'MGM Graft.' Alternatively, the MGM Grandless.

Although if situations continue, it may be remembered as the MGM Disband.

# Posted By mike_ch | 3/26/09 12:19 AM

That's easy....Harmonini

# Posted By Bill Presley | 3/26/09 4:48 AM

I think you're going at it the wrong way. This new condotel should be marketed as a meta-lowrise. After all, it's more than 200 percent taller than your average 12-story condotel.

# Posted By MG | 3/26/09 8:25 AM

Another thought: They could do a quick redesign on the exterior, shroud the entire building to make it look like a giant airship crashing to the ground, and call it "The Hindenburg." Some sort of large crowd-pleasing fire feature could be built to draw in the crowds to watch the human tragedy of the MGM Mirage demise.

# Posted By MG | 3/26/09 8:57 AM

How about metanon or the harmonite?

# Posted By Edward | 3/26/09 12:25 PM

Dubai's Diminuendo

# Posted By Bob Bradley | 3/26/09 1:32 PM

"Hardly Harmon"

To unfulfill your true potential is to be "Harmonized".

# Posted By Pat Heffling | 3/27/09 8:37 AM

I call City Center the City Cemetary. It's where they are going to bury Kerkorian

# Posted By Mike Alexakis | 3/27/09 10:13 AM

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