DIY Global Warming at Vdara

Vdara‘s newly infamous “Death Ray” has become the hot spot felt ’round the world:

You can tell that Brian Williams is a nice guy because he says MGM Resorts International is “rushing to fix the problem.” If he were snarky, like me, he’d point out that this alacrity manifested itself only after the Death Ray was exposed in the pages of the Las Vegas Review-Journal … and subsequently on AOL:

Extra props to the Today producer for laying some Thomas Dolby under that footage.

ABC-TV demonstrates the “death ray” phenomenon in action and goes further to show that it’s indicative of a problem that can be found on Main Street, U.S.A. You might say Vdara is the tip of the iceberg … save that the Death Ray would melt aforementioned iceberg in record time.

MGM wanted to make headlines and generate international buzz with CityCenter. Gentlemen … mission accomplished.

Update: The potential-negligence angle is starting to grow legs.