Crystals

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By Katharine Euphrat · December 3, 2009 · 10:00 p.m.

CityCenter opened their second building Thursday: Crystals retail and dining district. We take you on a tour of the 500,000-square-foot mall on Las Vegas Boulevard that boasts indoor artwork and such high-end retailers as Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., Christian Dior, Hermes and Prada.

Beso restaurant and Eve Nightclub at CityCenter on Dec. 3, 2009.

Beso at CityCenter closed; making way for restaurant with feminine appeal: Thursday, August 30, 2012; By Steve Green; Restaurant and casino investor Tilman Fertitta has closed Beso Steakhouse at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip and is transforming it into a new concept appealing to women.

Roberto Cavalli gowns, worn by A-listers on the red carpet, are on display at Crystals through August 3.

Cavalli red carpet classics are on display at Crystals: Gowns worn by Heidi Klum, JLo and more take the spotlight at CityCenter; Monday, July 16, 2012; By Devin Altschul; Gowns worn by Heidi Klum, JLo and more take the spotlight at CityCenter.

Mastro's is an overlooked bastion of seafood mastery on the Strip.

Seafood worth wading (through tourists) for: Mastro's Ocean Club: Thursday, February 9, 2012; By Brock Radke; It isn’t easy to convince my fellow Las Vegans, my friends and neighbors, to make that drive to the Strip and struggle against the tourist current to experience a delicious but expensive dinner.

Las Vegas looking forward to big crowds, big money for Chinese New Year: Monday, January 23, 2012; By Conor Shine; Las Vegans can expect to see an influx of foreign tourists, dragons and tangerines over the next two weeks as the Chinese New Year kicks off Monday. Traditionally a time to gather and celebrate with family, the Chinese New Year is associated with good luck.

Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant's fate in hands of CityCenter mall: Tuesday, September 27, 2011; By Steve Green; A quick-witted bankruptcy judge reminded everyone in his courtroom Monday that the luxury Crystals shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip is the entity that actually controls the fate of Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant there.

Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant deal is challenged: Wednesday, September 14, 2011; By Steve Green; Dissident investors in actress Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant in Las Vegas are challenging the Beso sales plan – and say they may make a competing bid for the business.

Longoria to own 30 percent of new Beso restaurant business: Saturday, August 27, 2011; By Steve Green; The best thing going for Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant in Las Vegas is the “Desperate Housewives” actress herself. That was shown Friday when details were disclosed on plans by a subsidiary of Landry’s Restaurants of Houston to buy the Beso LLC assets out of bankruptcy for $1 million.

Judge considering Landry’s involvement with Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant: Tuesday, August 16, 2011; By Steve Green; A judge didn’t rule on a request by Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant that Landry’s Restaurants be allowed to run the business and advance funds to keep it afloat.

Angel Management makes play to acquire Eva Longoria’s Beso: Tuesday, August 16, 2011; Plans by Landry’s Restaurants Inc. to buy Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant in Las Vegas are being challenged, with a competing proposal emerging Monday from nightclub operator Angel Management Group.

Eva Longoria's Beso in CityCenter's Crystals.

Longoria to be quizzed by Las Vegas restaurant investors: Thursday, July 28, 2011; By Steve Green; The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Nevada on Thursday ordered actress Eva Longoria to appear in Las Vegas on Aug. 30 to be examined about the finances of her bankrupt Beso restaurant.

16 months later, CityCenter has yet to hit its stride: THE BIG STORY: As spectacular as CityCenter is, it has become Las Vegas’ Tower of Babel—serving as a symbol of what could go wrong.; Monday, April 25, 2011; By Buck Wargo; Many had expected CityCenter to be the crowning achievement on the Vegas Strip that would reset the center of one of the most famous streets in the world. It was called a sign of what’s to come and the cherry on top of Las Vegas’ sundae in a community that thought the good times would never end.

Eva Longoria's Beso moves forward amid bankruptcy: Monday, April 4, 2011; By Steve Green; Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant and Eve nightclub in Las Vegas appears to be running at about a breakeven pace while in bankruptcy -- and it's making progress on getting some creditors paid.

A building wrap, starting at the base of the Harmon, points pedestrians to CityCenter and the Crystals mall Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.

CityCenter hopes new signage brings more traffic: MGM Resorts says changes continue in response to customer feedback; Tuesday, March 1, 2011; By Amanda Finnegan; When Deutsche Bank opened the Cosmopolitan on the Strip in December, misinformed tourists and some Las Vegas residents mistakenly grouped the new resort with MGM Resorts International’s CityCenter complex next door. It was easy to see why.

CityCenter's Beso restaurant could face eviction over finances, attorney says: Wednesday, February 16, 2011; By Steve Green; Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant and Eve nightclub on the Las Vegas Strip is in worse financial shape than previously reported and faces eviction if it can't get its finances straightened out.

Eva Longoria Parker and Kim Kardashian at Beso and Eve on Dec. 30, 2009.

CityCenter sides with Longoria, Beso against dismissal of bankruptcy case: Saturday, February 5, 2011; By Steve Green; CityCenter attorneys this week sided with star tenant Eva Longoria in a dispute in the Beso restaurant bankruptcy case, agreeing the case should not be dismissed as demanded by disgruntled Beso investor Mali Nachum.