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CityCenter Workers Get Uniforms

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By Katharine Euphrat · October 28, 2009 · 8:20 p.m.

CityCenter has begun fitting their 12,000 employees into their new uniforms as the December resort openings approach. The 200,000 uniforms are the work of award-winning designers such as Jhane Barnes and some of them are made from recycled materials. For some, the uniform fitting marked the first step out of unemployment.

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Designer Jhane Barnes looks at a CityCenter uniform. Barnes' menswear has been sold in Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
By Liz Benston
At CityCenter’s 25,000-square-foot uniform distribution center on Dean Martin Drive, Jhane Barnes, a slight woman with squarish glasses and short hair, proudly shows off clothing racks heavy with new uniforms.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen
One of CityCenter’s properties held a special event Saturday to welcome its 400 new employees. Mandarin Oriental’s Day of Delight included performances by local entertainers and a parade to show fans from all of the properties in the worldwide hotel group.
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CityCenter Uniform Attendant Anthony Richardson takes down Gabriel Bustamantez size information Wednesday at the CityCenter Uniform Distribution Center in Las Vegas. CityCenter properties begin opening December 1.
CityCenter employees receive uniforms, gear up for opening
Getting outfitted with new work attire symbolizes fresh start for those coming off unemployment
Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Amanda Finnegan
With CityCenter’s first opening date just a month away, thousands are gearing up for new jobs at the property. CityCenter brought hundreds a step closer to work on Wednesday as it handed out uniforms to new employees. For those who have been out of a work, the uniform is symbolic of the beginning of new opportunities.
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CityCenter will be extending employment offers to roughly 12,000 employees Monday in preparation for a December opening. The first new employees are expected to gather at CityCenter’s employment center to receive and celebrate their official offers.
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Go ahead, blow smoke in your blackjack dealer’s face. If you’re playing at the soon-to-open Aria at CityCenter, they will hardly notice. That’s because Aria’s blackjack tables will be equipped with an air curtain that shoots straight up from the table, dividing dealer and players. That’s the next-to-best thing Aria could do to protect dealers’ health, aside from not allowing smoking in the casino, said Cindy Ortega, senior vice president of energy and environmental services for MGM Mirage, an owner of CityCenter.
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