Las Vegas Hotels

Vdara Las Vegas CityCenter Residential Hotel

Vdara Las Vegas CityCenter residential hotel is a mixed use condominium residences and hotel rooms in the 57-floor tower north of Harmon Avenue.  The building is part of the CityCenter MGM Resorts/Dubai World Las Vegas Strip complex between Bellagio and Monte Carlo casinos. CityCenter has three hotels on its 67-acre property with Aria Resort, Mandarin Oriental and Vdara. The imperfect blue building planned as the Harmon Hotel at the corner of Harmon and Las Vegas Boulevard in CityCenter sits empty due to construction flaws.

a tall building with lights on with Vdara in the background
Vdara, CityCenter Las Vegas
a high angle view of a skyscraper
Vdara seen from Aria Resort 24th floor

The Vdara Hotel location is accessible from the Aria Hotel Casino floor level via an elevated circular drive over Harmon Avenue revealing Nancy Rubins’ Big Edge, the large-scale canoe sculpture located between the two hotels.

a sculpture of many boats in a bunch
Nancy Rubins – Big Edge

Vdara is a non-smoking, non-gaming hotel with a bar, a restaurant, a spa and pool, and a walkway to Bellagio Resort and the CityCenter electric tram station. The Cosmopolitan casino and Marriott Autograph Collection branded resort is adjacent to Vdara, between the Bellagio and the main CityCenter complex on Las Vegas Boulevard, the Strip.

a close-up of a skyscraper
Vdara and The Cosmopolitan with Bellagio in background – view from Aria

Vdara Hotel is low-key without the formality of Mandarin Oriental or the immense size of Aria Resort & Casino. Vdara Suites are large, condominium style rooms with small dining areas and kitchen space with refrigerator, microwave and stove, a sleeper couch, bedroom, two TVs and bathroom.

Vdara hotel has lower room rates than Aria for December 2010with rates as low as $119 compared to Aria at $129. Mandarin Oriental is typically the highest base room rate of the three CityCenter Hotels with lowest rates around $199.

a building with a large sculpture
Vdara atomic art and entrance

Vdara can save money on a Las Vegas vacation by cooking for yourself in the room kitchen rather than dining out. Silk Road provides lobby food service.

a sign in a room
Vdara Silk Road cafe menu
close-up of a purple car
Silk Road – Vdara
a bar with a round mirror
Vdara – Silk Road

Vdara Hotel occupies an extraordinarily convenient location between Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan and Aria for three very different resort casino experiences within five minutes walk from your room.

a tall building with many windows
Vdara hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas

The lobby bar has seating in the main bar, off to the right indoors and a terrace outdoors.

a group of potted plants in front of a sign
Bar Vdara
a bar with a tv and shelves
Bar Vdara
a lobby with a tv and flowers
Vdara Bar in lobby
a bed in a room
Vdara Bar patio swing seat
a lounge area with a couch and chairs
Vdara Bar patio seating in front of the hotel.

The lobby has a small seating area near the elevators with a concierge desk cubicle off the main hotel registration desk.

a colorful balls from the ceiling
Vdara lobby seating area art. Concierge desk is below Peter Wegner art.

Peter Wegner is the artist for the Vdara lobby with two pieces Day for Night, Night for Day on the east wall (orange colored paper, 45 feet x 10 feet 9 inches) and west wall (blue colored paper, 34 feet x 10 feet 9 inches).

a colorful balls from a ceiling
Vdara lobby
a table with colorful ornaments
Vdara lobby ornaments December 2010

Vdara Deluxe Suites are the basic room category and provide a kitchenette and nearly 600 sq. ft. of room space. Vdara website has a video of Deluxe Suite Option 1 floorplan. Here are my photos of this room category.

a table with flowers on it
Vdara Deluxe Suite 2-person dining table
a kitchen with a sink and a stove
Vdara Deluxe Suite kitchen
a microwave oven above a cabinet
Vdara Deluxe Suite microwave
a couch with a green painting on the wall
Vdara Deluxe Suite sitting room

The sitting room had a large wall mounted TV and the bedroom also had a wall mounted TV.

a tv on a wall
Vdara Deluxe Suite bedroom TV
a bed with a green blanket
Vdara Deluxe Suite bed
a bathroom with a mirror and sink
Vdara Deluxe Suite bathroom
a shower with a glass door
Vdara Deluxe Suite shower
a white bathtub with a flower on the side
Vdara Deluxe Suite tub

Vdara City Corner Suite

City Corner Suites are over 800 sq. ft.  with a four burner kitchen stove, full size refrigerator, four person dining table, washer-dryer, queen size sofa bed and large spa tub.

a dining room with a table and chairs
Vdara City Corner Suite dining table
a microwave above a counter top
Vdara City Corner Suite stove
a close-up of a stainless steel refrigerator
Vdara City Corner Suite refrigerator
a couch and coffee table in a living room
Vdara City Corner Suite living room
a desk with a telephone and a lamp
Vdara City Corner Suite desk
a bed with a brown pillow
Vdara City Corner Suite bed
a bathtub in a bathroom
Vdara City Corner Suite tub
a tv on a wall
Vdara City Corner Suite bedroom TV
a view of a city from a window
Vdara City Corner Suite view north to back side of Bellagio

Vdara Penthouse Suite

The Vdara Penthouse Suites are one and two bedroom and one floor or two floor suites. I toured a two-bedroom, one story penthouse suite on the 54th floor. This apartment space is 1,200 to 1,400 sq. ft and provides the full hotel residential style living quarters.

a couch in a room
Vdara penthouse suite 54th floor living room
a high angle view of a city
Vdara 54th floor penthouse view south to Aria Resort
a bed with a black headboard
Vdara penthouse suite bed
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances
Vdara Penthouse suite kitchen
a long rectangular table with a rectangular object on it
Vdara Penthouse suite dining table
a bathroom with a sink and towels
Vdara penthouse suite bathroom dual sinks
a bathroom with pink tiles
Vdara penthouse suite accessible bath
a shower with a shower head
Vdara penthouse suite accessible shower

Vdara Pool Deck

a pool with lounge chairs and a building
Vdara pool
a pool in a hotel
Vdara pool deck
a pool with lounge chairs in front of a building
Vdara pool deck view of Aria Resort
low view of a tall building
pool deck view reveals curvilinear form of Vdara
high view of a city with many tall buildings
Vdara view east over Harmon Ave and empty blue Harmon Hotel building at CityCenter.

Related Posts:

Betting on Expedia.ca for a Vegas Suite Deal (Nov 20, 2010) [This post tells how I bought my flight to Las Vegas and an upgraded room at the Mandarin Oriental for $12.]

CityCenter Las Vegas – Art, Architecture and Space (Dec 16, 2010)

Hotel Detail – Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas in HD (Dec 11, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas – Pools, Spa and Dining (Dec 12, 2010)

Aria Resort Corner Suite and SkySuites (Dec 18, 2010)

Aria Resort Las Vegas SkyVilla 19 (Dec 19, 2010)

Vdara Hotel, CityCenter Las Vegas (Dec 19, 2010)

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Dec 23, 2010)

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Dec 21, 2010) (The Cosmopolitan is next to Vdara Hotel, but not part of CityCenter complex. The Cosmopolitan is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel.)

1 Comment

  • S December 23, 2010

    Impressive architecture.
    Not sure about some of the ‘art’
    I’m sure the pink tiled bathroom doesn’t really look like 1950’s Culver City in the flesh.
    Only one way to find out.
    Thanks again for the City Center feature, very useful.

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