In Dubai, they just opened the world's tallest building. It cost anywhere from $2 to 4 billion dollars to build, depending on your source.
City Center in Las Vegas just opened on the strip in December and it cost about $8 billion dollars.
They are pikers in Dubai. They need to spend a little bit more money to be in Las Vegas territory for spending money.
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If you consider that City Center is comprised of several completely separate buildings, I'm not sure that the Dubai tower was a relative bargain. Also, don't forget that Dubai World was a partner in City Center (although MGM Mirage had to take on a larger share of the construction debt when DW defaulted on one of its payments). For wasteful spending and overextension, I think Dubai beats Vegas.
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