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The 2,995-room resort next to CityCenter is chameleon-like, offering non-gambling areas separate from the gaming crowd, rooms with balconies, digitally up-to-date surroundings, upscale shopping such as Chanel and Cartier, eight restaurants, artists-in-residence and a few other twists on the Vegas formula.
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