text: This review is based on my trip that I made all the way back in December for Arias soft opening I am willing to stay here again but given the plethora of other choices available around town and my all time favorite Encore dishing out sick rates I do not know if another stay at Aria is in order anytime soonnnAnywaysnnI understand that I came to this place on opening weekend and that I would be their guinea pig I drove my car into the valet early in the afternoon and the car attendants were still figuring out how to organize everybody I sat in there for about minutes before I was tended to It is okay opening weekend opening weekend I kept telling myself I dropped my car off and heard the valet about to stall out in my Porsche Turbo and by Porsche I mean dinky little Acura nnIt was a nice day and I marveled at the sight of the monstrosity of a hotel and casino in front of me Streams of water shot up and collided in the sky and burst with colour and the sun bounced off the glass of the building This cannot be too bad I said to myself I walked in to the lobby of Aria and I just tried to soak in everything This place is grand Grand on a scale of holy shit Gorgeous ultra modern interior with a lot of browns blues and glass Let us just say I would not want to be in Aria during an earthquakennThe receptionist was very friendly she explained to me that things were still being worked out and things may or may not work Got it pretty young thing at the front desknnI navigated through the casino and was taken back by how dim the place was For a place that prides itself on allowing a lot of natural light in their casino for an experience you will never forget it just felt like half the lights were on After making a loop around the slot machines because I got lost I made my way to the elevator I made my way to the rd floor and put my keycard to the sensor and voilannThe very first person to stay in this room How do I know They forgot to take the plastic off half the things in the room The toilet still had tape on it the shower head had protective film scale had the battery tab still in and a mess of other things But you know I expected it and took it for what it is I opened up the windows which looked very dirty and saw the back of Vdara and I LovelynnThe standard room itself is pretty small The furnishings had the same dark tones as the rest of the hotel but the technology was state of the art The Control system literally controls everything in the room From lighting TV music and shades The bed was comfortable and I slept like a rock and woke up the next morning to promptly vomit in the brand new toilet So overall nice room but nothing that wows younnOverall this place could have had so much more potential I was very excited for City Center to open and expected a new wave of awesomeness but it just left me underwhelmed There is nothing here that stands out as unique Gone away are the themed resorts and this place tries way too hard to be a Wynn resort of which it clearly falls flat on its facennAs stated before I do not know if I will stay here again but I am not ruling it outnnTip Know your way out of this place When I was drunk I thought it was a good idea to go pick up my car from TIs valet but I ended up running circles around the casino and losing a few hundred bucks on craps Well played Aria well played