City Center (2077)

City Center is one of the major districts of Night City, located in the central portion of the metropolis.
==Overview==
City Center is the central business district (CBD) of Night City, the biggest commercial hub of the metropolitan area. Many of the city's corporations operate from here. This district is the real showcase of Night City; the once smoldering battlefield of the Fourth Corporate War and nuclear fallout from the AHQ Disaster. Restoration of the district was a lengthy and costly process, but by 2077, it was the most fortified district in all of Night City.CDPR Forums (District feature: City Center)
Filled with modern, cutting-edge architecture, City Center is where anyone can witness the unrivaled might of megacorporations. This is where the rich and overworked spend their lives, building up the economic power the metropolis. The most notorious feature is Corporate Plaza, reaching for the sky with its brutal corporate skyscrapers and blinding floodlights. It serves as the heart of the district, as well as a home to some of the biggest corporations in the world, such as Arasaka, Militech, Biotechnica, Petrochem, Kang Tao, among others.
Downtown is full of narrow alleys, night clubs, celebrities, and corporate stiffs. Here you'll find an abundance of office buildings and eccentrically shaped architecture — as well as exclusive apartments, hotels, and restaurants. Its northern waterfront is a mecca for artists and snobs, with galleries, concert halls and ateliers around every corner. Despite the elegance and power of Downtown, it isn't as secure as it would seem: turn down the wrong alley and you'll find yourself en-route to sleazy love hotels, dive bars, and shadowy corners where drug deals — and worse — are a common occurrence..
==History==
===Early history - 2050s===
Once known as the City & Corporate District, this section of Night City became a battlefield between the megacorporations of Arasaka and Militech during the Fourth Corporate War. Most of these neighborhoods were destroyed during the AHQ Disaster of 2023, when a nuclear device was activated inside the uppermost floors of the Arasaka Towers. More than half a million people were killed, and the Government of Night City fell into disarray. The chaos soon overwhelmed both the Fire and Police Departments as well. The large number of refugees fled to the neighboring suburbs, where they would overflow them with city tents. It wouldn't be around a decade later when things begun to stabilize, planning new projects like the Glen to replace the abandoned government structures, or the gigantic residential megabuildings to house much of the displaced population.
During the Time of the Red, the ruined city center of the metropolis was known as the Hot Zone, an irradiated and dangerous abandoned district. Over the following decades, much of the rubble was cleared thanks to the effort of many organizations and volunteers, especially from nomads nations such as the Aldecaldos. Night Corp offered free cyberware protection to anyone willing to work in the worst radioactive areas, where heavy machinery and land-movers were used to clear the hazardous terrain. This operation was finalized in 2052, when the area was finally "free" of radiation. Within the former Hot Zone, construction of a new Corporate Center began immediately, with many corporations around Night City making plans to shift their offices to this new promised land. To celebrate the rebuilding, Reconciliation Park was designed to be located southwest of the new Corporate Plaza, while in the center of the plaza, Memorial Park was planned to remember the victims of the tragic event. With the city now in a steady recovery and the corporations regaining their power, the nomad families, which had been instrumental in the rebuilding process, where pushed out of Night City.
===2060s - 2070s===
Incorporating the renamed Downtown district, as well as other surrounding neighborhoods that had survived the worst of the nuke, City Center soon began to flourish, luring in lots of investors and wealthy residents with the aim of becoming the new heart of Night City's financial and economic power. The construction boom of the 2060s only accelerated the process, with new megastructures occupying what once was a radioactive rubble. The new architecture was a mix of entropic and neomilitaristic styles, becoming the home of some of the most recognizable fixtures of Night City; it was also a sign of the corporations return to power.
In 2070, right after the Unification War, Arasaka was welcomed back to Night City. The megacorp was given permission to construct a new regional headquarters, with them choosing the former site of the Arasaka Towers. After clearing the remaining rubble, the Japanese goliath began rising the new megastructure. In just a span of a few years, the new Arasaka Tower stood as the tallest building in Night City.
Over the following years, City Center served as the showcase of Night City's recovery, a home to gargantuan office towers, upper-class apartment complexes, luxury hotels and restaurants, impressive nightclubs and other similar expensive establishments, all illuminated by the neon glow of the city. Few buildings of the bygone era remained, but luckily for many tourists visiting Night City, the new modern cityscape was begging to be explored. During the day, the City Center streets were full of businesspeople travelling to their office skyscrapers and NCPD officers and corporate security maintaining a strong order. During the late hours, this district truly came to life with its many establishments catering to the nightlife residents. Although the Corporate Center was one of the most secure areas of Night City, the neighboring Downtown had a more intense lifestyle.
By 2077, the City Center still symbolized who held the real power in Night City, with corporates and tourists being the most prominent visitor of this area.
==Database Entry==
==Sub-districts==
*Corporate Center
*Downtown
==Behind the Scenes==
==Gallery==
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Cyberpunk2077-City Center exteriors Corporate Plaza-RGB zk5s0lbm9ep8a8jp.jpg|Concept art of Corpo Plaza
Cyberpunk2077-City Center exteriors Downtown-RGB 3ya1x6o3s13blhy8.jpg|Concept art of Downtown
Cyberpunk2077-City Center exteriors overview-RGB g9wqcpakfgci99gw.jpg|Concept art
Night City 2077 Concept Map 2.png|Early concept map
==References==
Category:Cyberpunk 2077 Districts
es:Distrito Cero
fr:Centre-ville (2077)
ru:Городской центр