Tatiana the architectural critic

So Tatiana has been mighty curious about City Center, the latest addition on Las Vegas Blvd. Taking up a large chunk of space too, City Center consists of a few buildings, some not finished yet. From the outside it looks great, nice design, interesting, dark but silvery kind of coloring. The Louis Vuitton store has a great display.
Finally Tatiana went to Aria last night, the part of City Center that is a hotel/casino. Huge disappointment. The first thing she thought is that it looks like many of the underground subway stations in Sweden, seriously! Cold, trying to be artsy/futuristic. Sharp lines, benches made of stone, shiny tile/stone floors. Very uninviting. Tatiana expected the subway to arrive any time.
Tatiana went exploring with her friend Mikey, he thought it looked like a large convention center.
Tatiana did like the floor outside the theater where they will show ELVIS by Cirque Du Soleil, Tatiana wants to see this show btw. The floor was dark blue and glittery. Tatiana wants flooring like that in her hallway. Besides that, there was some kind of cafe that looked interesting, that's it. Tatiana has no desire to come back here.
Encore on the other hand, looks GREAT. Encore is the hotel/casino next to the Wynn. Really nice warm colors, lots of red. Tile and mosaic floors with butterfly and flower motif. Smells great. It was probably Elaine Wynn that was behind the design here, definitely a place for women. And where the women go, the men follow. Tatiana loves Encore.