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It's not just the rooms that are getting downgraded either. So will the CityCenter opening festivities. The Las Vegas Sun reports today that the opening festivities for CityCenter in December won't be as huge of a blowout as it could have been. Given that the economy is not what it was when CityCenter was conceived, MGM Mirage is looking to tone-down the celebration.

Oh and because MGM Mirage nearly went bankrupt funding the construction of this place before partnering up with Dubai World and later, barely scraping by to finish the city within Sin City, we're guessing that spending even more money to throw a party just doesn't look very classy.

The Sun reports:

“We struggled to find the right tone,” MGM Mirage spokesman Alan Feldman said. “To do something grandiose doesn’t feel right with the economy.”

How to be extravagant without seeming wasteful?

One scenario the company rejected was put forth by a company that helped create the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, for example. Not that the festivities will be solemn. There will be fireworks, thousands of invited guests, hors d’oeuvres and champagne. But the real money, Feldman said, will go into marketing rather than an over-the-top party.