The legal battle between CityCenter owner and operator, MGM Mirage, and the construction company Perini Building Company has been highly publicized. Perini Building is claiming the casino resort empire owns them hundreds of millions of dollars. MGM Mirage has found some fault with the work and is, for now, unwilling to pay their balance. Where this is taking a tragic turn is the work done by and money owed to the subcontractors. Many of the subcontractors hired by Perini Building are local, Las Vegas owned, small businesses. Most of the subcontracting companies have worked on and/or for other MGM Mirage casino projects, and typically have no dispute with them. However, some of the small businesses are saying that if they don’t get paid for their work on CityCenter they will have to close down their business.

Earlier Perini Building invited some of the subcontractors to meet with Nevada Governor, Jim Gibbons. Much was discussed, but little was resolved. Now MGM Mirage wants to hear from the small businesses. This time there will be no government official, but they are asking all of the subcontracting companies who have disputes to come to the table. “We just don’t know who they all are and the total number,” said MGM Mirage spokesman, Alan Feldman. The meeting, which will take place in the Bristlecone Ballroom in CityCenter’s Aria Resort and Casino convention center, will be a chance for the parties involved to discuss the close to $390 million that are in question.

CityCenter’s Chief Executive Officer, Bobby Baldwin will oversee the meeting between the casino giant and the subcontractors. All involved want to see how MGM Mirage plans to settle the dispute with the subcontractors. Both Perini Building and MGM Mirage officials have stated the dispute is between the two major companies. Neither is afraid to fight it out, but neither wants those who worked so hard on the CityCenter project to loose out.

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