Trump International Hotel & Towers, Las Vegas

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Trump's first project in Las Vegas, in partnership with Phil Ruffin, owner of the Frontier Hotel. Project originally planned for only one tower, but when first tower sold out within days, trump plans a second identical tower next to the first one.

Website: www.trumplv.com
Tower 1 Height: 189m/620ft' - 64 floors
Tower 2 Height: 197m/645ft'
Type: Condominium/Hotel
Exterior: Glass blended with 24k gold.
Cost: $300 million (tower 1)
Opening Date: Early 2008, possibly late 2007 (unlikely)
Architect: Bergman, Walls & Associates
Builder: Perini Building Company

1282 units
1 Restaurant

Interesting Facts:

*True to Trump's style, he builds a $3 million TEMPORARY sales center on Las Vegas blvd, the most expensive ever in Vegas and possibly most of the country.

*The windows actually contains 24K gold to help reflect the desert heat.

*A basketball team is rumored to own an entire floor in tower 1.

*Trump has bought himself a penthouse in tower 1.

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Location of Tower in City
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Trump and Frontier Hotel Owner Phil Ruffin at Groundbreaking Ceremony.
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Some current construction photos by SSC member Don Pacho:

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gold. =.=

shiny....

It's about 40 stories tall right now.

Here's a night shot I took about a month ago
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for a trump building, the tower actually looks really good imo. im still on the fence about the gold glass tho, looks a bit tacky.

thats sick tho that hes building 2 towers. when is the 2nd slated for construction?

Don't know the exact date, but in January they say it'll play a big role in the new Apprentice season. Guessing the winner will get to mange the tower's construction or something. How's that for advertising?

Needless to say it'll sell out in days and construction won't be far behind.


Trump tower taken today.

Time: Near noon.
Looking at eastern face. Notice the Nordstroms across the street from the tower being illuminated with Trump's rays of gold.
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Trump's 3 million dollar sales center.
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Western face of tower, taken early morning. Distance of 1 mile. The tower seems much bigger then it looks even up close.
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im still on the fence about the gold glass tho, looks a bit tacky.



I would say so, but how can anything look tacky in Las Vegas? If it were in a somber city it would be an incredible eyesore, but it should blend in nice in the gaudy skyline of LV.

The Mandalay Bay resort, with two towers, all 3 towers of the MGM condo complex and the Mirage resort are gold as well. It's nothing new or unusual here.

Still I do think Trump has taken gold to the max. Ironically fitting for someone like him.

!!FATAL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT!!

Just heard on the tv news that construction work was stopped tuesday at around 11am on the Trump tower after a worker fell five floors down an elevator shaft due to equipment failure.

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5774501&nav=8faO

Deaths are never a good thing. OSHA will probably be investigating it and construction is likely to be halted for a while. I hope it's just bad luck as opposed to them skipping safety procedures or rushing the construction.

Deaths arn't unheard of however. One or two workers have been killed before building other megaresorts such as Bellagio back then.

This is one of my favorite buildings! I just love the gold windows, it looks so classy!

The best facade in the world.

Las Vegas needs a lot more skyscrapers i think

Trump LV is one of the most acttractive buildings in the world. Even in a city as tacky as Vegas (though it's changing into a more livable city), Trump LV stands out. A very hard thing to do espically seeing as how Vegas has alot of gold towers already.

Nice building, Las Vegasis always in a continues changes that make the city better everyday, I've never been there but I think it would wonderful to be there.

Find the Tower
Can you see it? :)

Many have wondered why he would stick his tower all the way behind the Frontier hotel's property, no one would see it right? Wrong. Being tall as it will be, it will peek out right over the Treasure Island hotel, and is perfectly aligned with the Strip such that his tower will appear to be looming directly north of nearly half of the Strip.

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Someone died building my high school gym.

seems like Mandalay Bay

If the facade of this buildling is as shiny as I think it is (and how it looks in those sweet pics) wouldn't it almost be a driving hazard to those on the Strip? I mean, if the sun hits it just right, that could blind some drivers if it reflects into their eyes. Maybe the orientation of the tower would prevent this from happening though. Just a weird thought I had.

Haha you would think so but then if it is the Wynn is guilty too, I've seen that thing reflect the rays of the sunset pretty strongly. But Trump's gold windows will probably be 10x more blinding then Wynn's reddish copper.

Don't get me started on the Luxor and Mandalay Bay those things reflect as well big time. I guess people will just have to deal with it.

When the Luxors windows are clean theyre cool but theyre always dusty when I come to Vegas

If the facade of this buildling is as shiny as I think it is (and how it looks in those sweet pics) wouldn't it almost be a driving hazard to those on the Strip? I mean, if the sun hits it just right, that could blind some drivers if it reflects into their eyes. Maybe the orientation of the tower would prevent this from happening though. Just a weird thought I had.
Yep :uh:

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One of the best Trump photos taken by Mdiederi in the evening, notice in this photo the Wynn is actually the one reflecting that is in turn reflected by Trump.

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Give in to the GOLD...

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Taken today...

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That isn't the sun shining on this Nordstorm's store...
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It's from...
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Triump!!!

Someone died building my high school gym.

Thats really saddist. I love the facade of the building. The golden colour of the building reminds me of the wrapper of a chocolate. :yes:

The gold on the tower looks great :okay:

appropriate glass colour

Looking good so far

Found this photo of the model, so thought I'd post it here.

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^ So that's how they plan on cleaning the windows! ;)

Counted 50 floors today.
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Cannot wait..

Probably the best cladding of any tower.

Taken today...

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from Vegas's Chinatown
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That tower is beautiful, just like gold.

It's growing fast :)

That looks cheap and nasty.

With all due respect to your opinion, I disagree. This tower looks awesome.

Current Level
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The glass exterior even appears to change a bit due to lighting conditions. Even on cloudy days like today, the gold still shines.

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The sun peeking through the clouds in this shot...
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Backside of tower.
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It's the epitome of Las Vegas - all glitz.

Coming and going.
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Hard to see old Stardust go.

But everything comes to an end sooner or later. Although perhaps Trump may wish for his buildings to last forever...

Very nice looking have this tower, with the gold facade.

Shot yesterday.

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has it topped out yet?

wow, had no idea this one was going up so fast!

im not sure if i like the design, but it sure does scream vegas!

Awesome facade. :cheers:

So wats happing at the site bros....its been a lil while now an no new pic updates...what gives?

Did Trump just decide to stop with the one tower? Or is he still going to build the other one?

The buildings are cool but Trump bothers me, he´s too full of himself

He can afford to be full of himself. Lol.

In this story about the pending New Frountier sale, (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Mar-21-Wed-2007/business/13295159.html) they mention that "an announcement on an identical 1,282-unit second Trump tower is expected to be the focus on the April 8 episode of "The Apprentice," Trump's reality television series."

Finally Vegas is going up more... in a beautifull way of gold! Like this one!

So wats happing at the site bros....its been a lil while now an no new pic updates...what gives?

Ask and you shall receive.

Tower's placement in skyline, taken February.
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Morning shot.
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Cloud reflections
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Profile shot.
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The most recent photo:
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As I heard someone refer to it, the "Golden Popsicle" is an impressive golden monument that shows the Donald's made a presence for himself in vegas.

Surprisingly, my observations near and far tells me the tower seem a lot taller the farther you are from it. From up close it doesn't seem that tall at all, although it's still huge. Maybe the tower's width causes this.

Good update

In this story about the pending New Frountier sale, (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Mar-21-Wed-2007/business/13295159.html) they mention that "an announcement on an identical 1,282-unit second Trump tower is expected to be the focus on the April 8 episode of "The Apprentice," Trump's reality television series."


Well the first time I read this I thought it read that the second tower would be 1,282 feet.

The golden brick is topping out, finally...

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Shot this one this morning when I stopped by the LVT site.
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I quite like this building; however, I don't want to stand near it to catch the sun's reflection from it, it will be HOT.

Trump Las Vegas tower II will be shown on trump's Apprentice show tonight. It should look like tower one but may have changes in room count inside.

Trump Tower II is now revealed to have to first ever Trump branded restaurant. The 2nd tower, while identical, will also not be positioned directly east of the first one but to the northeast, to preserve views to the west. Similar to how the old WTC towers were positioned.


TOWER PITCH GOES PRIME TIME

Second tower of Trump International takes reservations day after 'The Apprentice' airs

By HOWARD STUTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL

The first tower of Trump International, above, was fully reserved by the time the project broke ground in July 2005. The second tower will begin taking reservations today, a day after a prime-time plug.
Photo by Gary Thompson.

As sales were rapidly closing on the 1,282 units in the $500 million Trump International Hotel & Tower last summer, Jack Christie began thinking about the project's second phase.

Christie, vice president of sales and marketing for Trump International, was exploring ideas and a timeline for accepting reservations to purchase units in the development's planned second tower when he discussed the matter with his boss, New York billionaire Donald Trump.

"'Maybe I can help,'" Christie recalled Trump saying.

Four days later, a Trump jet landed in Las Vegas and off stepped the six remaining candidates vying for a $250,000 a year job with the developer as part of the NBC reality television series "The Apprentice," which was filming its sixth season in Los Angeles.

Along with "The Apprentice" contestants came more than three dozen cameramen, lighting and sound technicians, and other television production personnel who spent a day capturing the candidates interacting with Christie and New Frontier owner Phil Ruffin at the under-construction Trump International.

The episode aired Sunday night and Trump sales agents began accepting reservations for one- and two-bedroom units in the new tower today.

"Not a bad way to announce the next phase," Christie said of the hourlong episode that centered around the Trump International. "The Apprentice" candidates were tasked with creating a marketing program for the second tower. Christie and Ruffin, who gave up seven acres in the back of the 38-acre New Frontier site for the Trump International, were to help select the winner.

Ruffin, who struck a joint venture deal with Trump on the first tower, wasn't sure a second condo-hotel tower was a good idea, until he saw how quickly sales took place. After that, it didn't take much convincing to partner up the second land parcel, he said.

"The Trump International has been great for the property," said Ruffin, who wants to redevelop the New Frontier into a $2 billion Swiss-themed resort. "When the interest was so strong on the first tower, it made sense to do the second tower."

The episode marked the second time Trump has used "The Apprentice" to promote his Las Vegas venture. In the second season finale, winner Kelly Perdew was offered a job at the Trump International, but instead chose a position in Trump's New York corporate headquarters.

Trump, in an interview from New York, said the second tower "will be almost identical to the first tower," which is expected to top off at 64 floors sometime this month. The new tower will also contain 1,282 units.

He said escalating construction costs have raised the price of the second tower to $625 million, giving the project a total value of more than $1.1 billion.

"Las Vegas has been very good to me, and we had such good response with the first tower that I expect to have the same response with the second tower," Trump said. "To me, it's the brand. The Trump name is the hottest thing, and that's why all my projects are doing well."

Christie said the first tower was fully reserved by the time Trump International broke ground in July 2005. Since that time, reservations have been converted to sales contracts. As of last month, roughly 20 units were still available.

He said reservations on the second tower require a deposit of $10,000 per unit. The overall sales prices were still being determined, Christie said.

"We have a priority list of about 200 to 300 names that we feel confident will pay the deposit," Christie said.

Trump said he expected to break ground on the second tower sometime in 2008 after construction finishes on the first tower. He said the project is four months ahead of its building schedule.

Since Trump International began construction, other high-rise condominium projects have been announced and faltered. Others, such as the four residential offerings at MGM Mirage's $7 billion Project CityCenter, are on track.

Christie, who has toured the CityCenter sales pavilion, said competition is good for the Trump International.

"Every time something doesn't proceed, people call me to get our opinion," Christie said. "Other projects are good for us because that means the market is successful."

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Nice tower,,

The tower looks much better now that I have seen these pics... I saw the Apprentice last week and I guess it was taped a while ago since the building had very little height. I was worried the gold wouldnt look so good but it looks great in these pics.

NOTE: If anyone wants to see the episode its available online at NBC.com

I like the color of this building. Gold isn't my favorite color but when you go to Las Vegas you're generally looking for gold. :)

taken by a trumplv sales rep
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finally an official twin tower render shown on the website.
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Did you guys watch the aoorentice this week they where talking about it.
Shows some videos and inside looks

Gold facade looks very luxuries.

Any word on sales for Tower 2? Its been almost a week since the episode aired.

^^ Bruce Hiatt said sales are going stronger than expected. He also said that brokers who had strong sales in tower 1 were allowed to start reserving tower 2 a month ago.

has it been topped out? it looks good, though, I'm kinda hoping that the second tower will be higher. I don't really want them to be twins lol.

The gold is fine but the giant "Trump" lettering on the top is tacky.

NICE BUILDING......surprised that the glass was even put around the sides of the cranes....Trump you risky BAssTarD you...HAHAHAHAHA

The gold is fine but the giant "Trump" lettering on the top is tacky.
He wants to make sure that the 42 million visitors coming to Vegas each year will see his name when they go down LV Blvd.

Shot this from way down south by the entrance to the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay. You can see that the upper floors of Trump will have a spectacular view of the entire south end of the Strip.

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I used to think Treasure Island was huge lol

If there's one thing the Donald knows, it's views.


Reminds me of his Trump Intl. Hotel and Tower in NYC. Which has the address "One Central Park West" and has views of Central park.

When the nearby Time Warner Center was built and falsely stated that they were located on One Central Park (it is officially 10 Columbus Circle), Trump put a huge banner on his tower, located in front of the Time Warner Center with big letters saying

"Your views aren’t so great, are they?"

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Don't like that gold color, but the tower is tall enough;)

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have they started work on the second tower yet?Or are they just focusing on finishing the first one before they start the second one.

wow gold glass skyscrapers...just what i LOVE!!!

wow gold glass skyscrapers...just what i LOVE!!!

I have to say it does reflect Las Vegas very well ;)

Apparently Trump designed it himself...
The cladding is brilliant!

I envy the size of that guy's wallet.

Here's a request (http://dsnet.co.clark.nv.us/dsnetapps/agendaweb/Data/P0212199.htm) for a strange floor numbering system for the Trump towers.

The standard method for numbering residential towers in the Las Vegas Valley is that the floor number corresponds to the level of the floor within the building. The units on that floor are then numbered corresponding to the floor in which they are located. For example, Floor 3 would be the 3rd level of the building and the units on that level would be numbered 301, 302, 303, etc. With this application, the applicant is requesting to deviate from the standard numbering system to allow an alternative floor/unit numbering system for the Trump Towers project. According to the applicant, during the design process, it was determined that the final height of the tower would be 640 feet high. Because of this, the top level of the building was assigned Floor 64. The numbering then proceeded down the building, ending with Floor 16 as the first level with condominium units. Below this level are 8 floors containing offices, recreation areas, parking and the lobby. If the building were numbered in the standard way, the first level of condominium units would be Floor 9 and the highest floor would be Floor 57.

It also says that the building will be operated as a hotel with a front desk and that the application process for Tower II has already started.

so how do you want them to count, 1 floor lobby, 6 floors parking, 8 floor office, ect...come on dude, they threw up 64 floors, why not count them all?

I have heard that in some trump tower they skipped like 10 floors on the elevator panel to make the higher floors higher numbers.... but i dont think that is happening here.

they threw up 64 floors, why not count them all?
They only built 57 floors.

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Was this an archtiectural design the Trump had sitting in a file cabinet since the 1980s?

Its very tacky, but it should fit into the tacky skyline of Las Vegas just fine.

The Frontier just sold today (http://www.lvrj.com/news/7530232.html).. At 1.2 billion dollars that comes to 33 million dollars per acre. The Frontier parcel contains the land that Trump is built on, but that land was not included in the sale and will continue to be a joint development between Ruffin and Trump. The rest of the Frontier land will become a 5 billion dollar mixed use development anchored by a Plaza Hotel patterned after the Plaza Hotel in New York.

"Donald has already heard about the deal, and he was thrilled to death," Ruffin said. "This is going to be a really good deal for the towers, and it will help them out tremendously."

It's ironic that Donald Trump himself bought the Plaza in New York for $407.5 million in 1988. And sold it at a loss for $325 million in 1995.

He stated:

I haven't purchased a building, I have purchased a masterpiece — the Mona Lisa. For the first time in my life, I have knowingly made a deal that was not economic — for I can never justify the price I paid, no matter how successful the Plaza becomes.

Now a new Plaza is coming to Vegas and being built next to his Trump Towers.

Its donald trump, so are they using REAL gold on the facade of the building?

there is a building in Toronto with a REAL gold facade, and I quite like it.

wow i like the golden windows of the trump towers

Its donald trump, so are they using REAL gold on the facade of the building?

there is a building in Toronto with a REAL gold facade, and I quite like it.

Yeah there's real 24k gold mixed in the glass.

Superb!! BRING on the GOLD!:banana:

Absolutely great news. A Golden tower, possibly even two. Twin towers always look much better. I'm so gonna stay there if i visit Las Vegas some day. That gold is so Las Vegas -style (and Mr. Trump especially)

Its a condo.

It's also a hotel.

This building wouldnt look good in any other city.

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Some towers in sydney count the underground floors as well so the flat start on floor 10 when they are really on on the 3rd floor

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What's the status on tower 2?

Construction starts in 2008.

the tower looks okay to me ;) :cheers:

This thing looks like crap to me :cheers:

Glass in now placed all the way up to the last two floors of the building. Still no sign of the white crown yet. They have slowed down quite a bit since the topping of the tower.

Mr. Trump loves gold and that's the reason why he wanted it to be gold colored. I really hope he will have the other golden Trump II tower built next to that one. Two looks much better. And gold isn't tacky in Vegas, it fits there! :)

If the white crown around the top goes only to the top of the frame, then it won't be as tall as in the renderings with the glass as high as it is. So I'm guessing the white part will extend taller than the frame.

i had the privelage to go t vegas and see all the construction first hand. it is amazing! although i hate the way trump towers facade looks, the building demensions, i love! why does trump make things so gaudy?! this is not meant to be rude, because i love vegas, but it fits right in. everything is overdone in vages, but thats what makes it vegas. its extravagant and glamorous!

Golden Trump sounds good :lol:

This is a really interesting article about Trump's involvement level in his tower.


Trump's personal touch pays off in Las Vegas
By Brian Wargo / Staff Writer

If anyone had any doubts about Donald Trump being a hands-on guy when it comes to any of his projects, talk with Richard Rizzo.

The vice chairman of Perini Building Co., which is building the Trump International Tower & Hotel in Las Vegas, said he was surprised at Trump's request to participate in the process when Perini seeks bids from its subcontractors.

Normally, a developer relies on Perini to solicit bids and get the lowest prices possible for its building projects and make recommendations.

In an unusual request, Trump wanted to review every bid that went out and have the ability to contact the subcontractor and negotiate an even better price. Rizzo said he felt a little uncomfortable about the request since that's his company's job, but he ultimately agreed to it as long as any contact was kept professional.

Trump went through every bid package and contacted every subcontractor on the job.

"He picks up the phone and calls the lower bidder and says, 'This is Donald Trump. Can you do better? I am about to award you this contract, but I am not sure you have given me your best shot here.' Son-of-a-gun, if he doesn't get another 1, 2, 3 or 4 percent out of it,' " Rizzo said.

Rizzo said he apologized to Trump, saying he felt embarrassed that Trump was able to do that and his firm wasn't.

"He said, 'Don't be embarrassed at all. It's just my name,' " Rizzo said. "He said, 'My name will carry the day, and I want to use it to my advantage.' I would have never believed that you could pick up the phone and call somebody and ask them to cut your price by whatever and get them to do it after they had already been beaten over the head a few times by us."

Rizzo said some subcontractors said no to Trump's request. Someone cut their price as much as 5 percent, he said. Trump's phone calls cut about 2.5 percent off the price, he said. That's worth nearly $9 million on $350 million in bids to subcontractors, Rizzo said.

"It was certainly worth his effort. I guess if you got a call from Donald Trump out-of-the-blue (it would have the same effect). Egos are big in this business. There are a lot of Type A people and they love to be the biggest and the best. They can tell people they talked with Donald Trump. I guess they are willing to pay the price for that, I guess," Rizzo said laughing. "I would have never believed it that he could do it, but there are a lot of people enamored with who he is and the image he has created for himself."

Rizzo also pointed out how Trump picked out the marble and certain finishes for his project.

"He gets involved in a lot of details I would have never thought he would have," Rizzo said. "It is his name he puts on it. It is his trademark, and he wants to make sure there is a level of quality that reflects the level of his name."

Trump hasn't announced any other projects in Las Vegas beyond his second tower, but Rizzo said he wouldn't be surprised if Trump remains active in the market.

"He has been so successful," Rizzo said. "His name is one that attracts investors."

The Tower's crown is being installed as of today.
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Almost done!

Awesome!!! I didn't know about the second tower, I knew about the Trump tower in las vegas years ago but not two!!

Nice updates! Even though Trump isn't one of my favorite towers, it'll add to the skyline. I was driving past it today and it looked like the white cladding is all installed except for one side, and there's already a "T" on one side too.

Mr. Trump loves gold and that's the reason why he wanted it to be gold colored. I really hope he will have the other golden Trump II tower built next to that one. Two looks much better. And gold isn't tacky in Vegas, it fits there! :)

Trump is the typical rich person... always trying to show off their money, it almost makes me sick. You don't ruin a perfectly good tower by making it gold to show off the size of your wallet.

The entire T R U M P sign on the south facing crown has been completed. It's nothing extraordinary, but does the job. I reckon the letters in the renderings were made a bit bigger you know, just because.

Trump is the typical rich person... always trying to show off their money, it almost makes me sick. You don't ruin a perfectly good tower by making it gold to show off the size of your wallet.

You know how many billionaires act, many rich people are sickening.

But I have to admit I quite like the color of the building.

From waaaay south you can read his name on top.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/rump.jpg

From the north
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/rump2.jpg

don't like these two at all. trump has done a better job in chicago.

After the seeing the completed south side of Trump with the name for a few days now, I must say, it looks damn nice.

Still don't like the base but oh well not like I'm gonna see that anyway looking from over a mile away.

Wonder how long till he turns the letters on so I can see it at night.

Don't worry I havn't turned into a die hard Trump worshiper.... yet :)

I'll even tell his secret, the tower is within direct walking distance of a "love boutique" store. I'll let you figure out what kind of stuff this store sells and if future Trump residents will utilize it often...

They started adding the facade to the podium
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/t2-2.jpg

And here's a hero shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/t-1.jpg

^^ Wow!! Another great pic... I like how the way the sky is reflected on the glass.

They're finally filling in the two gaps in the glass from the construction elevators on the north side.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/T-2.jpg

wait so the last fill in is the north facade or is there work to be needed to be done on the opposite side?

the other side is complete... you can see it in post #122. ^^ above

Taking down the last crane.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/t-3.jpg

mdiederi has anyone ever said you take amzing pics :cheers:

becuase you have amazing pics

More Pics pls

fuckin nice...great pics dude!!

Just a random shot of its decimated neighbor.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/UrbanDebris.jpg

this tower has really grown on me. I was scepticall about the color of the glass, but I think it fits perfectly with its surroundings and the color of the desert.
impressive

Trump by Night
Taken 12.18 by the-G-man
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2121670592_67d7ffc089_b.jpg

Wow great! I normaly don't like the gold, but it looks so good!

When are they going to start to build tower 2? The first tower looks great, I can't imagine how good it will look with two towers!

A great pic courtesy of BrianFey: http://dangie.com/fey/veg0208/index.html

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/WKirkwood/Skyscrapers/LasVegasTrumpTower646222008.jpg

I bet the strip views are spectacular...I wish I could afford a condo here!

Trump opened today.
http://www.globest.com/news/1126_1126/lasvegas/169517-1.html

Room rates for the 1,282-room resort start at $349 per night and run as high as $5,000 per night.

Has tower 2 started yet?

Has tower 2 started yet?

I have read that the second tower won't be built any time shortly because of the slowing down of the economy. So give the second tower at least a couple of months (the recession should be a max of 18 months).

This is perfect for Las Vegas. I think it would tacky any place else but Las Vegas is America's playground.

I sure hope they build it's twin...

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u270/heyyoucharlie/DSCN0091.jpg