Aria has numerous features spread across .
Gaming Aria includes the only casino at CityCenter. Its of gaming space features
slot machines,
table games, and a
race and sports book. Aria's
poker room contains 24 tables. The Ivey Room, named after poker player
Phil Ivey, opened in May 2010 as an exclusive one-table high-limit poker room. It gave
high roller players direct access to the cashier's cage and 24-hour table-side dining, and would be the location for the highest stakes games at Aria. In February 2019, it was renamed Table 1. The Aria poker room also hosts events for the
World Poker Tour (WPT). In July 2014, the inaugural WPT500 was held at Aria and attracted 3,599 entrants. It was held around the same time each year until 2019. During
season 16 (XVI) of the WPT, Aria would host two additional events: the inaugural WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic and the season-ending $25,000 buy-in WPT Tournament of Champions. In
season 17 (XVII), the WPT ARIA Summer Championship replaced the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic. In May 2018,
Poker Central opened the PokerGO Studio at Aria. The facility was built to host live poker events distributed on the poker streaming service
PokerGO. Notable poker tournaments and cash games held at the PokerGO Studio include the
Super High Roller Bowl,
Poker Masters,
U.S. Poker Open,
Poker After Dark, and
High Stakes Poker. The studio is open to the public on an event-by-event basis.
Hotel Aria's hotel includes two
curvilinear glass
towers. The second tower is 10 stories shorter than the main one. The hotel contains 4,004 rooms, including 568 suites. Based on room count, Aria is among the largest hotels in Las Vegas. Some of its suites are referred to as Sky Suites, ranging in size from . A renovation of the Sky Suites and Sky Villas was unveiled at the end of 2021.
Restaurants Aria opened with more than a dozen restaurants, It is one of only nine restaurants in the United States that serve genuine
Kobe beef. Other restaurants at opening included American Fish by chef
Michael Mina, and a Chinese restaurant known as Blossom. Aria also featured Lemongrass, the first
Thai cuisine restaurant to be opened on the Strip.
Julian Serrano Tapas was a
tapas restaurant named after
its chef, and
Esquire included it among the "20 Best New Restaurants in 2010". It closed in 2025. Another restaurant, Sage, featured chandeliers, floor-to-ceiling murals, and a seasonal menu. It was operated by chef Shawn McClain, McClain departed Aria in 2020. Sage did not reopen, following
COVID-19-related closures earlier that year, and Five50 was renamed Moneyline Pizza & Bar. In the former Sage space, Tao Group opened Cathédrale in 2023. The Mediterranean restaurant seats 266 people and was designed by
Rockwell Group, with artwork by
Vhils. It is the second Cathédrale location, after opening in New York City in 2019.
Masa Takayama oversaw two restaurants, including Bar Masa and Shabu. The latter, also known as Shaboo, operated within Bar Masa. Shaboo closed in 2012 and was replaced by a new restaurant-within-a-restaurant from Takayama. Known as Tetsu, it focused on the
teppanyaki style of Japanese cooking. Bar Masa and Tetsu closed in 2018 and were replaced by
Catch, a $7 million seafood restaurant opened later that year. Catch is known for drawing celebrities to its New York and Los Angeles locations. Union Restaurant & Lounge was replaced by a Mexican restaurant,
Javier's, in 2012. The restaurant's design includes a canopy made of ropes that hangs over the bar area. Several new restaurants were added in 2015, including
Carbone, which serves Italian-American food. Another new restaurant was Herringbone, which served seafood. It closed in 2020 and was replaced by Salt & Ivy Cafe.
Din Tai Fung opened its largest U.S. restaurant at Aria in 2020. Upon its opening, Aria also included a buffet, which proved to be popular. It closed in 2012 for remodeling, The buffet had previously featured an abundance of tiling, prompting customer comparisons with a bathroom. Executive chef Shawn Smilie said, "We used to have these tiles everywhere, and people said it reminded them of a shower. That had to change". The remodel replaced most of the tiling with wood and also added brighter colors. including a pizza restaurant by DJ
Steve Aoki. The resort's food and alcohol are stored in off-site and on-site warehouses.
Nightclubs Aria is popular among young adults, particularly for its nightlife. According to Aria president
Bobby Baldwin, "Haze was a good nightclub. It wasn’t a great nightclub, and it got to the point where we needed to close it and create a great nightclub". Haze closed in November 2014, making way for a new nightclub known as Jewel, designed by Rockwell Group and operated by Hakkasan Group. Jewel opened in May 2016. It is small compared to other Las Vegas resort nightclubs, with capacity for 1,923 people. Aria also included the Gold Lounge by
Cirque du Soleil, built to accompany the resort's
Viva Elvis show. Gold Lounge's design was inspired by
Graceland, the home of
Elvis Presley, and it made extensive use of black and gold in its décor. Gold Lounge underwent a $4 million renovation in 2015.
Artwork and water attractions statue at one of Aria's entrances Hung behind the hotel's check-in desk is
Maya Lin's
Silver River, a sculpture of the
Colorado River. Made of reclaimed silver, it measures and weighs 3,700 pounds. Located at the valet area is
Vegas, an LED art installation by
Jenny Holzer. It measures 280 feet long, 18 feet tall, and features more than 200 "
Truisms" by Holzer that scroll by, to be read by guests waiting for their vehicles.
Vegas was added to brighten the dark valet space. Aria features three water attractions designed by
WET. A traffic circle is located in front of Aria's south entrance, with a fountain in the center. Known as Lumia, the fountain features programmable water streams which collide with each other, changing colors in the process. Also located near the south entrance is Focus, a curved water wall made of stone imported from India. Focus is one of the largest water walls in the world. Latisse, an indoor water wall made from a series of glass panels, is located at Aria's north entrance. It was designed by Joel Berman and rises 40 feet. A four-story expansion of the convention center was completed in February 2018, after nearly two years of construction. It cost $170 million and added , taking the place of the resort's showroom. When Aria opened, it included the largest spa of any MGM resort. The spa and salon covers two floors, and a coed balcony attached to the spa overlooks an outdoor infinity-edge pool. Aria's pool deck measures and features acacia, bottle, palm and pine trees. includes several pools and DJ entertainment. Liquid Pool also opened with a small restaurant, Breeze Café, which has since closed. In 2012, a new, larger resort sign was added along
Interstate 15, located behind Aria. Another sign, created by
YESCO, was erected along the Strip in 2013. Standing 250 feet, it is the tallest sign on the Strip. It includes a LED screen with 11 million pixels. ==Shows==