MGM Grand

Lester Creative played a formidable role in the multi-million-dollar refurbishment of the front entrance to the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, a design created by Dougall Design Associates.

Working as the hotel operator' representative, the staff of Lester Creative provided project management, technical direction and quality control for the attractive new gateway to this entertainment complex on the Vegas strip, directing the efforts of dozens of artistic and technical specialists.

Lester Creative's work was featured
in the industry magazine, "Desktop Engineering"

The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is sporting a new look these days.

The elegant new entrance, developed under the technical direction of Lester Creative, Inc., includes a 45-foot tall bronze lion, the largest bronze cast statue in the United States.

Lester Creative's work on the MGM Lion is featured in the magazine "Desktop Engineering"

The 90,000-pound lion was cast in 1600 individual pieces of half-inch-thick bronze plate, welded together and supported by a structural steel internal armature. The lion was fabricated by Snell Johnson of ART Enterprises in Scottsdale, Arizona. It's the second largest bronze in the world.

The refurbishment includes 18 state-of-the-art LED screens, ranging in size from 600 to 3,000 square feet. Fifteen have been installed outside the casino, and three are inside. The boards have three to four times better resolution than incandescent displays, and use significantly less electricity than traditional lighted signs. The signs were created by Display Ad Nevada.

Front corner of the New MGM Grand

CAD Rendering of Lion Sculpture Framework

Eleven bronze-finished fiberglass statues complement the lion outside the MGM Grand. The winged figures of Atlas-like men holding 16-foot diameter bowls are about twice life- size, 10 feet tall in their kneeling position. Each of them houses brilliant light beams that project skyward.