Symphony Park

The city of Las Vegas is currently developing Symphony Park , a 61-acre mixed-use urban community located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas. The Symphony Park public-private project is being developed by the city of Las Vegas and its project manager, Newland. This new community is home to some of Las Vegas’ largest economic, cultural, and civic projects, including a park, the two-acre open space core.

The master plan for Symphony Park identifies four distinct districts, organized in a series of small urban blocks with pedestrian-friendly accessibility and featuring street-facing retail and restaurants throughout the community. The four districts are: the Civic District (includes The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the park), the Specialty District (plans for a wide range of hospitality, specialty retail, a hotel/casino), the Residential District (true urban neighborhoods with a mix of high-rise, town homes, live/work condominiums and mid- and low-rise residences), and the Medical Office District (anchored by the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health with other office and clinic space).

The first phase of infrastructure improvements was completed in 2009 and phase IIA began in 2011 and will be completed in 2012. In addition, two key anchors of this community have finished or commenced construction. The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health  was completed in May 2010. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts  is still under construction, opening on March 10, 2012.

The city donated the 4.75-acre site for The Smith Center, a planned multi-theatre complex with a main theatre seating 2,050 audience members. The center, now under construction, will offer a blend of performances by local arts groups as well as first-run touring attractions. It will feature music, theatre and dance companies from all over the world and will be home to the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre. Upon its planned opening in March 2012, this facility will be the first regional performing arts center in the Las Vegas Valley.

On Aug. 11, 2010 officials from the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum  and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced a $56 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation  to the Las Vegas Performing Arts Foundation that will be used to construct the future home of the Discovery Children’s Museum in Symphony Park. The Smith Center will use $25 million of the grant to construct a 58,000-square-foot building and will award another $18 million directly to the museum to complete the building’s interiors and outfit its exhibit halls with completely new interactive exhibits. The remaining funds will construct a parking garage and provide for long-term building maintenance. Current plans call for the museum to open in fall 2012, shortly after The Smith Center’s grand opening earlier that spring. The building housing the Discovery Children's Museum will be called the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center.

The Frank Gehry-designed building of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health  is fast becoming a landmark for Las Vegas and Symphony Park. The highly specialized clinical center is dedicated to advance the research, early detection and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and ALS. The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health started seeing patients in July 2009 with the Event Center still under construction. The entire building is now complete and Keep Memory Alive , raising funds and awareness for the Center, is operating the event space – all revenues will benefit the organization’s commitment to eradicating memory disorders.

The Charlie Palmer , a 400-suite and room boutique hotel, will feature an expansive spa, a Hollywood-style pool, and a signature Charlie Palmer restaurant as well as other alfresco dining.

Newland Communities  plans to develop multiple city blocks in Symphony Park, featuring low-, mid- and high-rise condominiums; live-work units; town homes and other urban-style residences, as well as retail at street level.

The only casino/hotel at Symphony Park will be developed by Forest City . The entire complex is expected to encompass 1.6 million square feet, including a 47-story, 1,000-room hotel and gaming tower with 120,000 square feet of casino space, 90,000 square feet of retail space, restaurants, meeting space, swimming pools and a spa/health club facility.

The Symphony Park site will encompass an estimated 10 million square feet of diverse mixed uses, including office/medical, residential, non-gaming and gaming hotels, retail, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and Discovery Children’s Museum.