Diversity News =>> Sustainability MGM’s CityCenter Creates Unprecedented Opportunities for Minority-Owned Firms Document: | Video: | Podcast: | Font Size: Small Medium Large Among the 200 minority-owned firms that helped build MGM Mirage’s CityCenter in Las Vegas were a Detroit-based general contractor who expanded his business to the city after auto industry contracts dried up, a local electrical supply firm that nearly doubled in size and a drug screening company that was specifically born out of the project. From building architecture and design, LEED consulting, engineering, to information technology and waste removal, minority-owned firms were involved in virtually every major discipline employed in the development. In all, MGM Mirage and Perini Building spent more than $700 million in construction and design contracts with minority-owned firms throughout the five-year CityCenter project. “In many cases, these contractors increased the size of their firms as well as their bonding capacity and gained a wealth of valuable experience in the process,” said Bobby Baldwin, president and CEO of CityCenter. Login or Subscribe to access full content. Tags: Corporate Sustainability in a World of Diverse Suppliers A Winning Strategy: Anticipating and Managing Disruptive Innovation Minority Businesses Need to Be Eco Sharp