Later, he created Oyamel (Mexican), Zaytinya (Greek, Turkish, Lebanese) and, in the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas, China Poblano (Mexican-Chinese, of all things).

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Alexopoulos created a multi-channel digital animation exhibit for the Torrence Art Museum and a site-specific commission for the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Mr. Eichner made a comeback with a number of successful projects and embarked on his largest-ever project in the recent boom: the giant Cosmopolitan Resort Casino hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Wicked Spoon, the all-you-can-eat operation at the relatively new Cosmopolitan (every casino hotel in Vegas has a buffet restaurant) actually changed the paradigm of this pretty standardized dining style.

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If the Armani Hotel aesthetic (or price) is too over the top for you, there is the contemporary, cosmopolitan (and less expensive) 244-room Address Hotel nearby.

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