Las Vegas Vdara Hotel “Death Rays” Burning Guests
Guests staying at the swanky Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas have been complaining about powerful beams of Nevada sunlight reflecting off the glass hotel onto sections of the hotel's swimming pool area that have burned some guests and have melted plastic bags. These rays are being termed “death rays” though they haven’t killed anybody….YET.
From Yahoo News:
The building's concave design creates a sort of magnifying-glass effect. The hotel's designers reportedly anticipated that ill-situated humans might experience some discomfort courtesy of the building's blinding glare, so they placed a film over the glass panes of its many windows. Obviously that didn't quite do the trick. So for now the hotel is placing larger umbrellas in the pool area while designers try to come up with another remedy.
Vdara Hotel employees coined the term “death rays” as a means of describing the intense reflection.
One guest, a Chicago lawyer named Bill Pintas, relayed to Daily Mail how, while lounging out by the hotel pool, his head started to suffer what he described as a “chemical burn” and “within 30 seconds, the back of my legs were burning.”
The property ironically prides itself on its eco-friendly qualities. Perhaps they’ve taken the solar energy concept a little too far.
On the Vdara Hotel website:
Setting a new standard for responsible growth in Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International (which owns the Vdara Hotel) earned six distinct Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certifications for CityCenter™ from the U.S. Green Building Council. At every point, we have taken steps to achieve this goal, including the use of wood products from responsibly managed forests; high efficiency water use, both inside the building and outdoors; alternative fuel options for limousines; and an improvement of more than 30 percent in energy efficiency over standard building codes. Solidifying CityCenter's commitment to sustainability, Vdara has achieved LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
