Aria

A cynic could have easily arrived at a "seen one, seem 'em all" conclusion when it came to Las Vegas sportsbooks over the past decade.

Although varying in scale and grandeur, the vast majority of sportsbooks unveiled in the city since the late 1990s followed the same basic outline. But that's not the case with the book at Aria, which opened in late 2009.

MGM Resorts International took a with the sportsbook at CityCenter. Some love it. Some loathe it. But it undeniably brought some originality, something the Las Vegas sportsbook scene desperately needed.