“The Ugly” is the nickname that locals have given the City Center Construction pit.

If you say “I walked past The Ugly yesterday”, most people here know what you mean.

Not that it’s always going to be that way. Eventually it’s going to be a really bitchin property.

As of now though, it looks like ass.

I rarely get this vantage point because unless I am going to/from LA, I just don’t use the freeway in this town.

Since it either takes you to Summerlin or Henderson, there is really no point.

That is why there is so much road rage on our freeways.

People realize that they will soon be in either Summerlin or Henderson, and they are looking for someone to take it out on.

Anyway, I found myself on the slab, and this is what the monstrosity looks like to arriving/departing tourists from Southern California.

What a greeting.

On a more positive note, my favorite billboard in the city is located directly beside The Ugly’s exit.

While you may think it is my favorite billboard because of its semi-nudity, you are wrong.

I think it’s incredibly ballsy the way Tao perpetuates the stereotypes of not only an entire gender, but also an entire ethnicity … all on the same billboard.

In this day and age of political correctness run amok, you just have to give them props for this one.

Rumor has it that they will be replacing the text at the left to “Owww Me So Hawwwwny … Me Rov You Wrong Time”.

Frankly, I’m looking forward to it.