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By JENNY SCHEID SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR

April 25, 2013 - 1:04 am

A story about hotel art in Sunday’s Skills That Pay the Bills special section incorrectly stated the amount of money MGM Resorts International spends on art at its Las Vegas properties. MGM Resorts plans to spend $350 million in capital expenditures in 2013, which may include art purchases. Also, in a photo accompanying the story, a sculpture outside Vdara is not part of the CityCenter Fine Arts Collection.

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