July 27th, 2006
MGMGrand.com site revamped
The MGM Grand Las Vegas revamped site went live yesterday.
It was designed by Diesel in Canada. Diesel does a lot (maybe, all?) of the Cirque Du Soleil materials (print, web, etc). They did a really nice job on the MGM Grand site and made good use of Flash 8 and FLV video.
It still has some glitches, but seems to work pretty well. I’m kinda surprised they went with Flash 8 considering its install rate is still under 70%. While they are using SWFObject, it doesn’t appear they are providing alternate content and it fails most horribly if JavaScript is turned off (rare.. but still worth watching out for).
Anyhow.. I think the design is very slick and the video work done (compositing, 3d, etc) is very very cool. Even with the glitches and few issues I mentioned, I’d still give it an A because I know they will get them ironed out soon enough.
One Response to “MGMGrand.com site revamped”
Quite good. I like how the interview/walkthrough videos are part of the actual content as well. Makes the site fit together well.
By Renaun Erickson July 27th, 2006 at 11:26 pm