Hudson Yards — the West Side’s $20 billion real estate development — is set to open with a bang this month after six years of construction.

We hear Anderson Cooper will kick off the festivities March 14, walking through artist Thomas Heatherwick’s stair-filled, 150-foot-tall honeycomb-shaped sculpture “Vessel.”

The celebration will also feature hometown talent such as DJ Paul Sevigny, and dance collectives Waffle NYC and Syncopated Ladies, and serve as the opening day for stores including Neiman Marcus and Cartier, and restaurants by Thomas Keller and José Andrés.

The area then opens to the public on March 15.

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