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Shark Reef was developed with help from the Vancouver Aquarium. [4] It was built at a cost of $40 million, and was opened on June 20, 2000. [5] Shark Reef received its 1 millionth visitor in May 2001, and had generated $10 million up to that point. [6] It was accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2003. [7]
In 2002, Mandalay Bay sought approval from the U.S. and Chinese governments to import two panda bears for exhibit at the resort. [32] [33] [34] The property would build a glass-domed structure for the animals, next to the resort's Shark Reef aquatic attraction and away from the casino floor. The panda exhibit would generate up to $50 million a ...
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Mandalay State Beach [1] [2] is a protected beach in the city of Oxnard, California, United States. Managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation , [ 3 ] the park preserves an area of undeveloped sand dunes and wetlands that was once common along the 16.5-mile-long (26.6 km) coastline of the Oxnard Plain .
The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose arena within the MGM Grand resort, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.The venue opened on December 31, 1993, with a concert by Barbra Streisand, [2] [3] [4] and subsequent concerts by Luther Vandross, Anita Mui and Janet Jackson.
The Mandalay Bay Tram is a Cable Liner Shuttle installation consisting of an elevated 2,749-foot-long (838 m) guideway with two completely independent shuttle systems running side-by-side. [4] The guideway alignment passes above street level at a height of between 16 and 26 ft (4.9 and 7.9 m). [ 4 ]
As the name suggests, the Reef Lagoon is a reef-themed environment. It houses a variety of smaller sharks alongside rays and other fish. [8] Guests can view both the Shark Lagoon and Reef Lagoon from a series above ground viewing areas as well as through four 10-by-3-metre (32.8 ft × 9.8 ft) underwater viewing windows. [8]
Skyvue was originally announced as being planned to be 476 ft (145 m) tall, [3] [7] but was later reported to potentially be 490 ft (150 m) [5] or 500 ft (152.4 m). [8] [9] [10] Approved by Clark County Commission in March 2011, [11] it was announced at a media event and groundbreaking ceremony in May 2011 by Howard Bulloch of Compass Investments, who stated "we expect it to be up and running ...