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The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.The resort was developed by Kirk Kerkorian through his company, MGM Grand, Inc. Kerkorian had previously developed another MGM Grand, opened on the Strip in 1973 and renamed Bally's in 1986.
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.
Kà is a show by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kà describes the story as "the coming of age of a young man and a young woman through their encounters with love, conflict and the duality of Kà, the fire that can unite or separate, destroy or illuminate."
MGM Grand Adventures was a theme park adjacent to the MGM Grand, a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The theme park and resort were both developed by MGM Grand, Inc. Construction began in October 1991, and both projects opened on December 18, 1993. MGM Grand Adventures originally occupied 33 ...
MGM Grand Las Vegas, the current MGM Grand in Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena; MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park; Horseshoe Las Vegas, a property previously named the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino from 1973 to 1985 MGM Grand fire, a major disaster that occurred at that hotel in 1980; MGM Grand Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, now Skycity Darwin
MGM had plans to build a resort complex on the property named MGM's Grand Hotel, after the 1932 MGM film Grand Hotel. [27] [28] A groundbreaking ceremony with celebrities was held on the 43-acre (17 ha) property on April 15, 1972. [29] [30] [31] The hotel tower was topped off in early 1973, [32] and the Bonanza was demolished that year. [3]
The company's background can be traced to 1969, when airline and casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian bought a controlling stake in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio. [15] In 1970 and 1971, Kerkorian struggled with debt from his acquisitions of MGM and Western Airlines, and was forced to sell a majority of his casino company, International Leisure, to Hilton Hotels at a steep discount.
The Michelob Ultra Arena, formerly the Mandalay Bay Events Center, is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. [1] It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, and was opened on April 10, 1999.