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AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, and its instantly recognizable volcano, is soon shutting down after more than three decades in business.
The iconic Mirage resort was perhaps best known for its exploding 54-foot man-made volcano, magicians Siegfried and Roy, white tigers and dolphins. Las Vegas' Mirage Resort to close after 34-year run.
The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is closing Wednesday, ending 34 years in business.
The Mirage was the first megaresort to open on the Las Vegas Strip, and its success prompted a building boom in the 1990s for other large resorts along the Strip. The Mirage opened with several non-traditional attractions for a Las Vegas casino, including animal habitats for dolphins and tigers, and an indoor tropical forest display.
Mirage Resorts purchased the Dunes and its golf course in November 1992, and closed them both a couple months later. [4] [6] In May 1994, Mirage and Gold Strike Resorts announced a joint venture to build a then-unnamed resort on part of the former golf course. [5] [7] The Desert Rose was also purchased and demolished to make way for the resort ...
The Mirage Motel's above-ground pool gained immediate attention from filmmakers after it was built. [4] At the time of the Glass Pool Inn's closing, Trent Othiel, the owner of a local movie production company, said about the pool: "It screams Las Vegas, it's so eye-catching.
Read more:Las Vegas' Mirage Resort to close after 34-year run. Volcano to go dormant . Players must be 21 or older and need to use the Mirage’s Unity card, a players rewards program, while gambling.
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