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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 3,000-room resort will cease ...
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 was the first new resort to be built on the Strip in 16 years, [31] after the completion of the MGM Grand (now Horseshoe) in 1973. [22] The Mirage was also the first megaresort to open on the Strip, [1] and was the second in the Las Vegas Valley after the opening of the International Hotel in 1969.
“What would The Mirage be without one last volcano eruption?” asked Joe Lupo, property president of The Mirage, as he ended a closing ceremony that drew hundreds of onlookers, including 137 ...
Developed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn, the Mirage opened with a Polynesian theme as the Strip's first megaresort in 1989, spurring a building boom on the famous boulevard through the 1990s. Its volcano fountain was one of the first sidewalk attractions, predating the Venetian’s canals and the Bellagio’s dancing fountains.
Mirage Resorts (formerly Golden Nugget Companies) was an American company that owned and operated hotel-casinos. It was acquired by MGM Grand, Inc. in 2000, forming MGM Mirage (now MGM Resorts International ).
Opening date: October 15, 1993 ... but ultimately failed, to rival a popular Strip attraction, the volcano at the Mirage resort. [66] [74] At the ... closing after ...
The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is closing Wednesday, ending 34 years in business.