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The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (later Bally’s, now Horseshoe Las Vegas, and unrelated to the current MGM Grand Las Vegas), located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
New fire-safety rules were implemented in Las Vegas following the MGM Grand fire (1980) and Las Vegas Hilton fire (1981). In 1985, the Dunes was one of seven hotels that failed to comply with the new safety rules, receiving six citations.
It remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. history. At the time of the fire, approximately 5,000 people were in the hotel and casino, a 26-story luxury resort with more than 2,000 hotel rooms. Just after 7:00 on the morning of November 21, 1980, a fire broke out in a restaurant known as The Deli.
Gaming operations began to shut down that morning, followed by the full closure at 12:00 p.m. [198] [199] It was the largest resort to close on the Las Vegas Strip since the Sands Hotel and Casino in 1996. [200] Long-time customers found the Stardust more personable compared to newer resorts, and they turned out in thousands for the resort's ...
Mary Lescano Paguada, 43, who was on vacation in Las Vegas freom San Antonio, Texas, to celebrate the New Year at Trump International Hotel, told NBC News she heard an explosion in the early morning.
Davis purchased an 8% interest in the casino and became the first Black person to own a share in a major Las Vegas Strip hotel. Mel Tormé and Eddie Fisher performed at the Tropicana.
At 8:39 a.m., the driver parked the truck in the porte cochère of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas where it exploded and caught fire. [6] The first reports of a fire were received two minutes later. [7] First responders arrived within four minutes and extinguished the fire within an hour. [8]
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others, and the FBI was investigating ...