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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.
A final blast from The Mirage's signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort ...
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 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.
“We’d like to thank the Las Vegas community and team members for warmly welcoming Hard Rock after enjoying 34 years at The Mirage,” Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International, said Wednesday in a statement announcing the closure. It will be the second time this year that a Strip casino shutters.
Wynn's first major casino on the Las Vegas Strip was The Mirage, which opened in November 1989. [2] It was the first time Wynn was involved with the design and construction of a casino, and he financed the $630 million project largely with high-yield bonds issued by Michael Milken . [ 3 ]
The Mirage casino resort will close its doors in July 2024. 'A new era' The hotel is known for its man-made Mirage Volcano spewing fire and water since the hotel’s 1989 opening.
At the time of its closing, the Castaways had 228 rooms and 650 employees. [74] It was scheduled to be demolished in the months ahead to make way for Wynn's new resort, [75] which opened as The Mirage in 1989. The Mirage's northern edge on Las Vegas Boulevard occupies the former Castaways property. [76]