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The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is closing Wednesday, ending 34 years in business.
The Mirage’s closure is the second on the strip this year. In April, the 66-year-old Tropicana closed its doors to make way for a 30,000-seat stadium that is expected to serve as the home of the ...
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.
The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 as the Hard Rock Las Vegas, featuring a hotel tower in the shape of a guitar soaring nearly 700 feet (about 210 meters) above the heart of the Strip.
The Mirage's casino measures 90,548 sq ft (8,412.2 m 2). [143] It opened with 2,300 slot machines and 115 table games. [24] A high-limit area was added at the last minute, having been overlooked prior to that point. [15] The Mirage was the first Las Vegas casino to use security cameras full-time on all table games. [144]
In 2007, El Ad Properties purchased the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The company owned the Plaza Hotel in New York City, and announced plans to build a Las Vegas version on the Frontier property. [34] [57] [58] The resort would cost at least $5 billion, [59] [60] and include a 175,900 sq ft (16,340 m 2) casino. The ...
The Mirage-Treasure Island Tram is a temporarily closed 1,000-foot-long (300 m) people mover connecting the adjacent Las Vegas Strip casinos The Mirage and Treasure Island. [2] The tram took about 90 seconds to go from one end to the other, and was free to ride. [3] The tram opened in 1993 along with the opening of the Treasure Island casino. [4]
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 ...