The Mirage on line casino, which ushered in an period of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts within the ’90s, is closing
LAS VEGAS — The long-lasting Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doorways this summer time, the top of an period for a property credited with serving to rework Sin Metropolis into an ultra-luxury resort vacation spot.
The July 17 closure will clear the way in which for main renovations and building on the 80-acre property, which is to reopen in 2027 because the Exhausting Rock Las Vegas, that includes a resort tower within the form of a guitar hovering almost 700 ft above the guts of the Strip.
“We’d wish to thank the Las Vegas neighborhood and staff members for warmly welcoming Exhausting Rock after having fun with 34 years at The Mirage,” Jim Allen, chairman of Exhausting Rock Worldwide, mentioned Wednesday in an announcement asserting the closure.
Developed by former on line casino mogul Steve Wynn, the Mirage opened with a Polynesian theme because the Strip’s first megaresort in 1989, spurring a constructing increase on the well-known boulevard by way of the Nineties.
Its volcano fountain was one of many first sidewalk sights, predating the Venetian’s canals and the Bellagio’s dancing fountains. It was generally known as a venue the place vacationers might see Siegfried and Roy taming white tigers or a Cirque du Soleil act set to a Beatles soundtrack.
The ultimate curtain on the Beatles-themed present, which introduced Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr again collectively for public appearances all through its 18-year run, additionally comes down in July.
Exhausting Rock Worldwide mentioned Wednesday that greater than 3,000 staff will probably be laid off and it expects to pay them $80 million in severance.
The Culinary Staff Union, which represents quite a few forms of on line casino and resort employees, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the closure.
The Mirage turned the primary Strip property to be run by a Native American tribe in 2022, after Exhausting Rock Worldwide, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, bought it from MGM Resorts in a money deal price almost $1.1 billion.
Exhausting Rock mentioned on the time that the property would stay open and function below the Mirage model for a number of years whereas it finalized renovation plans.
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