The Mirage on line casino, which ushered period of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts, is closing
LAS VEGAS — The enduring Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doorways this summer season, the tip 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 best way for main renovations and building on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 because the Arduous Rock Las Vegas, that includes a resort tower within the form of a guitar hovering practically 700 ft (about 210 meters) above the guts of the Strip.
“We’d wish to thank the Las Vegas neighborhood and workforce members for warmly welcoming Arduous Rock after having fun with 34 years at The Mirage,” Jim Allen, chairman of Arduous Rock Worldwide, mentioned Wednesday in a press release saying the closure.
It will likely be the second time this 12 months {that a} Strip on line casino shutters. The Tropicana Las Vegas closed in April after 67 years to make room for a $1.5 billion baseball stadium deliberate as the long run dwelling of the relocating Oakland A’s.
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 the Nineties.
Its volcano fountain was one of many first sidewalk points of interest, predating the Venetian’s canals and the Bellagio’s dancing fountains. It was often 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.
Arduous Rock Worldwide mentioned Wednesday that greater than 3,000 workers might be laid off and it expects to pay them $80 million in severance.
The Culinary Staff Union, which represents quite a few varieties of on line casino and resort staff, 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 Arduous Rock Worldwide, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, bought it from MGM Resorts in a money deal value practically $1.1 billion.
Arduous Rock mentioned on the time that the property would stay open and function beneath the Mirage model for a number of years whereas it finalized renovation plans.
The Mirage is accepting no bookings for after July 14 and mentioned any reservations previous that date might be canceled and refunded.
