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Three MGM Properties To Return To 24/7 Operation

Feb 18, 2021

MGM Resorts International has announced plans to resume 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operations at three of its Las Vegas resorts, beginning March 3. 

Mandalay Bay, Park MGM and the Mirage have been operating with mid-week closures due to decreased visitor numbers.

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Siegfried Fischbacher Dies At 81

Jan 14, 2021

Siegfried Fischbacher, one-half of the iconic Siegfried and Roy duo that performed on the Strip for five decades, died l

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Mandalay Bay, Mirage Closed Mid-Week

Nov 23, 2020

The hotel towers at Mandalay Bay and The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip will be closed Mondays through Thursdays starting November 30.

The hotels will most likely revert to regular hours in January.

The plan is to close at noon on Monday and reopen at noon on Thursday.

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The Mirage Joins Las Vegas Hotels Open After Coronavirus Hiatus

Aug 27, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Mirage resort on the Las Vegas Strip has reopened for the first time since casinos closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Magicians Remember Roy Horn

May 14, 2020

Roy Horn, one half of the animal and magic act Siegfried & Roy, helped revolutionize Strip entertainment and paved the way for other Las Vegas illusion

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MGM Says Coronavirus Patient Stayed At Mirage

Mar 11, 2020

MGM Resorts International announced Wednesday that one of the people in Clark County that tested positive for the novel coronavirus stayed at the Mirage.

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Rapper Fetty Wap Likely To See Charges Tossed In Las Vegas Fight

Jan 29, 2020
A judge has agreed to dismiss charges against Fetty Wap stemming from a fight last year at a Las Vegas hotel if the rapper stays out of trouble.
 
Court records show an attorney for Fetty Wap entered into the agreement with prosecutors Monday to toss the misdemeanor battery
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Mirage Casino Turns 30

Nov 26, 2019

It has been 30 years since the Mirage Casino-Resort opened its doors becoming the first of a new brand of mega-casino in Las Vegas.

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Rapper Arrested After Alleged Assault Of Employee

Sep 03, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap was arrested after allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel.
 
Police say the 28-year-old whose real name is Willie Maxwell was arrested Sunday morning on three counts of battery.
 
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The Big Gamble

Dec 27, 2018

When the Mirage opened in 1989 — a collage of the best ideas in resort tourism — it transformed the Strip, the gaming business, and Las Vegas.

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Mirage Volcano Creator Being Inducted Into Gaming Hall Of Fame

Sep 26, 2016

If megaresorts have helped drive Las Vegas’s success and growth, Don Brinkerhoff can take some credit.

Brinkerhoff is a landscape architect and founder of Lifescapes International.

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Mermaids and Mermen

Aug 08, 2011
"The Little Mermaid" may have been a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, but for some people, it's the real deal.  We talk to people who perform as mermaids and mermen in aquariums around the world.
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Terry Lanni (1943-2011)

Jul 19, 2011
Former CEO and Chairman of MGM Mirage, Terry Lanni, passed away on Thursday. In a long career on the Strip, he headed two major casino operators: Caesars and MGM Mirage.
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Freedom Riders

Apr 26, 2011
PBS documentary series, "American Experience" has made a new documentary looking at the Freedom Riders - the civil rights protesters who challenged Jim Crow laws. The Freedom Riders faced violence, resistance and racism as they tried to make a statement against inequality.
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