LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doorways this summer time, the finish of an era for a property credited with serving to remodel Sin Metropolis into an ultra-luxury resort vacation spot.
The July 17 closure will clear the method for main renovations and building on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 as the Onerous Rock Las Vegas, that includes a lodge tower in the form of a guitar hovering practically 700 ft (about 210 meters) above the coronary heart of the Strip.
“We’d prefer to thank the Las Vegas neighborhood and workforce members for warmly welcoming Onerous Rock after having fun with 34 years at The Mirage,” Jim Allen, chairman of Onerous Rock Worldwide, mentioned Wednesday in a press release asserting the closure.
Will probably be the second time this yr {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 future residence of the relocating Oakland A’s.
Developed by former on line casino mogul Steve Wynn, the Mirage opened with a Polynesian theme as the Strip’s first megaresort in 1989, spurring a constructing increase on the well-known boulevard via the Nineties.
Its volcano fountain was one of the first sidewalk sights, predating the Venetian’s canals and the Bellagio’s dancing fountains. It was referred to 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 closing 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.
Individuals watch the Volcano present at the Mirage hotel-casino alongside the Las Vegas Strip, Could 13, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Picture/John Locher, File)
Onerous Rock Worldwide mentioned Wednesday that greater than 3,000 staff shall be laid off and it expects to pay out $80 million in severance.
The Culinary Employees Union, which has represented about 1,700 staff at the Mirage because it opened, mentioned in a press release that the contract it received final yr ensures laid-off employees will get $2,000 for every year of service. The contract additionally offers them the choice of being known as again to work and sustaining their seniority when the lodge reopens.
“Culinary Union will proceed to make sure employees are protected and centered in the property’s future,” the assertion mentioned.
The Mirage grew to become the first Strip property to be run by a Native American tribe in 2022, after Onerous Rock Worldwide, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, bought it from MGM Resorts in a money deal price practically $1.1 billion.
Onerous Rock mentioned at 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 shall be canceled and refunded.