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The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.The resort was developed by Kirk Kerkorian through his company, MGM Grand, Inc. Kerkorian had previously developed another MGM Grand, opened on the Strip in 1973 and renamed Bally's in 1986.
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada. Located near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, it is owned by Westgate Resorts. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino ...
The Fontainebleau Las Vegas is a resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Fontainebleau Development and is a sister property to Fontainebleau Miami Beach, and sits on the 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) site previously occupied by the El Rancho Hotel and Casino and the Algiers Hotel. Ownership and ...
3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South 2,814 December 4, 1973: Caesars Entertainment Western: Martin Stern Jr. Center strip 1973 – MGM Grand 1986 – Bally's 2022 – Horseshoe: Casino Royale Hotel & Casino 3411 Las Vegas Boulevard South 152 July 1978: Tom Elardi European: Center strip 1978 – Nob Hill 1992 – Casino Royale: The Cromwell 3595 Las ...
The remainder of Columbia Sussex's gaming business, reorganized under new ownership as Tropicana Entertainment Inc., promptly sued the Las Vegas property, demanding royalties for use of the Tropicana name. The case was eventually settled, with the Tropicana Las Vegas receiving exclusive rights to use the name in the Las Vegas region, royalty-free.
Circus Circus was the oldest Las Vegas property owned by MGM Resorts. [78] Although 50 years is a long lifespan for Las Vegas casinos, [79] the anniversary went uncelebrated. [78] In 2019, MGM Resorts International sold Circus Circus to Phil Ruffin, owner of the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, for $825 million. [80]
It was the last new resort to be built on the Strip until the completion of Resorts World Las Vegas in 2021. [48] [49] The Cosmopolitan saw favorable reviews upon opening, and the hotel rooms, among the most expensive in Las Vegas, were often sold out. [50] The resort's restaurants and clubs were its most popular features. [51]
Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis and based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death.