Known as a sturdy concert venue with good bones, the rock hall will have a new name and is undergoing a $7 million face-lift.
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Virgin Hotels Las Vegas President and CEO Richard “Boz” Bosworth says, “Both the Shag Room and The Bar are contiguous ultralounges, similar to Alibi or Clique, but combined.”
MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.
Chuck Bowling has real-time experience in crisis management, having been in place at Mandalay Bay in the arduous recovery from the Oct. 1 shootings.
For a quarter century, Cirque du Soleil has been a Las Vegas Strip phenomenon. That bond is never more apparent than today, as the company leans on Vegas for support.
In a move that would have been unheard of even a year ago, Cirque du Soleil, the Las Vegas Strip’s preeminent production company for more than two decades, has filed for bankruptcy.
The Excalibur will be the next MGM Resorts property to reopen, on June 11, according to a hotel spokesman.
“The response went through the roof,” the owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate said a day after giving away 2,000 flights to tourists across the country.
Entertainment exec Mark Prows said he cried at the news, but he added “my job does not define who I am.”
MGM Resorts International has reportedly laid off several high-level executives in sweeping moves Friday, including a quartet of hotel presidents.
At his touring peak, Garth Brooks played the Thomas & Mack Center for four shows in August 1998. He sold the place out, clean, with a uniformed ticked price of $20.