The Mirage will open the new year by shutting down totally from Mondays through Thursdays, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.
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MGM Resorts Internatioal CEO Bill Hornbuckle says of reopening Park MGM, “Without Park Theater being open, it’s a challenge. That is the venue that drives that property.”
MGM Resorts International has not announced the retail, restaurant and entertainment amenities planned for The Mirage’s opening.
MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.
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.