Mandalay Bay had closed a few floors starting in late November amid a guest slowdown caused by the combination of the holiday season and fallout from the Oct. 1 mass shooting at a nearby music festival. A lone gunman shot at concertgoers from a suite on the Strip hotel’s 32nd floor.
Shootings
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters bring you the latest stories and updates on the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
While analysts who cover MGM Resorts International are reluctant to talk about the company’s financial prospects two months after the 1 October massacre, they’re collectively saying MGM stock would be a good addition to a portfolio.
It was by no means quiet in Mandalay Bay the night of Dec. 1, a Friday. But at certain points that evening, the crowds and energy levels seemed higher in two other MGM Resorts International-owned casinos.
Around dusk on a late November weekday, hundreds of men and women walked through the Mandalay Bay, past empty restaurants just off the casino floor and toward the huge convention center.
Eric Church, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum opened the 2017 Country Music Association Awards with a touching performance honoring the 58 people killed at a country music festival on the Strip last month.
Transportation in Las Vegas came to a halt shortly after a gunman took aim at country music concertgoers along the Strip.
Wynn Resorts Chairman Steve Wynn said his company has a policy of checking on hotel guests who don’t leave their rooms and ask not to be disturbed for more than 12 consecutive hours, Steve Wynn said in a Sunday broadcast interview.
Some lights went out but Las Vegas stayed bright as properties on the Strip and around the valley turned their digital marquees off Sunday night in remembrance of the victims of last week’s massacre.
FBI Las Vegas officials on Sunday announced an item retrieval plan based out of the Family Assistance Center, one week after the deadly mass shooting outside of Mandalay Bay.
Country music superstar Jason Aldean didn’t listen to UFC boss Dana White. And some hospitalized victims of last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas are grateful.