Caesars Entertainment Corp. has opened North America’s largest soundstage just off the Las Vegas Strip to lure production companies to the desert.
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Accompanied by a blast of green and gold confetti and “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley, MGM Resorts International executives on Tuesday tossed gravel with gold-colored shovels to kick off construction of a $130 million conference center expansion at the MGM Grand, a key piece in a larger south Strip strategy.
MGM Grand will next week start expanding its conference center, adding the equivalent of five football fields, as its seeks to capture a larger portion of the city’s lucrative trade show industry.
By Thursday, rooms on two floors at Planet Hollywood will be back on the market, ending a nine-month project to renovate all of the hotel’s 2,496 rooms.