The Mirage casino in Las Vegas is closing

Rio Yamat, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino connected nan Las Vegas Strip will unopen its doors this summer, nan extremity of an era for a spot credited pinch helping toggle shape Sin City into an ultra-luxury edifice destination.

The July 17 closure will clear nan measurement for awesome renovations and building connected nan 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen successful 2027 arsenic nan Hard Rock Las Vegas, featuring a edifice building successful nan style of a guitar soaring astir 700 feet (about 210 meters) supra nan bosom of nan Strip.

“We’d for illustration to convey nan Las Vegas organization and squad members for warmly welcoming Hard Rock aft enjoying 34 years astatine The Mirage,” Jim Allen, president of Hard Rock International, said Wednesday successful a connection announcing nan closure.

It will beryllium nan 2nd clip this twelvemonth that a Strip casino shutters. The Tropicana Las Vegas closed successful April aft 67 years to make room for a $1.5 cardinal shot stadium planned arsenic nan early location of nan relocating Oakland A’s.

Developed by erstwhile casino mogul Steve Wynn, nan Mirage opened pinch a Polynesian taxable arsenic nan Strip’s first megaresort successful 1989, spurring a building roar connected nan celebrated boulevard done nan 1990s.

Its volcano fountain was 1 of nan first sidewalk attractions, predating nan Venetian’s canals and nan Bellagio’s dancing fountains. It was known arsenic a venue wherever visitors could spot Siegfried and Roy taming achromatic tigers aliases a Cirque du Soleil enactment group to a Beatles soundtrack.
The last curtain connected nan Beatles-themed show, which brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr backmost together for nationalist appearances passim its 18-year run, besides comes down successful July.

Hard Rock International said Wednesday that much than 3,000 labor will beryllium laid disconnected and it expects to salary retired $80 cardinal successful severance.
The Culinary Workers Union, which has represented astir 1,700 labor astatine nan Mirage since it opened, said successful a connection that nan statement it won past twelvemonth ensures laid-off workers will get $2,000 for each twelvemonth of service. The statement besides gives them nan action of being called backmost to activity and maintaining their seniority erstwhile nan edifice reopens.

“Culinary Union will proceed to guarantee workers are protected and centered successful nan property’s future,” nan connection said.
The Mirage became nan first Strip spot to beryllium tally by a Native American people successful 2022, aft Hard Rock International, which is owned by nan Seminole Tribe of Florida, purchased it from MGM Resorts successful a rate woody worthy astir $1.1 billion.

Hard Rock said astatine nan clip that nan spot would stay unfastened and run nether nan Mirage marque for respective years while it finalized renewal plans.

The Mirage is accepting nary bookings for aft July 14 and said immoderate reservations past that day will beryllium canceled and refunded.