Posted on: December 19, 2022, 02:08h.
Final up to date on: December 19, 2022, 03:13h.
On Sunday, a day earlier than MGM Resorts formally handed The Mirage over to Arduous Rock Worldwide, the MGM’s Mirage Twitter account bade its followers adieu. It additionally requested them to answer with their most memorable moments spent there.
When Steve Wynn opened The Mirage in 1989, it was essentially the most luxurious property within the historical past of Las Vegas. (Picture: poolmagazine.com)
A whole bunch of replies had been acquired. About half the commenters name-checked points of interest they are going to miss when the resort turns into Arduous Rock Las Vegas. The preferred was The Mirage volcano, which is being eliminated to assemble a guitar-shaped lodge tower. One Twitter consumer linked to a change.org petition to save lots of the volcano, which at the moment has 10,050 signatures.
Subsequent in recognition was Cirque du Soleil’s “The Beatles Love” present, which isn’t anticipated to outlive the transition to the Arduous Rock. Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Backyard and Dolphin Habitat, which was completely closed final month, got here subsequent. Twitter consumer @Nunney2584 reported her most memorable expertise as being a “coach for the day w/dolphins,” calling it “the most effective experiences of my life.” Till, she claimed, she came upon later about “the lodge’s unlucky report” with animals.
Siegfried & Roy’s magic present, which ran from 1990 till Roy’s assault by a white tiger in 2003, was one other in style reminiscence. Twitter consumer @PikaGaag wrote that she talked about seeing the present all through her childhood. Then, for her sixteenth birthday, her dad and mom “fulfilled that dream and the legends themselves got here down earlier than the present to fulfill me,” she wrote. “Relaxation in peace, Siegfried & Roy.”
Some remembrances had been humorous. Twitter consumer @DavidLaRue79 claimed that, on his go to to the Secret Backyard: “The Siberian white tiger was superior, till he peed on me via the fence.”
Twitter consumer @timinvegas chosen for his most memorable second “celebrating with hundreds of different LGBTQIA+ professionals on the 2022 @OutandEqual Office Summit!” He did admit that “the time I noticed Beatles Love after I was on percs for a messed-up knee” took a “very shut second.”
Tearful Goodbyes
Different followers responded with deeply private tweets. Twitter consumer @mikesamonek recalled that “when my dad was sick and I used to be his caretaker, I took him to Vegas twice and we stayed at Mirage, and … usually had the sort of father/grownup son late-life bonding expertise that solely exists in motion pictures.”
Twitter consumer @CiaoArt reported an identical expertise along with his father in April 1994: “We stayed per week at The Mirage and had a good time. He hit a royal flush at one of many poker machines within the on line casino bar. A pair [of] months later, my dad handed away.”
Twitter consumer @ColoNative74 recalled seeing actor Chevy Chase being escorted in to shoot a scene for the 1997 film Vegas Trip.
Different followers took the solemn alternative to precise their anger over the sale. Twitter consumer @YepJustKatieC known as it “such a travesty,” including that “Arduous Rock can chew me.” Twitter consumer @Prefer_Vegas wrote: “It ought to have been Excalibur or Circus Circus,” not The Mirage. “Or have it constructed from the bottom up as an alternative,” added @AlexJSpendlove, who posted a screenshot of a Fb submit from Diana Engelhardt calling the transition, “The dumbest thought anybody may probably consider.”
A small minority of followers claimed to haven’t heard in regards to the sale in any respect till MGM’s closing Mirage tweet.
“What’s taking place??” wrote @joefilm.
Properly, @joefilim, one of the crucial closely reported takeovers in Las Vegas historical past turned official as of 6 a.m. Monday, December 19. The acquisition of the Mirage from MGM Resorts by Arduous Rock Worldwide was permitted on Friday, December 16 by the Nevada Gaming Fee.
The resort is anticipated to proceed working beneath the identify Mirage, which Arduous Rock leased from MGM, for a minimum of one other yr. No determination has but been made about whether or not or when to shut the resort through the transition.
