Mirror Mirror on The Wall; The Mirage Casino is the Most Beautiful of Them All
The MGM Mirage Incorporated now owns more than half of Las Vegas' and Macau's casino hotels and the list is still increasing every year. Let us take a look into one of the first grand hotel of Steve Wynn's creation which was later bought by the MGM Inc.; The Mirage Hotel and Casino.
The Mirage Las Vegas casino hotel was opened in November 1989 as the first hotel that was build with the money of the Wall Street. The developer and creator of the Mirage was Steve Wynn who now owns the Venetian Las Vegas and Macau and the famous Wynn casino hotel and resort in both Las Vegas and Macau. The overall construction cost was $630 million and it was the first hotel where actual gold was used in the process of tinting and decorating windows and walls. In fact, the construction was considered very expensive during that time and developers thought that it would take years to pay off the loan, but the Mirage was a huge success and brought the construction cost back into the bank after 18 months.
The casino at the Mirage Las Vegas has a total casino area of 100,000 square feet and impresses with a total of 2300 slot machines and other machines. The casino also is host to 24 poker tables and 129 other table games. The Mirage Las Vegas casino also has Racebooks and Sportsbooks available for your sports or race bets.
The Mirage casino and hotel has five distinct attractions. The first attraction being the White Tiger habitat that was established by show magicians Siegfried & Roy who used to have their shows at the Mirage casino hotel until Roy was attacked by one of his White Tigers. White Tigers are a very rare species and the Mirage casino hotel is maintaining their habitat very well. The second attraction is the Cirque de Soleil permanent production called LOVE.
The third attraction of the Mirage casino hotel is the Mirage volcano which erupts every evening around 7 p.m. and the so-called lava that spews from the volcano has a special pina colada smell. This attraction is for free and can be viewed by anybody who happens to be at the entrance of the Mirage casino hotel by that time. The other two attractions are the dolphins and other aquatic animals which are located in a huge aquarium behind the front desk, and the tropical forest which is also called the secret garden of the Mirage casino hotel.
The Mirage casino hotel is the biggest attraction in Las Vegas and you will definitely not get bored with the multitude and variety of offers that can be found in the Mirage casino hotel.