{"id":2246509,"date":"2024-05-16T22:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-las-vegas-casino-closing-demolition-scheduled-for-this-year\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:13:12","slug":"landmark-las-vegas-casino-closing-demolition-scheduled-for-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-las-vegas-casino-closing-demolition-scheduled-for-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Las Vegas Casino Set to Close, Demolition Planned in Coming Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flandmark-las-vegas-casino-closing-demolition-scheduled-for-this-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Mirage hotel,\u200d a Las \u200bVegas icon for 34 years,\u2064 will\u2062 close on July 17\u2064 following its sale to Hard Rock International in 2022. The closure will pave \u200bthe\u200b way for the development of a new \u2064integrated resort, featuring a 700 \u200cft. guitar-shaped \u2063hotel on the famous Las Vegas Strip, \u200cscheduled to open in 2027, impacting over 3,000 jobs. The iconic Mirage hotel in Las Vegas, renowned for 34 years, will shut down \u200don \u200bJuly 17 after \u2062being acquired \u200dby Hard Rock International in 2022.\u200b This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-operational-blast-furnace-at-us-steels-plant-is-being-extinguished-indefinitely-mass-layoffs-possible\/\" title=\"US Steel's last blast furnace extinguished indefinitely - mass layoffs likely\">closure \u200bmarks<\/a> \u2062the beginning \u2063of \u2064a\u200c new era\u2063 with the construction of a striking 700 ft. guitar-shaped\u200c hotel on\u200c the Vegas Strip, set to open in 2027, \u2064affecting\u2063 more than 3,000 job positions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 16, 2024 at 4:37pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The Mirage hotel is closing in July, ending a 34-year run as a landmark on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock International said the hotel, which it bought in 2022, will close July 17, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Travel\/mirage-las-vegas-closing-after-34-years\/story?id=110303490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hard Rock Hotel &#038; Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas will take the place of The Mirage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe property will be reimagined and developed into a new integrated resort featuring a nearly 700 ft. guitar-shaped hotel prominently in the center of the famous Las Vegas Strip,\u201d the company said, noting that the new hotel is scheduled for opening in 2027.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The signature design of the new Hard Rock Las Vegas will be a 660-foot-tall hotel tower shaped as guitars, which will be built on the site of Mirage\u2019s iconic volcano that has been a popular attraction since the hotel opened in 1989.<br \/> READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njOqdZkddO\">https:\/\/t.co\/njOqdZkddO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTHtfIxP3o\">pic.twitter.com\/vTHtfIxP3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reviewjournal\/status\/1790864743437357285?\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank the Las Vegas community and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-patriot-jovan-pulitzers-team-is-being-shot-at-after-they-were-given-directive-to-identify-fraudulent-ballots-in-fulton-county\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Patriot Jovan Pulitzer\u2019s Team Is Being Shot At! \u2013 After They Were Given Directive to Identify Fraudulent Ballots in Fulton County\">team members<\/a> for warmly welcoming Hard Rock after enjoying 34 years at The Mirage,\u201d Chairman of Hard Rock International Jim Allen said.<\/p>\n<p>In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dangers-digital-age-las-vegas-cyber-attack-cripples-massive-hotel-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Strip<\/a> lost another icon when The Tropicana Las Vegas closed just before its 67th anniversary. The Tropicana is supposed to be the site of a baseball stadium that will be the future home of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-las-vegas-casinos-strike-big-deal-super-bowl-days-away-three-still-facing-painful-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland A\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">END OF AN ERA: The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xbrj2IL5XT\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xbrj2IL5XT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c3H83SrdxW\">pic.twitter.com\/c3H83SrdxW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7\/status\/1790890091835183523?\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever been to Las Vegas?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Mirage was opened in 1989 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-las-vegas-strip-resort-display-eleven-pieces-art-major-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">casino<\/a> mogul Steve Wynn, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/16\/business\/mirage-las-vegas-closing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MGM Resorts bought the hotel from Wynn in 2000. In 2022, Hard Rock International bought the property for over $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The closing will cost more than 3,000 people their jobs, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mirage-casino-closing-las-vegas-hard-rock-8596aed7ea41859471af720265b963b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Culinary and Bartenders Union accounts for about 1,700 workers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-05-16\/las-vegas-mirage-resort-to-fade-away-after-34-year-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported. Union members will have a choice between taking a severance package of $2,000 for every year of service plus six months of pension and health benefits or a lower payout that preserves seniority rights for new jobs in the new hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCulinary Union members at The Mirage have a strong union contract, ensuring that workers are protected, even as the property closes its doors entirely for three years from July 2024 \u2013 May 2027,\u201d said Ted Pappageorge, Culinary Union secretary-treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>The new hotel expects to hire almost 7,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Resort President Joe Lupo told the staff Wednesday about the closing, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-columns\/kats\/mirage-a-landmark-strip-resort-prepares-to-vanish-3051360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really are encouraged about not only the future of Las Vegas, but how Hard Rock and Seminole Tribe can play a role in helping to develop that and grow the market,\u201d Lupo said. The Seminole Tribe owns Hard Rock International.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut today is a tough day for a lot of people. Our priority is the well-being of those individuals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mirage hotel, a Las Vegas Strip landmark for 34 years, will close on July 17, following its acquisition by Hard Rock International in 2022. 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