End of a three-decade era As of yesterday morning, the operations of the Mirage in Las Vegas is owned by Hard Rock International. On Monday, MGM Resorts International that its sale of the renowned casino-hotel to Hard Rock for $1.075 billion in cash was completed. The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns Hard Rock International,… Read more »
“Love” made me fall in love I have been aware of The Beatles all my life and of course have enjoyed their music, but it wasn’t until 2006 that I actually became a Beatles fan. Until then, the Beatles were more of just a background soundtrack to me. For instance, “I Saw Her Standing There”… Read more »
The volcano outside the Mirage casino is one of the iconic landmarks of the Las Vegas Strip. Along with the entrance to the Flamingo and the Bellagio fountains, you can pretty much count on the volcano being part of a montage in a movie scene where friends are driving on the Strip for the first… Read more »
Breaking ten tables Though Las Vegas is close to getting “back to normal” after being a ghost town for much of last year, not everything is all sunshine and rainbows. To wit: the Planet Hollywood Resort poker room is set to close on July 11. Less than week for the room’s fans to get in… Read more »
Forever dark According to a report from CardsChat, three MGM properties on the Strip – the Mirage, Excalibur, and Mandalay Bay – are closing their poker rooms for good. All of the card rooms have been closed since mid-March, when casinos in Nevada were ordered to shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Casinos were… Read more »
As the Grateful Dead once said, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” Then again, you could say that about pretty much every season of the World Poker Tour! Over the next week, the WPT will wrap up its Season XVI schedule with two tournament stops at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas,… Read more »
