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The Mirage Volcano One Last Time!
The Mirage has been sold and the new owners said the world-famous volcano is headed for the scrap heap. So I wanted to go see it one last time.
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Good Bye Mirage, Hello Hard Rock
The famed Mirage resort in Las Vegas is losing its iconic volcano when the Hard Rock takes over in 2023
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MGM Donates Land for 1 October Memorial
It’s one of those things. When I am on a tour, and we drive down the Strip. As we get close to where it happened. Close to Luxor or to Mandalay Bay Resort. Most times, [more…]
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Parking Fees Returning to Las Vegas Strip
As the Michael Douglas character Gordon Gekko stated in the 1987 movie Wall Street “Greed is Good”. And so the wolves of the Las Vegas Strip, most notably MGM, have decided that it’s time to [more…]
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Mondays with Mark – The Vegas Tourist Podcast #300
What is on Podcast Episode #300 Edited script/topics for Monday’s with Mark – The Vegas Tourist Podcast episode 33 (This post is being updated and edited) Why is it called episode number 300 if I’m [more…]
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Did the MGM Sell the MGM ? (video)
A question that has been popping up on the Las Vegas forums a lot lately is asking about the recent news of the MGM being sold. So did the MGM sell the MGM, Mandalay Bay [more…]
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Steve Wynn and Rule #39
Every time a new story about Steve Wynn and the decades-old allegations of sexual harassment makes the news, the famous scene in the movie Casablanca replays in my head. You know the scene. Where Captain [more…]
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Ask: How Many Rooms on That Corner in Las Vegas??
[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bej0dkf7lu8″ title=”Ask The Vegas Tourist How Many Hotel Rooms are on That Corner?” description=”How Many Las Vegas Hotel Rooms are on that corner?” /] Looking down the Las Vegas Strip, at all those tall, [more…]
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What’s Really Driving the Vegas Massacre Conspiracy Stories
On October 1, 2017, Las Vegas became the scene of the worst massacre in Modern American History. From the first moment somebody realized there was a story there, the people with the tinfoil hats got busy [more…]
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CES B*tch Slaps MGM
If only the people it was intended for would get the message. Unfortunately, James Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts International, has proven to be clueless when it comes to knowing who pays the bills at [more…]
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Rock Legend Stevie Nicks to Open The Park Theater
The MGM has announced who gets the honors of opening its newest music venue at The Park MGM. Otherwise know as The Monte Carlo. Rock ‘n’ Roll legend and singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks will be the one [more…]
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Is the Dome Doomed? Not So Sure…..
If you listen or read any of the mainstream or popular Las Vegas-based blogs, media sites or YouTubers, you may think the deal is off. That the idea of using part of hotel room tax [more…]