Park MGM, Resort and casino in Paradise, United States
Park MGM is a hotel tower with gaming facilities and entertainment offerings in Paradise, an unincorporated community south of Las Vegas within Clark County, Nevada. The building rises 32 stories and houses nearly 3,000 rooms along with gaming floors, restaurants, and a large theater for concerts and performances.
The resort opened on June 21, 1996, as the Monte Carlo, its Belle Époque design based on the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. A rooftop fire on January 25, 2008, closed the 32-story hotel for three weeks. MGM announced a rebrand in June 2016; the Monte Carlo name changed to Park MGM on May 9, 2018, and a renovation costing over $550 million concluded that December.
The Monte Carlo name referred to the casino in Monaco, but that reference was visible mainly on the facade; interiors carried no notable design features of that theme. The resort's long-running headliner was magician Lance Burton, who performed in the 1,200-seat Lance Burton Theatre from 1996 to 2010. His theater made way for the Park Theater, which opened in 2016 and seats 5,200.
The resort sits on the Las Vegas Strip and is reachable on foot from neighboring hotels both day and night. Visitors find signage inside directing them to restaurants, gaming areas, and the theater, making it easier to navigate the building.
In September 2020 the resort banned smoking in all indoor areas and became the first major casino on the Las Vegas Strip to implement such a policy. Other gaming properties along the street still allow smoking throughout much of their gaming floors.
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