Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino story
In the 1960s, part of the area that would later be occupied by the Bally's Resort was owned by the Three Coins Motel. In late 1971, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) bought the Bonanza casino-hotel and began construction. The hotel tower was completed in 1973. In December of that year, the MGM Grand Hotel opened. The architect of the building was Martin Stern, Jr. The interior inside was and still is luxurious, you can count hundreds of chandeliers, various statues and marble columns. The 26-story tower had 2,100 rooms. At the time, the hotel was one of the largest in the world.
In 1980, a fire broke out at the MGM Grand in the casino restaurant. It is ranked among the worst high-rise fires in U.S. history. As a result of this emergency incident, 85 people died. After this incident, the resort was temporarily closed. The reopening took place in July 1981. The buildings were renovated and the gaming area was expanded to 4,600 square meters.
In 1995, the monorail was opened. Also that year, the Bally's Avenue Shoppe shopping area was introduced. A former movie theater was converted into a gymnasium. In 2000, the rooms, casino, restaurants and meeting rooms were renovated and modernized. In 2013, the south tower was remodeled, new restaurants were added, and the casino was improved. Later that year, construction began on the Grand Bazaar shopping area, which opened in 2015.
In May 2018, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, which owns the resort, completed the renovation of rooms and suites in the north Resort Tower.
The complex has been featured in many shows and movies, such as "Jubilee!", "Hot Shots!", "Honeymoon in Vegas", "Leaving Las Vegas", the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" and other movie masterpieces.
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