Refimprove date May 2009 A Megaresort is a type of Destination hotel destination resort which is of an exceptionally large size, sometimes featuring large scale attractions casino , golf course , theme park , multiple accommodation s . The hotels along the Las Vegas Strip are most typically thought of as megaresorts owing to their immense size and complexity. Las Vegas hotels Two projects in Las Vegas metropolitan area Las Vegas in 1969 and 1973 ref name UNLV Xanadu history cite web url http gaming.unlv.edu Xanadu history1.html title The Hidden History of the Xanadu format html work University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research quote Two Martin Stern, Jr. Martin Stern designed and Kirk Kerkorian built casinos, the International Hotel Las Vegas International later Las Vegas Hilton and MGM Grand Hotel and Casino MGM Grand later Bally s Las Vegas Bally s had just raised the bar in casino hotel design. Whereas previous casinos had featured modest, low slung motel wings or mid rise hotel extensions, these two structures opened with over 2000 rooms and suites located in mammoth hotel towers. These two projects boasted virtually every feature of what is today canonical casino resort construction a single complex combining casino, dining, and entertainment facilities with a massive hotel. ref ref name UNLV Xanadu Stern cite web url http gaming.unlv.edu Xanadu MartinStern.html title Remembering Martin Stern, Jr. Architect of the Modern Casino Resort format html work University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research quote Martin Stern, Jr. Stern s most enduring contribution ... resorts. After the International and the MGM Grand, the first megaresort is generally considered ... Island and it s upcoming sister park in Dubai . At Genting Highlands Resort, it is considered a megaresort ... the categorization Megaresort . On the Las Vegas Strip div col 2 Wynn Las Vegas and the Encore Las Vegas ... Parks and Resorts Category Resorts by type es Megaresort id Megaresor ... more details
A vacation spot may be a Park see also Wilderness other Tourist attraction s a Bed and breakfast a Luxury resort a Megaresort a Resort town a Seaside resort a Ski resort a Tourist trap See also Lists of tourist attractions Tourist attractions in the United States Tourism disambig ... more details
about the casino on the Boulder Strip the casino Castaways casino The Castaways hotel and casino was a hotel and casino located at the north end of the Boulder Highway Boulder Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada . The hotel consisted of a 19 story tower containing 445 rooms, a convert 80000 sqft m2 sing on casino and an adjacent RV park . History The property opened in 1954 as the Showboat Hotel and Casino , a locals casino with a riverboat theme. The hotel was successful until the 1990s when it suffered the same fate as the downtown casinos, which were losing business to the new megaresort s on the Las Vegas Strip . Many visitors also believed that this casino was located on the Strip since the exterior of Harrah s Las Vegas resembled a showboat . The Casino complex also was home to the Showboat Sports Pavilion, famous worldwide during the mid to late 1980s as the home to ESPN broadcasts of the American Wrestling Association AWA and roller derby International Roller Derby matches. The Pavilion would later be converted to a bowling alley. The Showboat was sold in March, 2000 and took on the Castaways name along with a south seas theme. The new owners never did well and according to the Associated Press , the facility was crippled by a downturn in tourism that occurred in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks . They lost the hotel to the mortgage company when they could not make the required payments. The mortgage company finally sold the hotel at auction to Station Casinos Inc. Station Casinos . Castaways closed for the last time in 2004. Demolition began in July 2005. On January 11, 2006, the structure was fully demolished in a controlled Building implosion implosion . In order to comply with state gaming regulations to retain the gaming license for this location, a trailer with 16 slot machines was opened on the site for 8 hours on January 8, 2008. ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title KVBC News at 4 url work publisher KVBC date 2008 0 ... more details
Mandalay Resort Group was a hotel casino operator based in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada . Its major properties included Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Mandalay Bay , Luxor Hotel Luxor , Excalibur Hotel and Casino Excalibur and Circus Circus Las Vegas Circus Circus , as well as half of the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino Monte Carlo . In terms of market capitalization, it was one of the largest casino operators in the world. It was formerly known as Circus Circus Enterprises . Its stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol MBG . History The Group was originally known as Circus Circus Enterprises and originated with Jay Sarno s 1968 opening of the Circus Circus Las Vegas Circus Circus Hotel and Casino as well as a Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Reno. The group subsequently developed the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in 1990, the Luxor Las Vegas in 1993, and the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in 1999 for which the group was renamed. The group was also a partner in the 1996 opening of the nearby Monte Carlo Resort and Casino . The group entered into a joint venture in 1993 with Don Carano of Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno to develop and build Reno s largest and tallest megaresort titled Silver Legacy The 350 million hotel opened on July 28, 1995. Circus Circus Enterprises then turned Mandalay Resort Group held majority stake in that Reno resort. Today, now MGM Resorts International continues to hold majority ownership. The Group incorporated as Circus Circus Enterprises in 1974, went public in 1983 and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Group s properties found success in the 1980s offering a Las Vegas experience to families subsequently experimented upon by its competitors. Its converted Circus Circus originally developed for the upmarket and later Excalibur properties offered gaming opportunities for adults and separate non gambling games and theme park style experiences for underage visitors under the same roof. On March 20, 1995, ... more details
coord 36.011426 N 115.1753 W source dewiki region US NV type landmark format dms display title Infobox Casino logo SouthPointLogo.jpg casino South Point theme Southern California address 9777 Las Vegas Boulevard br Las Vegas, Nevada 89183 image Southcoastcasinovegas.jpg rooms 2,163 date opened December 22, 2005 space gaming convert 80000 sqft abbr on lk on attractions South Point Equestrian Center Equestrian arena notable restaurants architect Klai Juba Sink Combs Dethlefs owner Michael Gaughan businessman Michael Gaughan casino type Land Based renovations 2008, new tower names pre South Coast website http www.southpointcasino.com South Point Hotel and Casino The South Point Hotel and Casino consists of a 25 story hotel tower and convert 90000 sqft lk on convention center located on a convert 60 acre lk on site along Las Vegas Boulevard in Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise , Nevada . The casino is owned and operated by Michael Gaughan businessman Michael Gaughan . History This 500 million project started construction in 2003, under the South Coast name. Based on advanced booking, Coast Casinos announced expansion plans to add additional hotel rooms, with a second tower, for a total of 1,350 rooms. The foundation was also poured for a possible third tower during the initial construction phase. The casino received approval to open from the Nevada Gaming Commission on November 17, 2005. At opening on December 22, 2005, the South Coast was the first megaresort located south of McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip . The hotel contained 662 rooms and convert 800000 sqft abbr on of space that was not finished and was available to be converted into restaurant or casino space. In mid July 2006, it was announced that Michael Gaughan would sell all of his Boyd stock to Boyd gaming in exchange for full ownership of the South Coast. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved the sale on October 19, 2006. After the deal closed, the South Coast was renamed South Point on ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Advert date February 2009 Infobox Company company name Shift4 Corporation company logo Image Shift4.jpg 75px company type Private company Private company slogan Fast, Reliable, Secure foundation 1994 location Las Vegas, Nevada and St. George, Utah , United States USA key people CEO J. David Oder CEO J. David Oder , COO Katherine A. Oder COO Katherine A. Oder , CTO J.D. Oder II CTO J.D. Oder II num employees 120 2010 industry Payment Processing products DOLLARS ON THE NET, IT S YOUR CARD, FraudSentry, 4Go, i4Go revenue N A operating income N A net income N A homepage http www.shift4.com Shift4 Shift4 Corporation is a provider of financial transaction and payment processing services based in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada . The company s core product is a merchant centric Application Service Provider Application service provider ASP banking and payment gateway solution. History Shift4 started as a spinoff of an accounting software application firm for which Shift4 founders J. David Oder, Katherine A. Oder, Kevin Cronic, Steven Sommers, and J.D. Oder II worked in Irvine, California . Seeing that most of their early customers were Las Vegas megaresort s, the Oder family relocated their company and incorporated as Shift4 in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada in 1994. For its first product offering, Shift4 took on the design concept of auditing credit card transactions prior to their submission to a merchant bank , and developed the Microsoft DOS application In the Bank Dollars in the Bank . This software provided the ability to pre authorize transactions, void transactions later if necessary and to send full data to banks during the authorization of credit cards. The auditing capabilities of this software appealed directly to high ticket average businesses, such as hotels and casinos, for its potential to lower the discount rate of business transactions. In 1998, Shift4 released In The Bank for Microsoft Windows Windows . The intended us ... more details
fishing , ranching , and ecotourism , these locations are threatened by megaresort construction, land ... easements. In addition, Wildcoast worked to halt a series of megaresort and marina projects slated ... more details
about the casino in Las Vegas the casino in Monaco Monte Carlo Casino coord 36.104708 115.176255 type landmark display title Infobox casino name Monte Carlo Resort and Casino logo Monte Carlo LV logo.svg logo size 260 image Monte Carlo Exterior.jpg image size 260 image caption location address 3770 Las Vegas Boulevard South br Las Vegas metropolitan area Las Vegas , Nevada 89109 date opened June 21, 1996 names pre date closed casino type Land Based theme Monte Carlo owner MGM Resorts International rooms 2,992 space gaming convert 90000 sqft m2 abbr on shows Includes Frank Caliendo Comedian & Impressionist , JabbaWockeeZ dance crew renovations 2004,2009 website http www.montecarlo.com www.montecarlo.com br http www.hotel32lasvegas.com www.hotel32lasvegas.com The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino is a megaresort hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada Paradise , Nevada , USA . The hotel is 32 stories, featuring a convert 90,000 sqft m2 lk in adj on sigfig 2 casino floor with over 2,200 slot and video poker machines and 95 table games. It is operated by MGM Resorts International . The hotel offers 2,992 guest rooms, including 259 luxury suites. ref name MoneyTime 1998 cite news title Mikohn to Install MoneyTime TM slot Bonus Jackpot System at Monte Carlo in Las Vegas author Press Release PR Newswire date 8 January 1998 url ref ref name Fire 2008 cite news title Fire forces gamblers to flee Monte Carlo resort on Laz Vagas Strip author Kathleen Hennessey work Associated Press date 25 January 2008 url http www.pantagraph.com news article fcf96580 9136 5492 ba95 f351ac993d76.html ref The hotel, named to invoke the Monte Carlo Casino Place du Casino in Monte Carlo , features chandelier domes, marble floors, Neoclassical architecture neoclassical arch es, ornate fountains and gas lit promenade s. ref name Robert Macy 1996 cite news title Newest Megaresort Set to Open June 21 author Robert Macy work Associated Press date 13 June 1996 url ref As of 2010 ... more details
For the skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan Yokohama Landmark Tower Infobox Casino casino The Landmark Hotel and Casino logo logo size 150 image Landmark hotel 1986.jpg image size 225 image caption The Landmark in 1986 address date opened July 1, 1969 names pre date closed August 8, 1990 casino type Land owner architect rooms 525 space gaming attractions restaurants renovations website The Landmark Tower was a hotel casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada . The Landmark opened on July 1, 1969 ref http www.kvbc.com Global story.asp?S 9304757&nav menu107 2 1 Adventures of the Landmark Hotel ref and closed on August 8, 1990. The Landmark played host to famous celebrities such as Danny Thomas , Elvis Presley , Frank Sinatra and Freddy Fender Freddy Fender s first appearance. ref name Las Vegas Sun cite news url http www.lasvegassun.com news 1995 nov 07 landmark falls title Landmark Falls last Buntain first Rex date November 7, 1995 publisher Las Vegas Sun accessdate 2009 08 04 ref With just 525 rooms, the Landmark was small in comparison to the newer Las Vegas megaresort s. History Essay like section date December 2007 In 1961, Frank Carroll bought a convert 22 acre abbr on lot at the corner of Convention Center Drive and Paradise Road in Las Vegas, Nevada . ref name lvs1 cite news first last authorlink coauthors title Landmark Implosion url http www.lasvegassun.com history implosions newspaper Las Vegas Sun publisher date accessdate 2009 09 15 ref With a 3,000,000 loan from the Appliance Buyers Credit Corporation, Carroll and his group hired John W. Jamieson of Tustin, California to design the tower and Edward Hendricks of Los Angeles was contracted to oversee its construction. The original plan was to build a 15 story tower, the tallest in the state. This was increased to 31 stories, however when The Mint hotel downtown decided to add more floors onto its tower to claim the height record. In the end, the title went to Landmark. ref name lvs1 In December 1962, ... more details
Infobox Person name Martin Stern, Jr. image image size caption Martin Stern, Jr. birth date Birth date 1917 4 9 mf y death date Death date and age 2001 7 28 1917 4 9 occupation Architect Image Las Vegas strip.jpg thumb 300px right Las Vegas transformed by high rises. Martin Stern, Jr. April 9, 1917 July 28, 2001 was an United States American architect who was most widely known for his large scale designs and structures in Las Vegas, Nevada . He is credited with originating the concept of the megaresort structurally integrated casino resort complex in Las Vegas. ref name UNLVXanaduHistory ref name Illia The International Hotel Las Vegas International Hotel and the first MGM Grand Hotel and Casino , two pivotal Martin Stern, Jr. projects with entrepreneur Kirk Kerkorian in 1969 and 1973, set the pace for the transformation of Las Vegas from a low rise sprawl ref name ElRanchoVegas of motel s, clubs and parking lots into an extravagant high rise metropolis . The Daily Telegraph London wrote of the first Stern and Kerkorian project in its September 2001 eulogy ref name UNLVXanaduSternFourEulogies to Stern The International Hotel International , whose tri form 30 floor tower contained 1,519 rooms and became the most imitated building on the Las Vegas Strip , provided the model for the Bellagio hotel and casino Bellagio , Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Treasure Island , The Mirage Mirage and Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Mandalay Bay , among other hotels. When it was completed, the International was the largest hotel in the world. It is now the Las Vegas Hilton . The first MGM Grand Hotel and Casino MGM Grand , larger than the Empire State Building ref name Illia and in its turn the largest hotel in the world, MGM Grand fire burned in 1980 in what is considered the worst disaster in Nevada state history. As the Telegraph observed, this loss only seven years after the hotel was completed was devastating to Stern. The MGM Grand was nonetheless rebuilt within eight months ... more details
the experience of his 1971 trip to the city. Since 1989 the megaresort era File Las Vegas 89.jpg thumb 300px The Strip resorts in late 2009 The megaresort era began in 1989 with the construction of The Mirage ... more details
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