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The Mirage is a hotel and casino resort
located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was
built by Mirage Resorts when that company was headed by Steve
Wynn, and it is currently owned by the successor corporation,
MGM Mirage. It opened in 1989. It has 2,763 guest rooms.
Wynn had previously acquired interests in
various existing casinos, but the Mirage was the first project
in which he was involved in the design and construction. It
was considered a risky venture, by the standards then prevailing
in Las Vegas, because of its high cost and emphasis on luxury.
It proved to be enormously successful.
From 1990 through 2003, the Mirage was the
venue for the Siegfried & Roy show. The two headliners
combined magic and the use of wild animals. The closing of
the popular attraction, after Roy Horn was attacked by one
of the white tigers used in the show, was a major blow to
the Mirage. Visitors can still see a white tiger habitat area
with one of the animals always on view. Other notable features
include Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat,
an artificial volcano along the Strip that "erupts"
periodically during the evening (weather permitting), and
a 20,000-gallon aquarium behind the front desk.
The Mirage is connected by a free tram to
Treasure Island, its sister property immediately to the north.
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