Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is a hotel/casino on the "Strip" in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by the Mandalay Resort Group. The upper floors of the main hotel building are used as a Four Seasons Hotel, which has a separate entrance.

Mandalay Bay has 3,309 hotel rooms and a casino of 135,000 ft² (13,000 m²). The adjacent convention center has almost one million ft² (93,000 m²) of space.

Attractions

Water features:

* 1 river
* 2 heated pools, one of which is topless in the European style
* 1 wave pool

In keeping with the resort's tropical Asian theme, it features the Shark Reef, and aquarium containing over a million gallons of saltwater. Another popular attraction is the House of Blues, a venue for live music and a restaurant, with a capacity of approximately 1,800.

History

During construction engineers discovered that one side of the tower had sunk about two feet (600 mm) stopping construction. Construction was delayed while a solution was designed and tested. Eventually they were able to add material below the structure to carry the weight. Since then, there has not been any reports of this problem reoccurring.

The resort opened in March 1999, and is located on the former grounds of the Hacienda.

The convention center was added in January 2003. When it opened, it was ranked as the fifth largest in the United States. It also offered the largest unobstructed ballroom in the country, at 100,000 ft² (9,000 m²).

In 2004 a new 43 story tower was opened with 1,120 suites, called THE hotel at Mandalay Bay.