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.
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