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Mandalay Bay in midst of major facelift, its first in 14 years

Monday
21 January 2013
1:55 a.m.

By most measures, Mandalay Bay had a banner year in 2012. It sold out its convention center. The Shark Reef aquarium set an attendance record with 900,000 visitors. Carlos Santana signed a residency at the House of Blues. That wasn’t good enough. Owner MGM Resorts International embarked on a massive renovation of the 3,000-room resort, the first since it opened in 1999. Construction began late last year and is expected to be completed by summer. “I’ve got more construction walls than I have real walls,” Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling said. Many of the resort’s original venues haven’t changed in ...

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  1. Good, good, but Mr. Bowling, DO NOT FORGET to renovate the Mandalay Bay Tram! Extend it from the Excalibur Station down to New York, New York, and then, from there to Monte Carlo! And replace those old trains. They smell.

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