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Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Mandalay Bay
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Location Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Address 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Opening date March 2, 1999; 18 years ago (March 2, 1999)
Theme Tropical
No. of rooms 3,309
Total gaming space 135,000 sq ft (12,500 m2)
Permanent shows Chicago (1999–2003)
Mamma Mia! (2003–2009)
The Lion King (2009–2011)
Michael Jackson: One (2013–present)
Signature attractions Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Shark Reef
House of Blues
Mandalay Beach
Notable restaurants Aureole
Alain Ducasse Rivea
Charlie Palmer Steak
Fleur by Hubert Keller
Kumi
Lupo
Red Square
RM Seafood
Stripsteak
Border Grill Las Vegas
Casino type Land-based
Owner MGM Resorts International
Renovated in 2002, 2007
Coordinates 36°5′19″N 115°10′39″W / 36.08861°N 115.17750°W / 36.08861; -115.17750
Website www.mandalaybay.com

Mandalay Bay is a 43-story luxury resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. One of the property's towers operates as the Delano, also the Four Seasons Hotel is independently operated within the Mandalay Bay tower, occupying 5 floors (35–39).

Mandalay Bay has 3,309 hotel rooms, 24 elevators and a casino of 135,000 square feet (12,500 m2). Adjacent to the hotel are the 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) Mandalay Bay Convention Center and the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center. The Mandalay Bay Tram connects the resort to its sister properties, Excalibur and Luxor, all three of which were constructed by Circus Circus Enterprises before its sale to MGM.

Circus Circus Enterprises bought the Hacienda for $80 million in 1995. They closed it on December 1, 1996, and imploded it on New Year's Eve, 1996. The Mandalay Bay project was introduced on December 31, 1996, as Hawaiian-themed, "Project Paradise" and had a cost of $950 million. In February 1998, the project was renamed Mandalay Bay, despite the fact there is no actual bay in the inland city of Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma).

During construction engineers discovered vertical movements and particularly differential movements ('dishing') between the tower core and the wings. The tower core was sinking at a rate of 12 to 34 inch (13 to 19 mm) per week and the wings were sinking at a slower rate causing differential distortion between the column bays. If these movements were not stopped, severe structural damage would occur and the building would have been at risk of eventual collapse. Construction was halted while a solution was developed and implemented. The solution proved to be the installation of micro-piles (formerly marketed as 'Pin Piles') filled with grout 200 feet (61 m) deep below the structure each capped with a hydraulic jack to stabilize the structure at the desired vertical height to carry the weight. Since then, there have not been any reports of this problem recurring.


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