Bally's Las Vegas

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Bally's
Bally's
Bally's
Facts and statistics
Address 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Opening date December 5, 1973
Previous names Bonanza
New Bonanza
MGM Grand
Bally's Grand
Casino type Land-based
Theme Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
Owner Harrah's Entertainment
No. of rooms 2,814
Total gaming space 67,000 sq ft (6,225 m²)
Permanent shows Jubilee!
Signature attractions Garden Walkway
Notable restaurants Al Dente
Bally's Steakhouse
Chang's
Years renovated 1981, 1994, 2004
Website Bally's Website
This article is about the Bally's Las Vegas hotel/casino. For other uses, see Bally (disambiguation).

Bally's Las Vegas is a hotel and casino, owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel has 2,814 rooms that are 450 square feet (41.8 m²) or larger. The hotel has over 175,000 square feet (16,258 m²) of banquet and meeting space. It also has a 67,000 square feet (6,225 m²) casino.

Bally's is home for the long-running production show Jubilee!.

One of the signature features of this hotel is the neon lighting wrapped around the covered moving sidewalk that brings guests from Las Vegas Boulevard to the entrance of the casino.

The hotel has a Las Vegas Monorail station at the rear of the property.

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The site was first occupied by the Bonanza Hotel and Casino which opened in July 1963. It was later renamed to the New Bonanza Hotel and Casino shortly before construction on the MGM Grand began.

The site covers 43 acres (17 ha) and opened in 1973 as the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino with 2,084 rooms, the largest hotel in the world at that time. Kirk Kerkorian was the owner. The hotel had a Los Angeles movie theme when it opened.

It suffered a fire in the casino that traveled up into the hotel, killing 87 guests and employees on November 21, 1980. The facility was rebuilt in only eight months. The fire was, and still remains, the largest disaster in Nevada history in terms of loss of life. The fire resulted in a major reform in fire safety codes for the city's casino resorts, which are now among the most strict in the United States.

The hotel was later sold in 1985 to Bally Entertainment Corporation, and the property's name was changed to Bally's. The MGM Grand name was transferred to the former Marina Hotel, now known as the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

At the end of June 2005, Harrah's Entertainment announced that the company would consolidate all its properties under a few brand names: Harrah's, Rio, Caesars, and Horseshoe. This would imply that Bally's will eventually be re-branded, most likely as a Horseshoe casino.[citation needed] This is not likely, though, as that would also mean rebranding for Paris Las Vegas.

The resort area is most recognized for its neon walkway which leads into the casino while pumping old hits from the rat pack. The resort also boasts a rather large shopping area a floor below its gaming level. This level includes several restaurants as well as one of the nicest and largest sports books on the strip. Sitting as close to the center of the strip as possible and having a monorail station drop-off point, Bally's is also known as one of the most easiest casinos to access on the strip. The casino is even connected to its sister property Paris Las Vegas by a walkway.

In 1993, the hotel was featured in the film Honeymoon in Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker.

It was also featured prominently in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas, also starring Cage and Elizabeth Shue.

The resort was used by Spike TV for their 2006 poker tournament series King of Vegas.

Featured in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas as the "High Roller."

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