Monte Carlo Resort and Casino fire broke out on January 25, 2008

The Monte Carlo opened on June 21, 1996 and is a megaresort hotel and casino on the Famous Las Vegas Strip. The hotel has a  102,000-square-foot casino floor with 1,400 slot machines, 60 table games, and 15 poker tables. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. The hotel offers 2,992 guest rooms, including 259 luxury suites.

Recently added is the new T-mobile Arena (650,000 square feet up to 20,000 seats) and The Park occupying space between the Monte Carlo and the New-York New-York Hotel.

MGM said it will redesign the Monte Carlo to create two hotels. The Park MGM hotel will have 2,700 rooms and incorporate some of the Monte Carlo’s European design influences.

The other hotel will be known as The NoMad Las Vegas, which will occupy the top three floors of the existing hotel tower.

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