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Palm trees and gentle rapids at the lagoon fronting Treasure Island resort and casino
u Mirage Treasure Island, and offers a one of 16 restaurants and bars,
range of attractions to its own or see rare animal breeds, such
3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Tel (702) 791- guests and Vegas visitors alike. as the Royal White tiger and
7111; (800) 374-9000. Open 24 hours.
7 8 ∑ mirage.com Its traffic-stopping façade white lions, in Siegfried and
introduces the complex’s South Roy’s Secret Garden. This
Mirage hotel-casino opened in Sea island theme, with tropical delightful zoo and research
the fall of 1989 at the stag gering gardens, waterfalls, and a center is set amongst the hotel’s
cost of $620 million. At the time lagoon. But the star of the show lush, landscaped gardens.
it was the largest hotel in the US, is undoubtedly a volcano that Adjacent to the zoo is the
with 3,044 rooms. This new erupts, spewing fire and smoke, Dolphin Habitat, home to
megaresort aimed to cater not daily at 8pm and 9pm, and also Common Bottlenose dolphins.
only to gamblers but also to at 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
vacationers and conventioneers. Inside the complex, an atrium
Perhaps more than any other filled with exotic plants (some i Treasure Island
hotel, the Mirage revolutionized real, some fake) is kept suitably 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Tel (702) 894-
the Strip, setting out to draw steamy by computerized 7111; (800) 944-7444. Open 24 hours
visitors with attractions other misters. Behind the main desk a (see p239). 7 ∑ treasureisland.com
than just the casino – a kind of 20,000-gallon (90,000-liter)
fantasyland for adults. aquarium is filled with 85 This hotel resort and casino
The Mirage occupies an entire species of brightly colored fish. offers luxurious accommo-
block along Las Vegas Boulevard, As well as gaming, visitors can dation and award-winning
between Caesars Palace and shop in designer stores, eat in service. Originally pirate-themed,
the hotel is now a more generic
young-adult resort, and often
abbreviates its name to the less
piratical TI. Guests can relax in
the hotel spa or sip cocktails by
the heated outdoor pool. There
are eight restaurants to choose
from, including a branch of
Señor Frog’s, the Mexican-
themed chain of restaurants, as
well as several bars and lounges;
nightclubs include the honky
tonk Gilley’s Saloon.
The hotel is host to the
exhilarating contemporary circus
Mystère™ by Cirque du Soleil®,
performed in a specially custo-
The exotic rainforest atrium in the Mirage mized showroom (see p131).

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