On November 21 1980 the 26 story MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was occupied by approximately 5000 people when a tragic fire broke out in the restaurant known as “The Deli” as a result of a ground fault in the wall killing 85 people. A major contributor to the deaths was combustible furnishings, interior finishes, foam padding and moldings, air supply, and a very large undivided area that allowed for rapid fire spread and heavy smoke. Construction of the hotel and casino began…
How has globalization influenced MGM from Las Vegas? The MGM Resorts International, known as MGM, was formed in 1986 as a subsidiary of Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corporation. It is a global gaming, hospitality, and tourism company which operates in Las Vegas, Macau, New Jersey, Detroit, and Mississippi and its headquarters is located in Las Vegas. Bellagio, MGM Grand, The Mirage, and Mandalay are the hotels and casinos owned by MGM Resorts. The company once focused on the casinos and resorts business…
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understand why people are so attracted to this place. Through the window of the plane I could see the bright lights of the city. It was night time when we were landing, but it seemed like day because of the glitter and flashes of lights from the Strip. The neon lights went for miles and miles.…
The Blanket of Invisibility When I was younger, the biggest fear I had was the monsters lurking in the dark. The monsters that took refuge in my closet and under my bed. It was never a fear during the day; only at night. As I got older I realized those monsters weren’t real, but the perception of them had morphed into real life situations. Why do many of us feel unsafe at night especially in public? For me it was my own personal experiences. What I understand is in the depths of the night we no…
known for the bright lights, and being the city that never sleeps. Naturally, it is also the home to many electronic dance music clubs, and high profile DJ’s that play all day and all night. On the strip in Vegas, there are clubs everywhere. The trend of electronic dance music is exploding on the strip. The clubs host some of the hottest DJ’s like Calvin Harris, Afrojack, and Tiesto. The clubs are in the massive casinos, and hotels filled with people and the bright lights of Las Vegas. In Las…
Aristocrat was founded in 1953 by Len Ainsworth and began trading on the Australian stock exchange in 1997 (ASX-ALL) Currently, Aristocrat operates three noteworthy divisions within the gaming arena which include, digital social casino gaming, Class II (American Indian) and Class III (Vegas-style) gambling machine and casino management systems. Including all business segments, Aristocrat employs approximately 3000 scatter worldwide with global headquarters in Las Vegas and Sydney Australia. Over…
Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour analyzes the architecture of the commercial strip in Las Vegas as an object of communication and persuasion. The architecture along the strip acts as sign rather than space with the intentions of creating an architectural object capable of seducing and luring the spectator at mid glance. Venturi translated the Las Vegas strip as a form of architecture that relied solely on iconicity as advertisement, which further engages with…
rhythmic and the view from High Roller, the world’s largest observation wheel, is stupendous. There’s art on the walls and expensive brands are around every bend. Most know about its busy casinos and enthralling shows. All this within the 3.5-mile strip of the desert that sleeps during the day and stays up all night. All this is known about Las Vegas. However, not many know about its graveyard. Yes, a boneyard. Not a human graveyard with epitaphs etched on tombstones. No flowers in memory. But a…
Mitzi’s talking, because she’s always talking. My little sister, Mitzi-the-Wiki, boosted her cog capacities a month ago and might have the whole damn internet in her head. She says “Turicum” was Zurich’s maiden name, it was our town’s title back when we still spoke Latin and served as a Roman tax outpost. Now it’s the name of the nightclub we find ourselves waiting for, the promoters who hail from only the most affluent areas of the wealthiest, most technologically advanced metropolis on earth,…