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Demolition has begun on The Mirage in Las Vegas, which closed on July 17 and is destined to reopen as one of a chain of Hard Rock casino resorts in 2027. While the guts of the casino and towers will remain,<\/a> as will the villas, among the elements that won\u2019t survive the $4-$5 billion transformation is the cherished atrium.<\/p>\n

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The Mirage atrium is being reduced to rubble as you read this. (Image: X\/Twitter\/@JamesInLas Vegas via Scott Roeben\/Vital Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the main entrance to The Mirage, the atrium is the memory all guests have of entering the game-changing Las Vegas Strip property for the first time. And, as visionary Steve Wynn intended, it is an indelible one.<\/p>\n

The atrium was a passageway through a lush rainforest, complete with a cascading waterfall, towering palm trees, 100 varieties of exotic plants and flowers, and a 60-foot high domed skylight providing natural sunshine.<\/p>\n

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The atrium took four full-time gardeners more than 160 hours a week to maintain. (Image: MGM Resorts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the atrium, Wynn successfully imparted his guests with the feeling of entering a Polynesian paradise smack in the middle of the Mojave Desert \u2014 a resort so crammed with luxury, entertainment, and surprises it would be a destination in itself.<\/p>\n

Too Successful<\/h2>\n

Destroying the atrium feels to many Las Vegas regulars like felling an actual<\/em> rainforest. Many question the move, since the space could have served as a perfectly functional and beautiful way to enter the second Hard Rock Las Vegas. (The first reopened as Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in 2021.)<\/p>\n

That is a hurtful image,\u201d commented @UnckelMike beneath the main photo in this story as shared by Vital Vegas<\/em> on X\/Twitter.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe atrium should have been a UNESCO Heritage Site,\u201d added @jasonbeahm.<\/p>\n

\u201cSad to see — especially for what they are replacing it with that isn’t unique or Vegas,\u201d noted @bobby_wells.<\/p>\n

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However, when you consider Hard Rock\u2019s perspective, there really was no other choice. And that\u2019s precisely because Wynn’s plan to indelibly implant an atrium memory in all first-time Mirage visitors succeeded so wildly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Preserving the atrium would serve only as an active and constant reminder of what used to<\/em> occupy the space, stoking feelings of nostalgia instead of wonder about whatever casino resort took its place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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