{"id":329341,"date":"2024-09-02T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=329341"},"modified":"2024-09-03T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T16:59:45","slug":"vegas-myths-busted-disney-is-buying-excalibur-from-mgm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-disney-is-buying-excalibur-from-mgm\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Disney Buying Excalibur from MGM"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Disney theme parks, the Excalibur is a sword that visitors can attempt to pull out of a stone. On social media, the Excalibur’s purchase by Disney is a fantasy that has been pulled out of someone\u2019s ass.<\/p>\n

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No matter how hard you wish upon a star, this dream will never come true. (Image: TikTok\/las_vegas-vibes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rumor was started by a clicktbait video shared on April 6 by a TikTok account called las_vegas_vibes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlans for new Disney themed Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas!!\u201d the captions announced, complete with \u201cleaked concept artwork\u201d that bore the obvious stamp of AI. The post, which received 98K likes, claimed the $2 billion project was \u201cset to be completed by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lyin’ King<\/h2>\n

After being bounced around various accounts on X\/Twitter, the ball was then picked up by a popular Disney fan blog on July 27.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears ago, The Walt Disney Company heading to Las Vegas would have been a non-starter,\u201d Inside the Magic<\/em>\u2019s Rick Lye wrote. \u201cGambling goes against everything that Walt Disney stood for. But that was then, and this is now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only evidence offered by Mr. Lye’s story, however, is that Disney competitor Universal is opening a year-round horror experience<\/a> in a 20-acre expansion of AREA15 next year, so Disney should want to include Las Vegas in its plans to stay competitive.<\/p>\n

Also, in a stretch undertaken to show how zip-a-dee-doo-dah Disney has become with gambling, Mr. Lye cited the $1.5 billion deal that PENN Entertainment signed last October<\/a> with Disney\u2019s ESPN to use the “ESPN Bet” trademark for its new sports betting company.<\/p>\n

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The Excalibur is pictured shortly before being opened in June 1990 by Circus Circus Enterprises. In 2005, it was purchased by its current owner, MGM Resorts. (Image: vintagelasvegas.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Truth<\/h2>\n

While there have been rumblings in recent years that MGM is looking to divest itself of Excalibur and Luxor, the casino giant\u2019s Strip properties catering to more budget-conscious travelers, there is not even a shred of a shred<\/em> of evidence that the Mouse House has ever considered purchasing a casino — much less the Excalibur just because its exterior would require minimal adornment to fit the Disney brand.<\/p>\n

Casinos<\/em> do not fit the Disney brand. <\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s why Disney operates one of the world’s top-ranked cruise lines without them. (On Aug. 10, it announced that it will add five more casino-free ships to its fleet, bringing its total size to 13 by 2031.)<\/p>\n

As complete and utter fabrications go, this one even lacks originality. Ever since Excalibur opened in June 1990, nearly everyone<\/em> viewing the property for the first time has been reminded of a specific Disney landmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe $294 million Excalibur is a combination hotel and theme park,\u201d wrote Millie Ball of the Muskegon Chronicle<\/em> on July 22, 1990. \u201cIt\u2019s an eye-popper for sure, a fanciful place with a hodge-podge of Cinderella castle turrets set between two 28-story towers of 4,032 rooms, and a King Arthur theme in every inch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, it would not be irresponsible journalism to point out that Inside the Magic<\/em> averages 30 million pageviews per month despite, or more likely because of,<\/em> its imagineering of the truth.<\/p>\n

Snopes.com cites it<\/a> for its false recent claims that Disney is ending the Disney+ streaming service,<\/a> that it suspended Snow White from its theme parks,<\/a> and, most blasphemously, that it retired Mickey Mouse.<\/a><\/p>\n

And this subreddit<\/a> was created just to keep tabs on all the clickbait stories that Inside the Magic<\/em> has published since its founder, Ricky Brigante, sold it in 2018.<\/p>\n

Look for \u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d every Monday on\u00a0<\/strong>Casino.org.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to read previously busted Vegas myths. Got a suggestion for a Vegas myth that needs busting? Email corey@casino.org.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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