From the beginning, I’ve felt like this is the wrong place to develop a new hotel tower. And I also wish that its porte cochere wouldn’t be cut in half. What good is that going to do? Even if that guitar tower never gets built, how difficult would it be to avoid closing the Mirage for a couple of years?
I’m just feeling real bad for The Mirage right now.
]]>Wonder if that “Strip Casino” that is part of the new Guitar Tower will be akin to Slots A Fun for Circus Circus. Is that were the looser (or less tight) machines will be? Will there be an $3 hot dogs?
Feels like Hard Rock would have been better served by putting this property of the Bally’s site. It’s right across the street from Bellagio. They could have gotten rid of those tin shack shops and dropped the Guitar Tower right there and charged a lot for those rooms considering they are in the “Guitar Tower” and right across from the Bellagio Fountains. Also the foot traffic at at Flamingo/Strip intersection is very very very heavy. Would have attracted a lot of people. Having the Guitar Tower on the East and the Fountains on the West would have been awesome.
]]>Also, again years of construction work on the Strip will s@ck big time.
]]>That bend in the road also means the Guitar (and the light show) will be visible to anyone walking/driving on The Strip. The “strings” of the guitar will be brighter than the Luxor pyramid light. (Seriously. When I lived in Fort Lauderdale, I could see those lights clear as anything and I was 7.5 miles away.)
The Guitar Hotel will become a beacon on The Strip. That’s not something you could get in any other location that has vacant land.
Worth noting: The Seminole Tribe is extremely wealthy. Not having the Mirage site earn money for a few years isn’t a big deal to them.
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