New York-New York Hotel & Casino

New York-New York
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Address	3790 Las Vegas Blvd South
Opening date	January 3, 1997
Theme	New York City
No. of rooms	2,024
Total gaming space	84,000 sq ft (7,800 m2)
Permanent shows	Zumanity
Signature attractions	The Roller Coaster
Notable restaurants	Gallagher's Steak House, ESPN Zone, "Il Fornaio"
Casino type	Land-Based
Owner	MGM Resorts International
Architect	Gaskin, Neal
Years renovated	2003
Coordinates	36°06′07″N 115°10′29″W / 36.1020°N 115.1746°W / 36.1020; -115.1746Coordinates: 36°06′07″N 115°10′29″W / 36.1020°N 115.1746°W / 36.1020; -115.1746
Website	[1]
Footnotes
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New York-New York Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip at 3790 Las Vegas Boulevard South, in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International.

Description

New York-New York uses the New York City influence of its name in several ways. Its architecture is meant to evoke the New York City skyline; the hotel includes several towers configured to resemble New York City towers such as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.^[4] In front of the property is a lake representing New York Harbor, with a 150-foot-tall (46 m) replica of the Statue of Liberty, and replicas of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Main Immigration Building on Ellis Island, and Grand Central Terminal.

New York-New York at Las Vegas Strip

Within the resort, particular gambling areas, lounges, restaurants, and meeting rooms are named after New York City neighborhoods or landmarks. The main casino area, for example, is named after Central Park, while the shops are modeled after Greenwich Village.

The resort is located on the northwest corner of the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection. At street level, pedestrians are blocked from crossing by concrete barriers. Instead, New York-New York is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos to the south (the Excalibur, across Tropicana Avenue) and to the east (the MGM Grand, across the Strip).

History

The property opened on January 3, 1997. The project, which was first announced in 1994, was a joint venture of MGM Grand Inc. and Primadonna Resorts.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, people spontaneously sent various tributes to New York-New York, especially t-shirts from police, fire and rescue departments around the country. These are displayed along the fence in front of the "Lady Liberty" replica. Eventually, they added a permanent memorial. The twin towers of the World Trade Center have never been included in the skyscrapers depicted in the resort's facade; it is claimed^[5] the facade is meant to represent New York City as it was in the 1940s.

Attractions

The Roller Coaster, formerly Manhattan Express, at New York-New York travels through the property's interior and exterior, and replaced the trains to resemble a traditional Checker Cab; the coaster is 203 ft (62 m), has a maximum drop of 144 ft (44 m), and reaches speeds up to 67 mph (108 km/h). The ride has undergone a variety of enhancements including the introduction of a magnetic braking system and new trains.

New York-New York is also home to Zumanity, the third show from Cirque du Soleil to take up permanent residence in the Las Vegas area and the first to be directed primarily toward adult audiences. It is the only permanent Cirque show to allow admission only to those over 18 years of age. The theatre is arranged as a cabaret, with sofas and bar stools complementing the standard theatre seats. The Master of Ceremonies for the show is Joey Arias, a drag queen hailing from New York City.

Until June 2010, an ESPN Zone was located in the hotel, accessible from street level and from within the casino. It was a sports-themed restaurant with an upstairs arcade room full of sports-themed interactive games such as bowling, basketball, football, boxing, golf, horse racing, and auto racing. On October 10, 2010, the hotel re-opened the facility after an extensive remodeling and dubbed it "Sporting House", catering to the same sporting crowd. The new facility is staffed and maintained by ARK, the food-and-beverage firm that already runs other in-house facilities, including the employee dining room (EDR).

The hotel also features nearly a dozen bars and nightclubs, catering to a largely youthful demographic, including ROK Vegas, Nine Fine Irishmen, Coyote Ugly, Pour 24, the Central Park Piano Bar, and the Center Bar, the latter of which is located in the center of the main casino floor. On weekend evenings, the casino also features a live DJ and go-go dancers performing on an elevated stage within one of the table game pits, known as the "Party Pit".

The first production show to open at the hotel was called Madhattan, which brought street performers and put their acts together to create a full show.

The second major show at the hotel was a long-running production of Lord of the Dance.

References

1. ^ New York-New York Hotel & Casino at Emporis
2. ^ New York-New York Hotel & Casino at SkyscraperPage
3. ^ New York-New York Hotel & Casino at Structurae
4. ^ Gonzalez, Grisel. "New York - New York". Grisel.net. http://www.grisel.net/NYNY.htm. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
5. ^ Mead, Rebecca (9 July 2010). "Las Vegas Postcard: A Desert Tribute". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/09/23/020923ta_talk_mead. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 

External links

• New York-New York homepage
• Zumanity at New York - New York
• Photos from construction phase