Steve Wynn, who had revived The Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas, set out to raise the bar on the Strip, as Jay Sarno and Thomas Hull had done decades earlier. In 1989 Wynn opened the Mirage ...

The Mirage closure means the end of the Cirque du Soleil Beatles-themed show, Love, and the resort’s volcano fountain — which was one of the first attractions on the Las Vegas Strip ...

fun at the Mirage comes as close to wholesome and all-ages as it gets on the Las Vegas Strip. With an on-site dolphin habitat, an incredible pool, the corny but spectacular volcano show ...

“To call The Mirage a catalyst would be an understatement,” Wynn wrote. By 2000, more than 30,000 new hotel rooms were added as new Las Vegas Strip resorts went up: Excalibur, Luxor, Treasure ...