Bally's - Las Vegas, NV
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N 36° 06.850 W 115° 10.341
11S E 664492 N 3998157
On November 21, 1980, the hotel, then operating as the MGM Grand, was the site of one of the worst high-rise fires in United States history, in which 85 people died.
Waymark Code: WMYW92
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2018
Views: 8
Taken from Wikipedia, "Bally's Las Vegas (formerly MGM Grand Hotel and Casino) is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. The hotel features 2,814 extra-sized guestrooms that are 450 sq ft (42 m2) or larger and over 175,000 sq ft (16,300 m2) of banquet and meeting space. The casino occupies 66,187 sq ft (6,149.0 m2). About 75% of the rooms are in the Resort Tower which had renovations completed in 2018. The remaining rooms are located in the Jubilee Tower, constructed in 1981.
The resort has a large shopping area a floor below its gaming level, including several restaurants, and there is a station along the Las Vegas Monorail at the rear of the property. Bally's was home for the long-running production show Jubilee! which opened in 1981 and ended on February 11, 2016.
On November 21, 1980, the hotel, then operating as the MGM Grand, was the site of one of the worst high-rise fires in United States history, in which 85 people died"
Type of Structure: Private Building
Fire Date: 11/21/1980
Structure status: Still standing building
Cause of Fire:
Unknown
Documentation of the fire: [Web Link]
Other: Not listed
Construction Date: Not listed
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