Yes, believe it or not - just like the rest of us - Sin City has been walloped by the bad economy (now even the worst gamblers are no longer losing their rent money because they simply no longer have any rent money to lose), so - to save $ - MGM is closing its freebee lion den January 31 and its once popular Studio 54 nightclub next month.
They won't say what will replace the $9 million, 5,000-square-foot, glass-encased 'roar palace', but it's no secret that the Grand is in the middle of a in $160 million 'room/casino/club/showroom remodel' that'll take about a year to finish.
However this isn't the 1st time the M has banished its maned mascot. Back in the 90s, you'd enter the casino by walking through the mouths of gigantic lion heads. That was 86-ed when someone realized that simba symbolized 'bad luck' in some Asian countries.
Anyway, now all of you fans of LV Strip animal habitats will have to stroll over to the Flamingo where they proudly feature...
...a flock of live Chilean Flamingos.
Ok, they're not exactly in the 'big cat' category, but here they have a more diverse range of animals.
So the multitudes who get their kicks from close up views of not only pink flamingos, but also of swans, ducks, koi & turtles (what no 'gaggle of geese'?) are definitely in for a real treat.
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