Miller said the name on the building, casino chips and card decks have been switched, business cards, stationery and other printed materials have been changed. Taking the name of the principality in Monaco bordering southern France, the Strip’s Monte Carlo opened with single-zero roulette and a theater named for magician Lance Burton.īut as MGM remolded the neighborhood that includes T-Mobile Arena, Toshiba Plaza and The Park, company officials felt a name change was in order.Īnd, instead of just changing the name, the company opted to invest more than $550 million for a complete makeover. MGM announced last year that it was going to make the switch from Monte Carlo, its name since it opened in 1996. I think great things come from that component of being intrepid and Park MGM is going to be that because of where it sits and how we did it.”

“I like to use the word ‘intrepid.’ This is intrepid. “There have been challenges along the way, but I think that’s the excitement of this town and what this transition really means is that we do things that are difficult,” Miller said on Wednesday, the first official day of Park MGM. Most signs are in place and the brand switch from Monte Carlo to Park MGM is complete, but it will still be several months before the scaffolding is pulled away, the first guests check in to the boutique NoMad Hotel and people begin enjoying some of the property’s new amenities.īut for Patrick Miller, president and chief operating officer of Park MGM, it’s a start. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal MGM Resorts International, converting the brand on a 3,000-room hotel was a walk in the Park. Construction continues at Park MGM, formerly the Monte Carlo, on the Strip in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

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