MGM Resorts International sent shockwaves through the Las Vegas casino industry Monday when the company announced the sale of the Mirage to Hard Rock International for $1.08 billion in cash.
Mirage is one of the most iconic casinos in town and was once the home to the biggest poker games in Las Vegas. Many of the top players in the 1990s were regulars in the poker room, which closed at the start of the pandemic and hasn't since returned.
When Bellagio, also an MGM Resorts property, opened the famous Bobby's Room (now Legends Room) inside its poker room in the 2000s, the high-stakes poker games moved a bit south on the Strip.