Horseshoe Las Vegas
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Horseshoe Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It originally opened as the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on December 4, 1973. The 26-story hotel contained 2,100 rooms and was among the world's largest hotels.
Horseshoe (then Bally's) in 2006
MGM Grand fire
Newer Bally's sign, seen in 2010
Grand Bazaar Shops and the Jubilee Tower (right) in 2018
MGM Grand fire
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The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. The fire began from a refrigerated pastry display case in one of the restaurants, located on the first floor. Fire engulfed the resort's casino, and smoke travelled into the hotel tower.
Looking east as smoke rises from the property
Survivors were evacuated by helicopter
The original MGM tower, seen in 2008 as part of Bally's