In Vegas Fanfare, Virgin Hotel Casino Mohegan Sun Opens Finally

The newest casino resort in the city is the Mohegan Sun Casino at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas. The Mohegan Sun Casino’s inauguration at the Virgin Hotel on Thursday featured celebrities and reality television stars.

The ceremonial first roll on the dice leads by Maio Lopez, the television star at the Mohegan Sun Casino. A tribal organization is operating this off-strip resort on the area casino’s first strip.

The opening of this off-strip resort was a historic occasion. Because in Las Vegas strip area is marked as the opening of the first tribal operated casino.

In the leisure and hospitality industry, several big names bought by this casino resort. The part of the Hilton Curio collection is Virgin Hotel and the property owned by JC Hospitality.

Across a 60,000 square foot gaming area, there are nearly 60 tables and 650 slot machines, which is the Mohegan Casino’s attractive feature. The property also slated by a Betfred sportsbook. Across three-tower, there are more than 1,500 rooms the hotel features. Moreover, a five-acre pool, a live stage theatre with a 4,500 seat and an event lawn also included in the resort.

Grand Opening of Casino Delayed

On the former Hard Rock Hotel grounds, the new casino resorts established. And for extensive rebranding and remodeling of the project, it closed in February 2020.

At the time of that Fall, Las Vegas Mohegan Sun Casino at Virgin Hotels expected to open. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the grand opening delayed. Last month officials declared the opening date is March 25.

At the grand opening gala over the past years, the region experienced many struggles observed by the CEO and JC Hospitality President Richard Bosworth.

At the door-opening event, Bosworth said that “Could Las Vegas exists in a world where we certainly not have to shut doors again to our resorts”.

The investment amount exactly not released. It was in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the LinkedIn page of Bosworth said so. On the opening night of Mohegan Sun’s Hard Rock Hotel employees, more than 300 worked here.

Resort officials hoped that more visitors than the competitor on the nearby strip would attract by the no resort fee policy.

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