The MGM Grand Hotel Fire

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USA, Las Vegas, MGM Grand Hotel, 84 people died, about 700 were injured.

On November 21, 1980, a fire broke out at the 21-story MGM Grand Hotel. This fire killed 85 guests and hotel employees, 61 of which died in the high-rise tower. The fire started on the ground floor, and smoke spread extensively throughout the casino and into the upper floors of the hotel. A total of 544 fire fighters were used at this incident.

The Las Vegas MGM Grand had been almost allowed to open with no fire protection at all. Minor precautions like fire doors were installed only after fire chiefs from a convention toured the facility and came away shocked. Insurers were about to list the place as "unprotected."Nevada got the toughest fire sprinkler law in the world only after more than 100 people died.

The same insurance questions arose out of the fire loss at the MGM Grand years earlier on Nov. 21, 1980. Wiring behind a wall in the resort's deli simmered and then burned undetected for hours. The result was a flash fire that spread at a rate of 19 feet per second through the casino. About 5,000 people were inside the resort when the fire broke out-84 deaths resulted. Fire marshals had insisted sprinklers be installed in the casino during the building's construction in 1972. The hotel refused to pay for the $192,000 system, and a Clark County building official sided with the resort. Authorities later said the sprinkler system could have prevented the disaster at the hotel. The fallout was $223 million in legal settlements.

The MGM structure sustained some fire damage but not to the entirety of the building. There was, in addition to fire damage, many areas affected by resultant water damage. There were numerous sleeping rooms unaffected by the fire as well as tenant occupied stores and restaurants in the lower level. In that there were sleeping quarters not damaged as well as some stores the coverage question became whether they were entitled to any business interruption reimbursement for both the time frame when the entire structure was closed and for the period starting when they were allowed to open but the MGM remained closed.

Nevada got the toughest fire sprinkler law in the world only after more than 100 people died. The Las Vegas MGM Grand had been almost allowed to open with no fire protection at all. Minor precautions like fire doors were installed only after fire chiefs from a convention toured the facility and came away shocked. Insurers were about to list the place as "unprotected."

Bally's 2,814 beautifully-appointed rooms are among the largest in Las Vegas. Their suites provide guest with elegance and sophistication.

The original hotel-casino complex opened as the MGM Grand in 1973, with 2,100- rooms but was forced to close after a devastating fire during the fall of 1980. While under re-construction the newest in fire safety equipment was added to protect guests and a second hotel tower with 714-rooms was added. MGM Grand sold the property to the Bally Corporation in 1986, for over $500 million. During 1995, a $25 million monorail system linking Bally's and the MGM Grand together was build.

Bally's offers 175,000 square feet of flexible meeting and exhibit space for groups of 45 to 4,500 in the Las Vegas and Pacific Ballrooms on the second and third floors.

Enjoy hot name entertainment in the Jubilee Theater or gaming action in the 67,000-square-ft casino with 1,900 slot and video machines, 90 gaming tables, 8 craps tables, a Hi-Roller room with 15 tables or relax in the keno lounge, Race & Sports Book or one of several bar lounges. Bally's Race & Sports Book has 26 big screen monitors and 210 personal ones.

Dining: al Dente, Italian cuisine; Bally's Steakhouse, beef and seafood; Big Kitchen Buffet, an award winning buffet; Chang's at Bally's, Chinese and Hong Kong specialties; Seasons, continental cuisine and The Sidewalk Cafe, open 24- hours.

Das Casino gehört zu Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment Inc. wurde 1937 als Harrah's gegründet und wurde 2010 in Caesars Entertainment umbenannt. Besitzer sind die Investment-Firmen Apollo Global Management, TPG Capital und The Blackstone Group.

		
 
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