MtM Vegas – New Bally’s Las Vegas
We just have to talk about the big news coming out of Vegas that involves Bally’s, Horseshoe and Trop! Before we dive in don’t forget to subscribe to the Miles to Memories YouTube channel to see all of our Vegas videos!
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Old Bally’s Going Away – New Bally’s Is Trop?
Caesars Entertainment followed through with the long rumored change of Bally’s Las Vegas to Horseshoe Las Vegas. This brings the iconic Downtown Las Vegas brand back, but what will be changing and what won’t as the property transitions throughout 2022. Hint: You aren’t getting new rooms.
With Bally’s Las Vegas turning to Horseshoe, that opens up the opportunity for the Bally’s name to come back elsewhere. Unfortunately that means Tropicana is likely going to be heavily renovated or demolished when it’s sale to Bally’s Corporation completes later this year. Will Trop become the new Bally’s? We talk about all of that plus how the ownership landscape in Vegas has changed a lot these past couple of years and what that means.
Episode Guide
- 0:00 Welcome to MtM Vegas
- 0:30 Bally’s Las Vegas changing to Horseshoe
- 1:21 What is changing & what isn’t at Horseshoe/Bally’s
- 3:35 Binion’s and the legacy of the Horseshoe name
- 4:40 How Bally’s Corporation got control of their name and Tropicana
- 6:05 Tearing down Tropicana? How will it be rethemed to Bally’s?
- 8:15 Changing tides of ownership in Vegas – Tons of new players in town
Bottom Line
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This will actually be the second name change for the current Bally’s, when it becomes the Horseshoe. The hotel and casino was originally known as the MGM Grand, long before the current MGM Grand was built. A fire at the then MGM Grand in 1980 killed 85 people and injured 650, hence the name change to Bally’s. The tragedy remains the deadliest disaster in Nevada history, and the third-deadliest hotel fire in modern U.S. history.