Monte Carlo fire
A three-alarm fire occurred last Friday, Jan. 26, at the Monte Carlo resort, but the black smoke above the Las Vegas Strip made the incident appear much worse than it really was.
The 32-story Monte Carlo Resort has 3,002 guest rooms and was reported to be at 96 percent capacity at the time of the fire. Resort officials reported that guests would be relocated to rooms in some of the nine sister properties in the city, such as the Bellagio, Circus Circus, the Mirage, and the Luxor.
Photo courtesy MGM-Mirage
The Monte Carlo had its grand opening in June of 1996 (at a cost of $344 million) and underwent a room rennovation that was completed in August 2004 (at a cost of $19 million).
As of Monday afternoon, the resort's public affairs office tells me that they have not put out an actual press release regarding the fire, but have been issuing press updates, and will include this blog on their contact list.
