BELLAGIO CASINO

Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by MGM MIRAGE.

Inspired by the Lake Como resort of Bellagio in Italy, Bellagio is famed for its elegance. One of its most notable features is an 8 ac (32,000 m²) artificial lake between the building and the Strip. The fountain shows on the lake are a major free attraction.

Inside Bellagio, Dale Chihuly's Fiori di Como, composed of over 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers, covers 2,000 ft² (610 m²) of the lobby ceiling. The hotel also contains the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

Bellagio was conceived by Steve Wynn and built by his company, Mirage Resorts, Inc. following the purchase and demolition of the legendary Dunes hotel and casino in 1993. Bellagio was designed by Marnell Corrao Associates and Jon Jerde.

Bellagio is home to Cirque du Soleil's production of "O", the second permanent production show for the troupe.


HISTORY OF BELLAGIO

When it opened on October 15, 1998, it was the most expensive hotel ever built, having cost over $1.5 billion.

In 2000 it became a MGM Mirage property when Mirage Resorts merged with MGM Grand Inc. to create MGM MIRAGE.

Actor Justin Pierce committed suicide in 2000, by hanging himself in one of the Bellagio's rooms.


FILM HISTORY

Bellagio was featured prominently in the film Ocean's Eleven (2001). The safe for the three casinos that were robbed was located at the Bellagio.

The sex tape that propelled hotel heiress Paris Hilton to stardom was shot in one of the hotel rooms in Bellagio.


FOUNTAIN DETAILS

Wet Design, a company specializing in creating intricate water shows, designed an array of underwater pipes with over 1,000 nozzles that makes it possible to stage fountain displays coordinated with over 4,000 lights and music.

The Fountains of Bellagio, as the attraction is called, was made using three types of nozzles: "oarsman", which can swing back and forth to create dancing water; "shooters", which can shoot water upwards; and "super shooters", which can send a water blast as high as 250 ft (76 m) in the air.

After the success that Wet Design had with the Fountains, Steve Wynn asked them to improve and modify the volcano attraction at sister casino The Mirage.


POKER ROOM

Bellagio is the effective home to many professional poker players and several of the largest tournaments in the world. Common limit hold'em games spread are the low limits, $15-$30, $30-$60, and $80-$160. The highest regular no-limit game is played with $10-$20 blinds. On busier days, mixed games are spread at higher limit up through $4000-$8000.

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