An outdoor shopping mall, the Grand Bazaar Shops, was added to Bally's in 2015. A sister property, Paris Las Vegas, opened next to Bally's in 1999. In 1986, Bally Manufacturing purchased the resort and renamed it Bally's Las Vegas. The resort has a total of 2,812 rooms, and the casino is 68,375 sq ft (6,352.2 m 2). Another 26-story tower opened later that year, adding more than 700 rooms. The MGM Grand was rebuilt at a cost of $50 million, and eventually reopened on July 29, 1981, with new fire safety features in place. On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand was the site of one of the worst high-rise fires in United States history, in which 85 people died. The 26-story hotel contained 2,100 rooms, and was among the world's largest hotels.
It originally opened as the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on December 4, 1973.
It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Horseshoe Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
