Las Vegas hotel expansions

[Jim856796]

I started this thread because there are certain hotel/casinos in Las Vegas such as las Vegas Hilton, Caesars Palace, and the Flamingo have undergone renovations and expansions throughout their existence. Some old hotels have transformed from the motel-like lowrises they once were to the 2000+-room megaresorts they are today.

Let's take the Bally's Hotel, for example.

In 1973, it opened as the MGM Grand Hotel, a 26-story, 2,100-room hotel on top of a 3-story podium.

Then in 1980, there was a major fire that killed 87 people and injured about 500 others.

The hotel was reconstructed and a new 26-story 784-room tower was built in 1981.

In 1986, the hotel changes its name to the Bally Grand Hotel. the hotel's names is currently bally's as of 1996. Five years later they added a new 150-ft sign replacing the old one.

Seeing as Harrah's, the owners of this hotel, plans to retire the Bally's brand name in the future, I'd like to see the resort transformed into the Horseshoe brand. There will be no implosion for the two towers.