The $1.4 BILLION Pirate Resort MGM ERASED From Existence

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Treasure Island Las Vegas (TI) opened in 1993 as Steve Wynn's roughly $450 million pirate megaresort, complete with a full-scale sinking warship, the free Battle of Buccaneer Bay show, and an 8,000-pound skull towering over the Strip. This documentary traces how MGM Mirage and later Phil Ruffin spent thirty years erasing the theme — cutting down the skull, swapping the pirate battle for Sirens of TI, and finally filling in the lagoon for a shopping mall — while Cirque du Soleil's Mystère became the only original attraction to survive. It's the story of how one of the loudest resorts on the Las Vegas Strip quietly de-themed itself into a two-letter name.


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1. Treasure Island Hotel and Casino — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_Hotel_and_Casino
2. Sirens of TI — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens_of_TI
3. Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst%C3%A8re_(Cirque_du_Soleil)
4. The Mirage — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirage
5. Dunes (hotel and casino) — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunes_(hotel_and_casino)
6. Steve Wynn — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wynn
7. Phil Ruffin — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ruffin
8. MGM Mirage — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Mirage
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