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When it opened on October 15, 1998, it was the most expensive hotel ever built, having cost over $1.5 billion.
Bellagio was featured prominently in the remake of the film Ocean's Eleven. The safe for the three casinos that were robbed was located at the Bellagio.
Bellagio is home to Cirque du Soleil's production of "O", the second permanent production show for the troupe.
The sex tape that propelled hotel heiress Paris Hilton to stardom was shot in one of the hotel rooms in Bellagio.
In 2000 it became a MGM Mirage property when Mirage Resorts merged with MGM Grand Inc. to create MGM Mirage.
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One of its most notable features is an 8 ac (32,000 m²) artificial lake between the building and the Strip.
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, is made of 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.
Inside the Bellagio, the lobby ceiling has 2,000 ft² (610 m²) of over 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers created by Dale Chihuly in a piece entitled Fiori di Como. 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. |
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