The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination.

After more than three decades towering over the Las Vegas Strip, the iconic Mirage Hotel and Casino unexpectedly announced Wednesday that it will be closing its doors this summer. A new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will replace the 65-acre property,

Two months after the famed Tropicana resort shut its doors for good, the Mirage announced it would be ceasing operations on July 17. The Sin City landmark, which originally opened in the ’80s, will undergo a three-year-long transformation and reemerge as the new guitar-shaped Hard Rock Las Vegas.

The Mirage One of Las Vegas’s first mega resorts and a former popular poker spot is set to close. Although original plans called for renovation while the property remained open, the decision has been made that The Mirage will be shuttered on July 17 as the new owners, the Seminole tribe of Florida, transition the casino into Hard Rock Las Vegas.

When the shuttered Mirage springs back to life in 2027 as the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas, it will have 6,000 employees — twice as many as it has now. Jon Lucas, chief operating officer,

The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is officially closing its doors on July 17, 2024 and crews will begin transforming the property into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.