751. Genius in the hospitality industry

Kirk is an absolute genius when it comes to running hotels.

His $8.5 billion "gambling paradise" City Center, the most expensive privately funded project in the country's history, boasts three hotels and a casino, the largest in Las Vegas. Not only that, but in 2000, he bought Steve Wayne's Meloz Hotel for $6.4 billion. Four years later, he acquired the Mandalay Bay Hotel for $7.9 billion. Not only that, in fact, all MGM-related hotels basically have Kirk in them.

One of the most famous, needless to say, is none other than the MGM Grand Hotel.

The hotel, located on the Plaza MGM Resort, is architecturally modeled after an 18th-century Florentine villa in Italy.

Each of the hotel's 29 customer service centers has its own supervisor and is available 24 hours a day. The luxurious hotel suites include a lavish restaurant, a private pool and spa, as well as two kitchens, one for Asian and the other for European, with kitchens waiting for guests to order their meals.

In fact, $5,000 a night can only give you an empty room, and there is an additional charge for the service. At MGM Grand, the smallest villa is 2,900 square feet and the largest is up to 9,000 square feet, with prices of up to $15,000 per night. In December 2018, the World Brand Lab released the list of "2018 Top 500 World Brands", and MGM Group ranked 474th.

MGM Plaza, the largest entertainment plaza in Las Vegas, was completed at the end of 1993 at the intersection of Las Vegas Strip and Tropical Road in the heart of Las Vegas. In particular, the bathrooms are made of Italian marble. As soon as you enter the gate, you will see marble from Italy set off all kinds of whimsical decorations.

Its 380,000-square-meter venue facilities include a Garden Ballroom that can accommodate 9,500 people and 30 other fully functional meeting rooms that can accommodate meetings from 28 to 350 people. The hotel also features a 15,000-seat multi-purpose theatre and two theatres. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool, health club, tennis courts, sauna, golf and more, as well as Las Vegas' first casino with a major amusement park.

There are 8 restaurants in the hotel, offering steak, South American cuisine, Chinese food, New Orleans food, Italian food, fast food service such as McDonald's Burger King Häagen-Dazs ice cream, buffet and more. The hotel's Chinese restaurant, "Pearl Restaurant", is popularly known as "Pearl Pearl" by the local Chinese, and is popularly known as "Pearl Restaurant" by the Hong Kong chef who has won multiple World Culinary Awards at MGM Hotels, introducing authentic Chinese cuisine to people from all over the world.

In addition, the MGM Grand Hotel is also famous for the largest casino in Las Vegas. As the largest hotel in Las Vegas, its casino is no small feat, with 171,000 square meters, almost the size of four football fields, and 3,200 slot machines alone. In addition to general gambling games, there are some special games such as: Keno, Race Book, Sports Book, Video Keno, Video Poker, etc., as well as many advanced electronic devices.

The hotel's event venues are large-scale designs, such as MGM Adventure Park, the largest and most popular entertainment center in Las Vegas for adults and children, divided into nine themed areas within 33 acres of grounds, with daily singing, dancing, stereo films, and live performances. The swimming pool in the hotel is the most expensive swimming pool in Las Vegas, 140,000 square meters divided into 5 plunge pools, 3 jacuzzis, small bridges, waterfalls, rockeries, and flat land, to create a natural landscape amusement center. In order to meet the needs of children, the hotel has a 10,000-square-meter youth video game center, and the Lion City is located at the arched entrance of the guest house, with 5 large and small lions for guests to visit every day. In addition, there are churches, nightclubs, shopping malls, beauty and fitness centers, etc.

The Hollywood Theatre is home to some of the world's top competitions and performances, and many of the world's most famous singers have held concerts here.

At MGM Plaza, the $45 million mega show in the entertainment capital, the venue uses 48-channel digital sound, 2,500 fixed lights, 300 moving lights and 250 special effects controlled by computers. The show is based on the theme story of time travel, based on Wells's famous "Landthe Morlocks". The show is performed in 3D, and the audience will travel on a time travel machine, and even feel the earth shake. Led by '70s teen icon David Cassidy, the show features a massive Broadway-style lavish cabaret show. In addition, the hotel has other facilities including a health club, salon, tennis courts, a full-service day spa, a wedding hall, and a large swimming area. The hotel has also set up a reception near the airport's luggage area, allowing guests to check in as soon as they get off the plane.

So, there is no doubt that MGM Grand is a proper five-star hotel.

The Sword Hotel in the Stone is not much worse than the MGM Hotel, the geographical location, just across the street from the MGM Hotel, the appearance resembles a castle, and it is brightly lit at night, which is very beautiful.

The Treasure Island Hotel, although not across the street from the MGM Hotel, is also in Las Vegas. The hotel was built by the Dream Resorts Group, which was still owned by Stephen Wynn at the time, and which was later acquired by MGM Entertainment and evolved into the MGM Group today. The hotel opened in 1993 and has 2,885 rooms.

The hotel was originally built to attract families with children. For example, in front of the main entrance of the casino, there is a large pirate-themed video game for children to play.

Beginning in 2003, the hotel began to overhaul its image, ditching some of its former pirate themes and shutting down major video games. The famous skull logo on the outside of the hotel has been replaced with the current English word "ti". However, the pirate show in front of the door is still preserved and still attracts many tourists to stop and watch. However, the hotel's own marketing strategy has shifted from targeting families to targeting young adults. For example, the current Pirate Wars show includes a lot of cabaret and beautiful actresses, which was not available before. In addition, Sorage Art Studio has a permanent residency at the Treasure Island Hotel, Mystère, which is one of the hotel's notable projects.

The Mandalay Bay Hotel, another casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, is still owned and managed by MGM. In addition, the 34th to 39th floors of the main building are used for Four Seasons guest rooms. The hotel has 3,309 rooms and a 135,000-square-meter casino, with nearly one million square meters of Mandalay Bay Convention Center and Mandalay Bay Performance Center, which hosts boxing matches, concerts and other programs.

The hotel's resident show is "Mamma Mia!" , very popular with tourists. In addition, the hotel has 11 acres of swimming facilities called Mandalay Beach, including 5 swimming pools and a river that forms a small waterfall. There are two restaurants attached to this facility, and each of the five swimming pools has its own characteristics, such as a heated swimming pool and a wave pool. According to the 2005 Las Vegas Travel Magazine, this swimming facility was voted the best pool in all of Las Vegas.

The hotel features a tropical Asian theme and an aquarium with a 1 million gallons of saltwater. Another notable feature is the theme music restaurant called the Blues Cabin, which can accommodate around 1,800 spectators and has a live band to entertain the audience. Connected to Mandalay Bay, the Four Seasons Hotel has its own pool and bar and is exclusively available to Four Seasons guests. If guests do not have their own swimsuits, Four Seasons will provide them with disposable swimsuits for swimming.

During the construction of the hotel, the engineer found that one side of the building was subsided, and the subsidence was about 2 feet. Until there is a workaround, the entire project is temporarily suspended. The works did not continue until the engineer decided to strengthen the building underneath. Since then, no other architectural problems have been found. The hotel opened on March 2, 1999 on the site of the former Haxianda Hotel. In January 2003, the Convention Center opened and became the fifth largest convention and exhibition center in the United States at the time. In 2004, a new 43-storey 1,120-suite hotel tower was built.

Finally, there is the famous Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

The hotel and casino opened in 1998 and is also located on the Las Vegas Strip. Its design was inspired by Lake Como in Bellagio, Italy, and was the most expensive casino hotel of its time. That title may no longer belong to it, but the hotel casino is still one of the most beautiful and magnificent buildings in the Las Vegas Strip, and is one of the world's rare Triple-A Five Diamond winners, the highest level in the hospitality industry.

Like all hotels, all rooms are designed to provide the most comfortable and elegant environment and services, so that every guest can get the most out of their vacation. Look around Lake Bellagio, the pool and the courtyard, everything is romantic. The most popular of the rooms is the Lake View Room, where guests can enjoy the noise of the Las Vegas Strip by day and the glamour of the night while enjoying the musical fountain in the room. The hotel has hosted many well-known personalities. For example, Michael Jackson, McJordan and others. Luxurious fabrics, rich colors and intriguing décor make guests feel at home.

The exterior of the hotel is breathtaking, especially the beautiful and splendid artificial lake between the hotel and the outside world, which is built in imitation of Lake Comu in Italy, with an area of 32,000 square meters. There is also a luxurious garden for visitors to walk and rest. There are a certain number of fountain shows in the lake every day. They dance to music and lights, captivating the audience with their graceful dancing and are known as the Fountains of Bellagio. Behind the fountain show is a large number of underwater pipes and more than 1,000 nozzles, accompanied by more than 4,000 lights and music. It is estimated that the fountain cost 4 billion to build. The Bellagio Fountain has more than 1,200 nozzles, allowing them to work with more than 4,500 stage fountain displays. Fountain show times are displayed on a music display screen, starting in the afternoon and evening, with one show every 30 minutes. From 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., each performance is performed 15 minutes apart.

Before the start of the musical water show, the nozzle rises to the surface of the water. Normally, the Bellagio hotel building is beautifully lit by the lights and transformed into a purple hue, or shades of red, white and blue.

In addition to this, the hotel is also home to the famous art galleries of Las Vegas. The gallery contains more than 40 authentic paintings, photographs and sculptures by world-renowned artists such as Picasso, Renoir and Monet. Art lovers can enjoy an art feast at the Bellagio Hotel to get up close and personal with the masterpieces.

As for the essential casino part, the Bellagio Hotel Casino has 200 slot machines and 200 gaming tables, offering games such as craps blackjack, craps, simmering, pai gow, Caribbean treasure poker, baccarat and roulette. In the Bellagio poker room, there are dedicated large stakes tables for the wealthy. The casino is also known for hosting the five-star World Series of Poker.

In addition, the Hotel Bellagio is also the venue for the famous Cirque du Soleil to perform its classic show "O". For those who want to play with personality, Hotel Bellagio is the best choice. The "O" show is also one of the most famous shows in Las Vegas, and for more than a decade, the show has been almost full. The entire show took place in a stage-style swimming pool. World-class acrobatic troupes, synchronized swimmers, divers, and other figures perform underwater, in and out of the water, creating a stunning scene in a luxurious theater.

Cirque du Soleil is also a powerful entertainment company and performance group in Montreal, Maple Leaf Country, and the world's largest theater production company. With a subversive interpretation of traditional circus performances, Cirque du Soleil has won the highest accolades in the international entertainment industry, including Emmy Awards and Bambi, with its luxurious and powerful stage presence. In the past 31 years, it has performed for 160 million audiences in more than 300 cities in nearly 50 countries, forming a world-class cultural brand comparable to Disney. They tour the globe, but here in Bellagio, there is a fixed location, which is considered a special treatment.

It also shows Bellagio's status.

And the above hotels, basically developed by Kirk, some of them were invested by himself, some of them were invested by him during the MGM period, although they simply hang the name of MGM like MGM Grand, but in fact, they have little to do with MGM, at most MGM has some shares in these hotels, and the majority is still on Kirk's side.

So this person is a genius in the hotel industry, who has developed from penniless to today, and has several world-renowned hotels in his hands, which is a joke?

Therefore, Zhou Fangyuan's hotel territory must be joined by this person, and if a hotel alliance can be formed, it will definitely be of great benefit to Zhou Fangyuan's hotel development, and Zhou Fangyuan is not worried that this person will not agree, because the huge market in China is enough to attract Kirk to enter.