Mandalay Bay, or
as some have referred to it as, the Mirage south, is a property that very much
earns that comparison.  From the gold tri-point tower, aquatic animal
encounter, iconic pop cirque show and quality high-end dining, Mandalay Bay
needed to be the Mirage 2.0 to overcome the tremendous disadvantaged of being
the southernmost property on the Las Vegas Strip.  Fortunately, it was
successful.


 


Mandalay Bay is exquisite without being pretentious, high-end without
being snobby.  It is simultaneously the culmination and, inadvertently,
the downfall of Circus Circus enterprises, but we’ll save details about that
for Vintage Vegas.  Like the Mirage before it, MGM took it over and also
like the Mirage, they’ve taken good care of it.