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  • Hard Rock Auctions Las Vegas Relics from Mirage – Casino.org

    Posted on: August 20, 2025, 05:52h. 

    Last updated on: August 20, 2025, 06:58h.

    • More than 300 sculptures and paintings from the former Mirage are now up for bidding in an online auction
    • The items include the famous bronze mermaid and brass dolphins sculptures
    • The online online runs from now until Sept. 19 

    Hard Rock International is auctioning off relics from the Mirage, which it is in the midst of transforming into Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas.

    The Mirage’s atrium and volcano were both destroyed by the property’s new owners to make room for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel. (Image: tripadvisor.com)

    The 30-day online auction, hosted by LA-based Prime Auctioneers on liveauctioneers.com, spans decades of history from the game-changing hotel opened by Steve Wynn in November 1989. It includes more than 300 pieces of artwork and memorabilia once displayed front-of-house and behind the scenes.

    The auction includes two of these bronze mermaid statues, which famously welcomed guests at The Mirage’s check-in area in front of the large aquarium. According to multiple sources, they were designed by Arlin Robins. (Hard Rock)

    Going to the highest bidder will be the famous bronze mermaid and brass dolphin statues (two each), 50 pieces from glass artist Dale Chihuly, and numerous items tied to the defunct resort’s volcano attraction and Siegfried & Roy show. (No, not, the Siegfried & Roy statue. That was donated to the Neon Museum!)

    “The Mirage stood as an iconic destination that featured an extensive collection of artwork that helped define the resort’s unique atmosphere throughout the years,” Joe Lupo, president of Hard Rock Las Vegas, said in a statement. “This auction gives collectors, Las Vegas enthusiasts, past guests who adored The Mirage and historians the chance to acquire authentic pieces from this storied resort.”

    Florida-based Hard Rock International purchased the operations of the Mirage for $1.076 billion from MGM Resorts in 2022. It shuttered the iconic resort on July 17, 2024 and immediately began demolishing some of its features and gutting the contents of the tri-tower main structure.

    The beloved artificial volcano was demolished in August, followed by the domed atrium in January.

    The second Hard Rock Las Vegas (the first is now Virgin Hotels Las Vegas) is expected to open, complete with a guitar-shaped tower where the volcano once stood, in the second half of 2027.

    To register and see the Mirage Collection auction items, click here. Online bidding is open now through Sept. 19. Live bidding begins Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. PT.

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  • The Mirage Casino In Las Vegas Is Closing – KXL

    The Mirage Casino In Las Vegas Is Closing – KXL

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors on July 17. It marks the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination.

    The closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the property.

    It is expected to reopen in 2027 as the Hard Rock Las Vegas with a 700-foot hotel tower in the shape of a guitar.

    The Mirage opened in 1989 as the Strip’s first megaresort, and its success ushered in a building boom through the 1990s.

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  • Famitsu Review Scores: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Detective Pikachu Returns, and Lords of the Fallen Rated – Latest Updates

    Famitsu Review Scores: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Detective Pikachu Returns, and Lords of the Fallen Rated – Latest Updates

    Famitsu Review Scores: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Detective Pikachu Returns, and Lords of the Fallen Rated – Latest Updates – Top Buzz Trends


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  • Surprise: Next Assassin’s Creed Game Launching A Week Early

    Surprise: Next Assassin’s Creed Game Launching A Week Early

    In recent years, Ubisoft has struggled to release games on schedule, with some titles like Skull & Bones being delayed over and over. But now, the company has announced something different. Instead of being delayed, it turns out Assassin’s Creed: Mirage will launch a week earlier than previously planned.

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    Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is the next entry in the long-running open-world stealth franchise. This time around players will take on the role of Basim Ibn Ishaq, an assassin first seen in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. In Mirage, players will get a chance to see how a younger Basim evolves from a street thief to a fully-fledged assassin. Ubisoft is promising that, unlike recent AC games, Mirage will be a smaller, more stealth-focused action game and less of a super large open-world RPG. That sounds great to me, someone who misses those sleeker, sneakier entries. And what also sounds good to me is that we won’t have to wait as long to get our hands on this Assassin’s Creed prequel.

    Pre-order Assassin’s Creed: Mirage: Amazon | Best Buy | GameStop

    On August 14, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed: Mirage will launch across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC on October 5. The game was initially planned—after a delay in 2022—to be released on October 12. Ubisoft says that the game has now gone gold and will be ready for players a full week earlier than expected.

    In an era where big, complicated video games are taking longer and longer to make and delays are becoming more and more common, this is a nice bit of news. Not just for Assassin’s Creed fans, who now get to play the upcoming game a week earlier than planned, but for anyone looking for a sign that perhaps not every big game that is completed and successfully ships has to do so on fire.

    Of course that’s assuming Mirage launches in a respectable state and not filled with bizarre glitches, like the originally released version of Assassin’s Creed: Unity back in 2014. Either way, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is now set to launch on October 5 across Xbox, PlayStation and PC. Perhaps one day Skull & Bones will release, too.

    Pre-order Assassin’s Creed: Mirage: Amazon | Best Buy | GameStop

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