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TREASURE ISLAND HOTEL AND CASINO
The Treasure Island (since 2003, also known as "ti") is a 2,885--room hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built by Mirage Resorts when that company was owned by Steve Wynn, and it is currently owned by the successor corporation, MGM Mirage. It opened in 1993 and intended to attract families with children with features such as a large video arcade and staged pirate battles nightly in "Buccaneer Bay" in front of the casino.
In 2003, the hotel largely abandoned its pirate theme, to refocus on young adults. The arcade was closed. The famous skull-and-crossbones sign at the Strip entrance was replaced by one reading simply "ti". In lieu of the pirate battle, the newly renamed "Sirens' Cove" is now the site of "The Sirens of TI". This free show is designed to appeal more to adults by including singing, dancing and attractive women, all of which were absent from the original show. Because of a fire risk from the pirate ship's tattered sails, the show is often canceled when wind is present.
TI is home to Cirque du Soleil's Mystère, which revolutionized production shows on the Las Vegas strip and introduced Franco Dragone to The Strip.
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