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Power went out at Bellagio early this morning. All the guests had to be moved to other properties. They are expecting to have power sometime tomorrow.

What a mess that must have been?

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotel...blackout_x.htm

HarryR

Author: Frank
Date: 04/12/2004, 12:32 pm
Message: The Bellagio in Vegas lost power on Sunday and have yet to restore it. Read below.

One of the biggest hotels on the Las Vegas Strip is in its second day of a power outage it blames on a mechanical problem.

The Bellagio casino is closed while officials hope to truck in portable transformers and fix a device similar to a surge protector in time to be back up and running by Monday night.

But the hotel's also trying to find other accommodations for 1,000 guests still at the 3,000 room resort.

Even the "Dancing Waters" attraction on the Las Vegas Strip is still.

Authorities do not suspect a criminal or terrorist act. That's according to an MGM Mirage spokesman who traces the problem to a power surge about 2:00 AM Sunday.

The hotel's trying to make it as easy as possible for guests accustomed to pampering and premium rates at the Strip's top-end hotel.

The Bellagio had been full for the Easter weekend, but about 2,000 guests checked out Sunday.





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Author: LordBalfor
Date: 04/12/2004, 01:48 pm
Message: My son just called me at 9:00 am PDT this morning (he and his wife arrived at the Bellagio yesterday morning to a dark hotel) to tell me that the power there is still out and that they are going to be moved to another hotel (possibly the Mirage). He says it's been quite a hike up the 9 floors to their room.

Ken



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Author: LordBalfor
Date: 04/12/2004, 01:51 pm
Message: PS: Last trip they took, they missed a connecting flight in LAX to Hong Kong and ended up spending 36 hours at the airport scrambling to find another flight with empty seats.

Don't think I'm going to be planning a trip with them anytime soon.



Ken



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Author: LordBalfor
Date: 04/12/2004, 03:07 pm
Message: Correction - once the backup generators kicked in the elevators were working again, but no lights in the rooms and no hot water.

Ken



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Author: Scarlett ([email protected])
Date: 04/12/2004, 03:08 pm
Message: WOW, we were on the 23rd floor last visit, now THAT would be a hike!
Are we sure it isn't some sort of Big Oceans 11 kind of robbery



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Author: Ryan
Date: 04/12/2004, 03:19 pm
Message: Hmm, power failure in Vegas. The conspiracy theorist in me sees an ulterior motive. Blackout one MGM casino, shift the players to your other properties (thus retaining the gambling action) then offer your high-rollers and anyone who complains a comp room for another trip - BINGO you just increased your visitor count!



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Author: vacationdreamer
Date: 04/12/2004, 04:29 pm
Message: On the consipracy theory side, I'd vote for an attempted and/or successful robbery, but we'll never find out the truth!



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Author: travleis
Date: 04/12/2004, 05:37 pm
Message: Are you suggesting that the casino operations hide/shade/manipulate information (accounting and otherwise) to suit their interests?




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Maggi

This makes me remember a trip to L.V. around pre-terrorism 1985 when all the power went off on the strip. It was so eerie when suddenly everything went silent. In the darkened casino, security had all the tables covered in about 2.5 seconds. As I recall it only lasted about an hour - I can't remember exactly. But it did make an impression on us.

Scarlett

Why is this thread so weird? Is it a second one?
anyway-I am wondering, what could have done this to such a huge hotel with such amazing security and safe guards (one would think)..the new construction?
Will everyone get a rain check??
I feel bad for those who were celebrating a big occassion and those who just seconds before-were winning big!!

SoBeTraveller

Also, no power at LAX yesterday, and service by 100 planes was affected. Coincidence or what?