MGM Resorts International unveils The Park, a colourful outdoor dining and entertainment district celebrating the wonderful thing about the encompassing desert landscape and offering visitors a brand new strategy to experience the Las Vegas Strip. Located between New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts, The Park is designed to become a occasion space where guests can experience stunning design elements, a fun culinary lineup boasting great indoor/outdoor environments, iconic art and playful entertainment. The Park will function the gateway to the brand new 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena, set to open on April 6.

An esteemed panel is anticipated to enroll in MGM Resorts' Chairman and CEO Jim Murren in marking The Park's official opening, including Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow and Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager John Entsminger, who will present The Park with the Authority's prestigious 2016 Water Hero Award. This award recognizes businesses or individuals devoted to water conservation and dedicated to saving millions of gallons of water annually.

"Our vision for The Park was to create a brand new more or less experience for Las Vegas that may speak to the needs of today's travelers," said Murren. "Within this pretty outdoor setting, guests have opportunities to explore and discover. Whether or not it's to benefit from the wonderful thing about desert landscaping, take a photograph to share with friends of a very powerful art installation, to enjoy cocktails and a bite to eat on a patio before an event at T-Mobile Arena, or just to enjoy a quiet moment outside, The Park is designed to provide something for everyone."

A Glimpse into The Park:

Experience: An outside oasis inspired by the long-lasting plazas, promenades and squares that experience served as important public gathering destinations inside the world's great cities, The Park has re-envisioned the normal pedestrian experience by adding a brand new layer of numerous social spaces in Las Vegas. It is going to draw passersby from the hustle and bustle of The Strip offering opportunities to experience Las Vegas outdoors and at one's leisure. The Park offers an array of common spaces for socializing, relaxing, exploring and sampling the encircling tastes, sights and sounds.

By day, visitors can take pleasure in pockets of sun or enjoy shade beneath mature trees with wide-reaching branches and spectacular, towering shade structures that rise 50 feet from the bottom. Patio-style seating encourages a real social environment, while seating alcoves tucked into large planters provide areas for respite.

Unique water features, including water walls stretching greater than 100 feet in length along the entrance, add unexpected visuals as do dramatic plantings incorporating a number of beautiful desert blooms. As they explore The Park, guests may discover live entertainment corresponding to acoustic guitarists, dancers, sand artists and more.

As the sun sets, illuminated elements of The Park's landscaping create a dramatic setting. The shade structures, artistic endeavors in and of themselves, emit LED sequences from high above, captivating guests below. Bliss Dance, the breathtaking 40-foot-tall sculpture of a dancing woman created by artist Marco Cochrane, stands because the centerpiece of The Park's inspired design and is illuminated by nearly 3,000 colored LED lights at night.

Dining Under the Sun and Stars: Not unlike the small cafes and bistros that spill onto iconic promenades, clusters of casual restaurants and bars with outdoor seating open onto The Park making a colorful patio ambiance.

Dining venues include:

    --  Beerhaus - A remix of the yankee beer hall, this fun and unpretentious

        beer garden is highlighted by its outdoor spaces and vantage points of

        the entire Park's activity. Guests can delight in sustainably raised

        farm-to-table meats, an excellent regional craft brew list, live music

        and, of course, games to get any get together started - foosball,

        shuffleboard, ping pong and more.

    --  Shake Shack - Boasting patios overlooking The Park and New York-New

        York's Brooklyn Bridge, the much-beloved Shake Shack is a contemporary day

        "roadside" burger stand known for its all-natural burgers, flat-top

        dogs, frozen custard, beer, wine and more. With its fresh, simple,

        high-quality food at a perfect value, Shake Shack is a fun and lively

        community gathering place with widespread appeal.

    --  California Pizza Kitchen - California Pizza Kitchen is the authority in

        creative dining with a California vibe. Blending fresh, seasonal

        ingredients with bold, global inspiration, "CPK" offers signature

        hand-tossed, hearth-baked pizzas, inventive main plates and shareables,

        unique pastas and salads, alongside premium wines, craft beers and

        hand-crafted cocktails featuring fresh fruits, herbs and spices. With an

        outdoor patio, full bar and open kitchen centered across the hearth

        oven, CPK's rustic, modern atmosphere is ideal for drinks and small

        plates before a show, dinner with family and everything in between.

    --  Sake Rok - This theatrical hotspot open for lunch, dinner and a

        late-night bar/lounge, thrills guests with greater than just its array of

        delicious sushi, Japanese cuisine and personal sake label. By night, Sake

        Rok transforms right into a high-profile social dining extravaganza, immersing

        guests in an experience part culinary, part performance and completely

        unexpected. Inspired by Japan's vibrant popular culture and fashion

        movements, interactive servers invite guests to partake in

        restaurant-wide sake bombs while doubling as entertainers, spontaneously

        breaking into dance and lip-sync serenades.

    --  Bruxie - The fast-casual, gourmet waffle restaurant born out of Orange

        County serves up its signature takes at the sandwich. Bruxie's

        next-generation sandwiches use a light, airy authentic Brussels Waffle

        because the "Bold Fold." The Waffle is crisp, lightly yeasty and never sweet -

        paying homage to freshly baked bread. Bruxie Waffles are paired with

        quality seasonal ingredients, offering both savory choices like

        Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Chili Honey and Cider Slaw in addition to a

        number of sweet options reminiscent of Strawberry Crème Brûlée.

Design: The design for The Park was a collaborative effort led by MGM Resorts International with master planner Cooper, Robertson & Partners, leading landscape architecture and concrete design firm !melk, and Marnell Architecture.

The Park's unique design elements include:

    --  Green Initiatives: The Park implemented an integrated environmental

        sustainability program throughout construction stages which will continue

        with operational focuses addressing energy and water conservation, green

        building and waste management through cutting-edge technology and

        innovative design. The restaurant corridor was built to U.S Green

        Building Council's LEED Gold standards, and The Park also replanted 75

        mature trees from the present area to improve the plush environment.

        Asphalt existing on-site also was salvaged, ground and recycled to

        create new paved surfaces throughout the development and an on-site well

        provides all the Park's irrigation water.

    --  Natural Landscaping: Landscape design utilized native and

        desert-adaptive species of plants, which might be capable of thrive in hot and

        dry environments with minimal water. Large planters with inset seating

        feature dramatic vegetation displays created by the juxtaposition of

        cloud-like plants (santolina, apache plum, mormon fir, etc.) alongside

        vibrant shoots (red yucca, torch lily, desert bear grass, etc.), lush

        grasses (Mexican feather grass, fountain grass, orange sedge, etc.) and

        spikes (blue agave, golf tooth aloe, horsetail, etc.).

    --  Cooling Elements: Mature trees, vegetation, water features and artful

        shade structures create comfortable environments for guests to enjoy The

        Park year-round. Ground and surfaces has been constructed using marble

        - a naturally cooling material. Hand-laid in mosaic tile patterns, the

        marble features color palettes of the yank Southwest.

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