LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Artifacts from the recently closed Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip will find a new home.
Hard Rock International announced several items will be moved to the Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas.
“Hard Rock is very pleased to contribute The Mirage artifacts to The Neon Museum,” said Joe Lupo, President of Mirage Hotel and Casino. “This iconic property that transformed the Las Vegas Strip can be remembered forever and we appreciate them preserving one of our city’s greatest treasures.”
The Neon Museum will receive the following items:
- A 17-foot-tall sculpture of Siegfried & Roy with a giant white tiger
- The 30-foot-tall Mirage hotel entrance arch sign
- The 27-foot-long Mirage neon sign that sat in The Mirage’s Volcano Lagoon
Hard Rock also said that additional items will go to a public art auction in September. Any items that aren’t sold at that auction will also go to the Neon Museum.
“In July of 2023, The Neon Museum first met with Hard Rock® leadership to begin the preservation conversation. Over the course of a year, we worked together to identify the most iconic and historically significant pieces,” Aaron Berger, Executive Director of The Neon Museum, said. “Future generations will be able to learn about ‘the oasis in the desert’ and how it changed hospitality design in Las Vegas and the world.”
Mirage closed its doors officially on July 17, but is expected to reopen as Hard Rock’s new guitar-shaped hotel in 2027.
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