Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas’ predominant entertainment production company for more than 25 years, is halting all of its shows on the Strip because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A dolphin calf was born on Aug. 11, 2018, at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
This dolphin is celebrating her first birthday this month. Meet Coco! She was born July 17, 2017 at the Mirage’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. Her trainers describe her as a little kid who loves to be adventurous and look at everything. She eats about 10.5 pounds of fish per day, and spends her days in the pool with her mom, Huf N Puf, her big sister Bella, and her Grandma, Duchess.
Cocktail waitresses at the The Mirage, then run by Steve Wynn, were pressured by supervisors to have sex with casino customers dating as far back as 1989 and during that time one server claimed the casino mogul pressured her into having sex, according to a court filing. The claims could have been made public nearly two decades ago, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal decided against publishing the story in 1998. Two of the cocktail servers spoke to RJ reporter Carri Geer. Geer said she remembers then-publisher Sherman Frederick saying the woman should undergo lie detector tests. But after the polygraph results came back, Geer said she was ordered to delete the story she had written. But she saved a printout of the story, the court records from the case, the polygraph results and the $600 bill for the polygraph examinations. “I always wanted to tell these women’s stories. That’s why I saved this file for 20 years.” – Carri Geer
Billionaire Steve Wynn faced allegations of pressuring a waitress into sex about 30 years ago. He allegedly told the woman he had “never had a grandmother before” and wanted “to see how it feels,” according to a court document and interviews with the Review-Journal. Wynn, the CEO of Wynn Resorts, was accused of sexual misconduct with several employees in a Wall Street Journal story published last week. Wynn has denied the allegations in the Journal report. The woman, who is now 75, said her supervisor told her she had to have sex with Wynn to keep her job at the Mirage, according to her account and a sworn statement by Earlene Wiggins. Wynn, 76, has not responded to multiple requests from the Review-Journal for an interview.
Courtesy video from The Mirage shows Huf N Puf and her newborn calf swimming around at the Seigfried and Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. (The MIrage)
The retired entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy introduced three new white lion cubs to the media at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage on Thursday. The three lion cubs weighing about 35 pounds a piece are the newest addition to the attraction.