Hard Rock International announced Monday that it is buying The Mirage’s operations side from MGM Resorts International for more than $1 billion in cash. The latest such proposal was unveiled this week. But it wouldn’t have been the first themed hotel structure proposed along Las Vegas Boulevard, and certainly was not the last. His vision: build a Titanic-replica resort with 1,200 “cabins” and an “iceberg” retail area. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) the spring of 1999, more than a year after “Titanic” made its big-screen debut, flamboyant casino figure Bob Stupak unveiled a big idea for Las Vegas. Hard Rock International recently announced a deal to acquire The Mirage for more than $1 billion. An enormous guitar adorns the outside of a Hard Rock Cafe on Thursday, Dec.
