Full Volcano Show - MIRAGE Hotel - Las Vegas 2022

Las Vegas 2022. This is a full video of the famous Volcano show located in front of the MGM owned Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. This iconic Las Vegas attraction is slated to be torn down and a New Guitar shaped hotel is set to be built on the site by the new owners Hard Rock Hotels.
"Boom. Pow. Wow. Our iconic front yard has more bang than ever, thanks to taller explosions, more fireballs and a driving soundtrack from The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Indian tabla sensation Zakir Hussain. Firing nightly. Sunday - Thursday | 8pm & 9 pm Friday - Saturday | 8pm, 9pm & 10pm *Schedule may vary. Shows are subject to cancellation due to high winds."
~TRIPADVISOR.COM
HISTORY
"The Mirage ushered in the new era of enormous integrated resorts when Steve Wynn opened the 3,000-plus room property in 1989, completely changing the way resort casinos would be designed and built in the city going forward.
The volcano stood as the beacon signifying the city’s shift.
At the time, there was no on-Strip outdoor attraction that even came close to The Mirage’s volcano. It would become an instant success, drawing huge crowds of pedestrians, and even its fair share of drivers along Las Vegas Boulevard who would stop their cars on the street just to watch the show, according to Feldman.
Few know the history of The Mirage better than Feldman. He moved to Las Vegas in 1989 for the opening of the resort as an outside public affairs adviser. He spent 11 years with the-then Mirage Resorts and another 18 with MGM Resorts after MGM merged with Mirage in 2000.
“The volcano really symbolized the new Las Vegas in 1989, and all through the ’90s,” Feldman said. “It was the symbol of Las Vegas turning a corner and becoming something much more than gambling, and becoming really much more than Sin City.”
The volcano show itself, though, was not actually part of the original design plans for the resort.
“The volcano was accidental,” Feldman said.
The developers of The Mirage had been the leaning heavily on the design of the entrance to Caesars Palace, one that required people to drive a little ways to reach the front entrance of the resort - a way of building up the guest’s anticipation. The volcano, Feldman said, was just supposed to be a dormant one, a piece of landscaping there to hide the entrance from the street.
That was until someone suggested making it an actual volcano experience.
“That all happened along the way. It was not part of the original design,” Feldman said.
It didn’t take long for the on-Strip attraction pioneered by the volcano to take off. Soon it would be joined by the Battle of Buccaneer Bay at the neighboring Treasure Island and the fountains at Bellagio.
That accidental volcano became one of the true staples of the Strip. Just before it turned 20, it got a major makeover with an all-new audio/visual spectacle that included brand-new fire effects. It went from the original 38 fire-shooting devices to 152 shooters that can blast fireballs 12 feet into the air, singeing the air just feet away from the attraction’s onlookers.
And it got an exclusive score composed by Grateful Dead drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Mickey Hart and Indian tabla sensation Zakir Hussain. The redesign, completed by WET Design, cost $25 million.
In a behind-the-scenes video showing the development of the score, Hart said he was looking to “translate that fire image to sound.” He said he immersed himself into the legends and myths that surround volcanoes, and studied the science behind how the natural wonders work. And of course, the sound.
“It was about powerful drums. It was about evoking the spirits,” Hart said. “It gives me the emotional impact that I would think you would have when you encountered a volcano.”"
~Las Vegas Review-Journal
"A free Las Vegas show which has no business being free, Mirage’s volcano is one of the most popular attractions on the Strip. Guests are blown away by the heat and noise that radiate from the choreographed eruption which offers multiple show times nightly.
Initially dreamed up by Steve Wynn and built into the Mirage resort which opened in 1989, the show has been redesigned several times over the years. The current volcano production was designed by Water Entertainment Technologies (or WET), the same folks that brought you the free fountain show a few doors down at Bellagio.
The show leverages 150 “fireshooters” located both on the volcano and in the lagoon below to create the eruption, culminating in a 60-foot tall firey eruption that can only be described as powerful.
The eruption is choreographed to a musical piece by the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart along with Indian composer Zakir Hussain. Rhythmic, with a tribal vibe, the percussion-heavy selection is a perfect partner for Mirage’s Volcano."
~lasvegasthenandnow.com
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