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b"Random Vegas\\nIn its first week of operation, the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace served about 15,000 people. The venue was built at a cost of $17 million. (@vitalvegas via Bacchanal's Executive Chef at the time, Scott Green)\\nTwitpic of the week\\n\\nIt\\u2019s past, present, and future all in one photo.\\xa0 Brought to our attention by @StefanVanDeCook, this picture from @summacorp features the Mirage, with the sands Marquee in the foreground, For a time, the Sands was the property on the strip.\\xa0 Until the Mirage came along supplanting the Sands as the market leader.\\xa0 Eventually accepting they couldn\\u2019t continue to compete, they imploded the property and in its place opened Venetian. Fast forward to today and we are on the brink of losing another icon, the Mirage. True it won\\u2019t be imploded but we are losing the volcano.\\xa0 \\xa0it won\\u2019t be the same and eventually we will lose the name Mirage but what we will never lose are the memories.\\nNews\\nMirage dolphins\\nEl Cortez renovations\\nFranco Dragone Dies\\nLight closes\\nFertitta building on the Strip"