Park MGM began as the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, which opened on June 21, 1996. The continuing resort at 3770 South Las Vegas Boulevard changed its name and character through a major renovation in 2018. Keeping those two names together explains the site more accurately than treating Monte Carlo as a demolished casino replaced by an unrelated hotel.
The Monte Carlo years
The original resort was a partnership between Mirage Resorts and Circus Circus Enterprises. Its European-inspired presentation promised an elegant setting at prices aimed at a broad audience. Lance Burton’s magic show was part of the opening identity. MGM’s later announcement of his final 2010 engagement describes a fourteen-year association with the resort.
Part of the former Dunes grounds
Monte Carlo also belongs to the larger history of the Dunes grounds. UNLV’s corporate-history note places it on the former Dunes site, and a contemporary newspaper retrospective identifies it as occupying a portion of that land. Bellagio occupies another part of the former resort’s much larger setting. These are partial site relationships, not identical hotel footprints.
The 2008 fire and reopening
On January 25, 2008, a rooftop fire closed Monte Carlo. MGM’s filing records a February 15 reopening with only part of the room inventory available, while more extensive work continued elsewhere in the hotel. The interruption and repairs were a significant episode within the same operating property, years before the Park MGM conversion.
Becoming Park MGM
The later transformation unfolded in stages. Park Theater opened in December 2016; the Park MGM name appeared in May 2018 while more work was still planned. MGM and Sydell Group reshaped rooms, public spaces and dining, retaining and restoring some Monte Carlo decorative elements. The current operator fact sheet dates completion of the wider reimagining to 2019. A name-change date therefore does not mark completion of every component.
NoMad becomes The Reserve
Park MGM and NoMad reopened after the pandemic closure on September 30, 2020, with a smoke-free casino policy. A further branding change affected the hotel within the hotel: in December 2025 MGM announced NoMad’s transition to The Reserve at Park MGM, effective December 17. Current operator material confirms The Reserve occupies the tower’s top four floors. It did not replace the Park MGM name for the whole resort.
The resort and photograph today
Park MGM remains an operating hotel-casino. The February 2019 photograph records its earlier post-conversion exterior and theater signage; ARIA and the tall Waldorf Astoria building behind it are separate properties. The image predates the Reserve name and is not evidence of current signs or show schedules.