New York-New York Hotel & Casino: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

New York-New York Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip at 3790 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one of the large casinos owned by MGM Mirage.

New York-New York uses the New York City theme of its name in many ways. Its architecture creates an impression of the New York City skyline; the hotel includes several towers configured to resemble New York City skyscrapers, such as the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. In front of the property is a pool representing New York Harbor, with a 150-foot-tall (half-scale) replica of the Statue of Liberty and a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge. Within the facility, particular gambling areas, bars, eating areas and meeting rooms are named after New York City neighborhoods or landmarks. New York-New York uses the trademarked slogan "The Greatest City in Las Vegas."

The intersection where the property sits is a very busy one, so pedestrians are not allowed to attempt to cross at street level. Instead, New York-New York is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos to the south (the Excalibur, across Tropicana Avenue) and to the east (the MGM Grand, across the Strip).

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, people spontaneously sent various tributes to New York-New York, especially tee-shirts from police, fire and rescue departments around the country. These were displayed for some time along the fence in front of the "Lady Liberty" replica. Eventually, they were replaced by a permanent memorial there. The facility was fortunate in that the twin towers of the World Trade Center were not among the skyscrapers depicted in its facade.