The deal, first unveiled in December 2021, could spell the end of The Mirage’s iconic outdoor volcano attraction along Las Vegas Boulevard, as Hard Rock is looking to build a guitar-shaped hotel tower on that site. MGM Resorts International announced Monday that it closed its nearly $1.1 billion cash sale of the Las Vegas Strip resort’s operations to Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Mirage is officially under new ownership.