The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino is a megaresort hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. The hotel, with a height of 360 ft (110 m), has 32 floors, featuring a 102, 000-square-foot (9, 500 m2) casino floor with 1, 400 slot machines, 60 table games, and 15 poker tables. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. The hotel offers 2, 992 guest rooms, including 259 luxury suites. The hotel, named to invoke the Place du Casino in Monte Carlo, features chandelier domes, marble floors, neoclassical arches, ornate fountains, and gas-lit promenades. As of 2010, Monte Carlo has a AAA-Four-Diamond rating. The resort includes 22, 000 sq ft (2, 000 m2) of retail stores, plus convention facilities, a spa, fitness center, a hair salon, a 2, 000-square-foot (190 m2) exercise room, a pool area, which includes a wave pool lazy river, a wedding chapel, and the Street of Dreams shopping area collection of retail stores which includes Optica, Marshall Rousso, Misura, Harley Davidson of Las Vegas and Art of Music. A 21, 000 sq ft (2, 000 m2) pool area includes a wave pool with constantly changing wave patterns, and a Lazy River feature. The CityCenter Tram offers access to the Bellagio and Crystals retail district in the CityCenter complex, with service every 5 minutes. On October 7, 2010, the JabbaWockeeZ - described as a modern dance/hip-hop crew - began performance of their permanent headline show at Monte Carlo, entitled MÃÅS. I. C. This show was originally performed five nights per week at the 1, 224-seat Monte Carlo Theater, which under its previous name (Lance Burton Theatre) hosted magician Lance Burton, who performed there between June 21, 1996 and September 4, 2010. In 2012, the JabbaWockeeZ show moved to the 800-seat Monte Carlo Pavilion. On October 10, 2012, Blue Man Group opened a new show at the Monte Carlo in the renamed Blue Man Theatre, after previously performing at Luxor and The Venetian in Las Vegas.
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