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=== 2017 mass shooting ===
{{Main|2017 Las Vegas shooting}}
On October 1, 2017, gunman [[Stephen Paddock]] opened fire from his room on the hotel's 32nd floor. He targeted concertgoers attending a music festival, located diagonally across from the resort. He killed 60 people and wounded approximately 867 others, before killing himself as authorities approached his room.<ref>{{cite news |title=59 dead, hundreds hurt at Vegas concert in deadliest mass shooting in U.S. |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/02/59-dead-hundreds-hurt-at-Vegas-concert-in-deadliest-mass-shooting-in-US/1061506934022/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=UPI |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How police zeroed in on the Las Vegas gunman |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/07/how-police-zeroed-las-vegas-gunman/737178001/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=USA Today |date=October 7, 2017}}</ref> The incident is the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history.<ref name="deadliest">{{cite news |last1=Nestel |first1=M.L. |last2=Miller |first2=Andrea |date=October 3, 2017 |title=These are the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/10-deadliest-mass-shootings-modern-us-history/story?id=50234345 |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>
Mandalay Bay remained open following the shooting.<ref>{{cite news |last=Prince |first=Todd |title=Day after massacre, Mandalay Bay remains eerily quiet |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/day-after-massacre-mandalay-bay-remains-eerily-quiet/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Staff>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Thomas |title=Mandalay Bay staff reduction result of Oct. 1 shooting attack |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/nov/12/mandalay-bay-staff-reduction-result-of-oct-1-shoot/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=November 12, 2017}}</ref> Hospitality experts believed the massacre would have only a minimal impact on the resort's revenue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Segall |first=Eli |title=Hospitality experts say Mandalay Bay brand will survive massacre |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/hospitality-experts-say-mandalay-bay-brand-will-survive-massacre/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> Several hundred workers, out of 7,400, were laid off as a result of decreased visitation due to the shooting. MGM had also paused its marketing of the resort after the incident, which contributed to profit losses.<ref name=Staff/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Crosby |first1=Rachel |last2=Prince |first2=Todd |title=Mandalay Bay employees see schedules cut in Las Vegas shooting's aftermath |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mandalay-bay-employees-see-schedules-cut-in-las-vegas-shootings-aftermath/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=November 10, 2017}}</ref> Finances gradually improved,<ref name=Footing>{{cite news |last1=Prince |first1=Todd |last2=Raz |first2=Nicole |title=Mandalay Bay struggles to find footing after Las Vegas shooting |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mandalay-bay-struggles-to-find-footing-after-las-vegas-shooting/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=December 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Akers |first=Mick |title=MGM says Mandalay Bay business recovering after Oct. 1 shooting |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/feb/20/mgm-says-mandalay-bay-business-recovering-after-oc/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=February 20, 2018}}</ref> with a near-full recovery in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schulz |first=Bailey |title=2 years after Las Vegas shooting, Mandalay Bay regaining footing |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/2-years-after-las-vegas-shooting-mandalay-bay-regaining-footing-1863781/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>
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