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De La Hoya vs. Trinidad: Las Vegas Closed-Circuit Locations Announced; Tickets on Sale Today.


LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1999--

The heavily anticipated welterweight unification bout between undefeated champions Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy  and Felix Trinidad will be available on a Strip-exclusive, closed-circuit basis at all Park Place Entertainment (NYSE NYSE

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:PPE) and Mandalay Resort Group Mandalay Resort Group was a hotel-casino operator based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Its major properties included Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, as well as half of the Monte Carlo.  (NYSE:MBG) properties.

MBG's Mandalay Bay and PPE's Paris Las Vegas This article is about the Las Vegas hotel. For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation).
Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , that is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment.
 are co-presenting the live presentation of the fight Sept. 18 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12,000 seat indoor arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. It has hosted in the past top-rank boxing and UFC events, as well as concerts with artists like Destiny's Child and Shakira. .

"This fight is taking on an aura of a huge event like the Super Bowl where people want to come to Las Vegas just to be a part of the action," said the fight's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank. He added, "All of the resorts adding closed-circuit broadcasts will certainly feed this demand."

The partnership will provide the closed-circuit telecast at nine Las Vegas resorts, including Luxor, Excalibur, Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. , Caesars Palace, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus, Paris Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay.

Following is a list of resorts, with venue and box office phone numbers, that will be presenting the closed-circuit telecast of De La Hoya vs. Trinidad on Sept. 18:

Flamingo Hilton

Sunset Ballroom

702/733-3333 or 800/221-7299

The Las Vegas Hilton

Hilton Theater

702/732-5755 or 800/222-5361

Caesars Palace

Coliseum Complex

702/731-7333 or 800/445-4544

Monte Carlo

East Ballroom

702/730-7160 or 877/386-8224

Bally's/Paris Las Vegas

Paris Ballroom

702/967-4567 or 800/237-7469

Luxor

Egyptian Ballroom

702/262-4400 or 800/557-7428

Excalibur

King Arthur's Arena

702/597-7600 or 800/933-1334

Circus Circus

Skyrise Sports Lounge

702/794-3919

Mandalay Bay

South Pacific Ballroom

702/632-7580 or 877/632-7400
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