Coordinates: 36°6′24″N 115°9′53″W / 36.10667°N 115.16472°W / 36.10667; -115.16472 MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park was a theme park adjacent to the MGM Grand hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Opened on December 18, 1993, it closed to the public on September 4, 2000.
The original plan for the theme park was to make it family-oriented by providing activities for children who were too young to gamble. The overall Wizard of Oz theming of the hotel and casino provided the motto to literally "follow the yellow brick road" from inside the hotel to the entrance to the theme park, which was built on the hotel's backlot. Opened on December 18, 1993, along with the rest of the complex, the then 33-acre (13.4 ha) MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park looked like a small-version of larger counterparts Disney's Hollywood Studios and Universal Studios, which utilized a movie studio-backlot theme. During a later expansion of the hotel's pool and convention facilities, the area of the park was reduced by 40% to an area of 18.8 acres (7.6 ha).
In September 2000, it was announced that the theme park would close in favor of condominiums and an expanded pool. For 2001, the theme park was renamed The Park at MGM Grand and served as a rental facility for corporate functions. The final event at the park was a Jimmy Buffett "Parrothead" private party on Memorial Day, 2002.
On December 5, 2002, MGM Mirage announced "The Signature at MGM Grand" would take over much of the theme park area for a high-rise luxury condominium and hotel complex.
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