How will Mandalay Bay hotel avoid becoming a macabre must-see for Las Vegas gawkers?
Las Vegas — What will become of the now-notorious Las Vegas hotel suite that Stephen Paddock used to stage the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history? That is the difficult decision facing the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino a week after Paddock opened fire on a crowd at an outdoor concert from room 135 on the hotel’s 32nd floor, killing 58 and injuring more than 500. The suite’s shattered gold-tinted windows are now discreetly covered over. The resort, owned by MGM Resorts International, has yet to say what it will do with the space. The challenge is particularly difficult for a hotel in Las Vegas, a place where visitors go to escape everyday lives and real-world problems. "How do they navigate the fact that this happened in their hotel?" said Andrea Trapani, managing partner at Identity, a public relations firm that provides crisis communications for hospitality brands. "A lot of challenging tough questions and decisions are going to be made." The hotel might want to consider...
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