1970's Vintage Vegas MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Glass Ash Tray

This 1970's Vintage Vegas MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Glass Ash Tray was not only stolen off a table from the original MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, but it's a surviving historic relic from the fire that changed Vegas history.

The Original MGM Grand opened in 1973, but at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 1980, faulty wiring in a deli at the East end of the casino sparked a small fire. The fire began climbing the restaurant wall at 17 feet per second. Four minutes after exiting the deli, it hit the lobby’s front doors and blew out its glass. Before firefighters could get it under control, it converted all stairwells, elevator shafts, and air-conditioning ducts into chimneys. More than 60 of the 87 victims died on floors 19-24 of the hotel tower, half in their rooms, from inhaling the thick black smoke and carbon monoxide that poured through the air conditioning ducts and accumulated into a dense cloud. Many of the victims were likely still asleep in their beds. 

Despite being remodeled, the tragedy kept people away, so the building was sold to Bally's, while the MGM Grand built a new Casino Down the strip. The original MGM Grand building still stands today.

The glass Ashtray is 4" wide, 4" long and 1.5" tall.