RTC Transit Routes 113 & MAX serve from Downtown north up to Nellis Air Force Base, The Deuce serves from Downtown south to the Mandalay Bay Casino ( except from 12: 30am local time to 9: 00am local time where it continues further south to the South Strip Transfer Terminal ( SSTT )), and SDX ( Strip & Downtown Express ) which runs from 9am to 12: 30am as a limited stop express line.

Other items can be seen in the old capital city of Mandalay.

The British colonized Burma in stages-it was not until 1885 when they captured the royal capital of Mandalay that Burma as a whole could be declared part of the British Empire.

A live action film adaptation was announced by Mandalay Pictures in April 2009, with Zac Efron rumored to be attached to the project.

Mandalay Bay is located just north of Russell Road and is the southernmost resort considered to be on the Strip.

Mingun with its famous bell is located near Sagaing but can be reached across the Ayeyarwady from Mandalay.

The lineage of today's harpists can be traced directly back to the Deiwa-Einda and other musicians from the court of Mandalay.

The first-ever National Basketball Association game on the Las Vegas Strip will be at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 6, 2012, a preseason contest between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Talismanic tattoos, earrings, and long hair tied in a knot were once common among Bamar men, but have ceased to be fashionable since after World War II ; men in shorts and sporting ponytails, as well as both sexes with bleached hair, have made their appearance in Yangon and Mandalay more recently, especially in the anything-goes atmosphere of the Burmese New Year holiday known as Thingyan.

The University of Medicine, Mandalay is one of the most selective schools in the nation as the medical schools continue to be the top choice amongst prospective college students in Myanmar.

The album came to the attention of Madonna, who became a big fan and declared Mandalay to be her favorite band.

Burma's " Valley of Rubies ", the mountainous Mogok area, north of Mandalay, is noted for its rare pigeon's blood rubies and blue sapphires.

As of 2009, the population was 925, 000, which makes it Burma's third largest city, behind Yangon and Mandalay.

After crossing the Irrawaddy the town of Meiktila was taken, followed by Burma's second city, Mandalay.

Orwell served in a number of locations in Burma ; having spent a year of police training in Mandalay and Maymyo, his postings included Myaungmya, Twante, Syriam, Insein-( north of Rangoon, site of the colony's most secure prison, and now present-day Burma's most notorious jail ),-Moulmein and Kathar.

Despite Naypyidaw's recent rise, Mandalay remains Upper Burma's main commercial, educational and health centre.

On June 4, 2004, MGM Mirage announced a bid to acquire one of its major competitors, Mandalay Resort Group, for $ 68 per share plus assumption of debt.

As the Japanese attempted to recapture Meiktila, XXXIII Corps captured Mandalay, the former capital which was of major significance to the majority Burman population.

Its major properties included Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, as well as half of the Monte Carlo.

The Mandalay Bay Events Center, a 12, 000 seat arena, hosts major events including concerts, boxing matches, and Ultimate Fighting Championship events.

Mandalay's major industries include sports where soccer has arrived in Mandalay, with Yadanabon FC representing the city in the newly formed Myanmar National League, the country's first professional football league.

This portion of Las Vegas Boulevard actually begins a few blocks to the north at the Stratosphere ( the only major Strip hotel / casino actually sited within the Las Vegas city limits ) and runs all the way to Mandalay Bay.

* Yadanabon University-A major liberal arts university for students from Mandalay suburbs

Today, Mandalay Palace is a primary symbol of Mandalay and a major tourist destination. Mandalay Palace has been vividly covered in Amitav Ghosh's historical novel The Glass Palace.

Taungbyone, north of Mandalay, is another major site with the festival held each year starting on the eleventh waxing day and including the full moon in the month of Wagaung ( August ).

Since then he has performed at major casinos such as Caesars Palace, the Mandalay Bay and The Riviera, as well as many Indian and Riverboat casinos around the United States.

For example, the number of gates and configuration was also found in subsequent major Burmese capitals such as the 11th century Pagan and 19th century Mandalay.

Ethnic Indians today account for approximately 2 % ( about 950, 000 ) of the population of Burma and are concentrated largely in the two major cities ( Yangon and Mandalay ) and old colonial towns ( Pyin U Lwin and Kalaw ).

Although the proposal was announced after the close of trading on June 4, the volume of trading in Mandalay Resort Group stock on that day was quadruple the normal, with the stock closing at $ 60. 27 per share.

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. operates its business in Ayeyarwady River by the name Road to Mandalay River Cruise.

Mandalay is the economic and business hub of Upper Myanmar and considered one the epicenters of Burmese culture.

After less than 12 months in business, the new company's Breakin ' ' Em In # 9 won the AVN Award for Best Pro-Am Release on January 13 at the 24th Annual AVN Awards Show, hosted by Jessica Drake at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Mandalay is the economic hub of Upper Burma and considered the centre of Burmese culture.

Milken was largely involved with kick-starting investments in Nevada, which for many years was the fastest-growing state in the U. S. Milken funded the gaming industry, newspapers and homebuilders ; among the companies he financed were MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resorts, Harrah's Entertainment and Park Place.

** The Hacienda in Las Vegas is imploded to make way for the Mandalay Bay.

On July 15, 2010, franchise owner Chris Cohan sold the Warriors to Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment and his partner Joe Lacob for a record $ 450 million.

In the spring of 1999, Don King and Oscar De la Hoya's promoter, Bob Arum, agreed to co-promote a mega-fight for the Lineal, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation welterweight championships on September 18, 1999 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

In July 2006 talks at the ASEAN Regional Forum, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar ( Burma ) agreed to construct a highway from Kunming to Chittagong through Mandalay for trade and development.

* 1990, August 27: Over 7000 monks meet in Mandalay, in Burma, to call for a boycott of the military.

The plan envisaged that XXXIII Corps would reduce Mandalay and act as a diversion for the main striking force of IV Corps, which would take Meiktila and thus cut the Japanese communications.

Twelve agonizing months later, Judson and Price, along with a small group of surviving Western prisoners, were marched overland, barefoot and sick, for six more months of misery in a primitive village near Mandalay.

Adoniram Judson | Judson Memorial Baptist Church is the main place of worship for the Karen community in Mandalay

On September 20, Mandalay entered into a formal agreement for the Redhawks to become the Astros ' new AAA affiliate.

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, Jr. weighed in on the rumor in November 2011 and pleaded for Mandalay Sports Entertainment to keep the SeaWolves in Erie.

The group subsequently developed the Excalibur in 1990, the Luxor in 1993, and the Mandalay Bay in 1999 for which the group was renamed.

On June 4, 2004, one of Mandalay Resort Group's largest competitors, MGM Mirage, announced a bid to acquire it for $ 68 per share plus assumption of debt.

Robbie Williams and his friends drove one of the cars in the music video for his 2001 single " Eternity / The Road to Mandalay ".

Even today, Nagarathars have formed Sangams in different countries where they meet, preserve their culture, the Tamil Language, built Thendhayuthapani Temples ( Singapore, Rangoon, Moulmein, Mandalay and fifty other locations in Myanmar, Saigon, china town near saigon, Medan, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kulim, Valapur ( Balik Pulau ), Alor Setar, Sungai Rambai ( Bukit Mertajam ), Jawi, Taiping, Ipoh, Tanjung Malim, Seremban, Melaka, Batu Pahat, Muar, and many more in Straits settlement and Malaya and donate money for good causes.

The working title for the $ 950 million resort and casino was " Project Paradise ", officially replaced with Mandalay Bay in 1998.

Mandalay Beach is an pool area with three heated pools, a wave pool with connecting pool for small children, and a lazy river that features a small waterfall.

Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of in Myanmar's central plains, northwest of the city of Mandalay, has Indaing deciduous broadleaf forest dominated by Dipterocarpus tuberculatus and is the habitat for four species of deer: thamin, muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjac ), hog deer ( Cervus porcinus ), and sambhar ( Cervus unicolor ).

On September 4, 2012, Red Zone Capital Management reached an agreement to sell Dick Clark Productions to a group partnership headed by Guggenheim Partners, Mandalay Entertainment and Mosaic Media Investment Partners, for an undisclosed amount.

: For the fictional estate, see Manderley ; for the Burmese city, see Mandalay.

He has also produced single mixes and remixes for acts including Metallica, Goldie, Brakes, Mansun, Stephen Simmonds, Mandalay, Ed Rush, Collapsed Lung, Ultramarine and Wagon Christ.

* Fort Dufferin, the British name for Mandalay Palace during their colonial rule