Fodor's Expert Review The Park

For years after the razing of The Boardwalk casino in the early 2000s, the space between New York–New York and the Monte Carlo (now Park MGM) sat vacant, a veritable eyesore on the south end of the Strip. Finally, in 2015, landowner MGM Resorts decided to do something about it. The result, inventively dubbed The Park, is a small public park that runs from the Strip itself back west to T-Mobile Arena, home to the city's first professional sports franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. Along the way, The Park offers natural touches such as desert vegetation and rock from local quarries. It also has features such as a water wall, shade structures made to look like trees, and a 60-foot-tall statue of a dancing naked woman named "Bliss Dance." Restaurants on the New York–New York side offer outdoor seating and games for patrons to play while they relax. On the Park MGM side, Dolby Live indoor amphitheater is a spacious venue for musical concerts.