rides and attractions up for sale through a California amusement park equipment broker, while cautioning that the park could re-open in spring 2001 if the equipment could not be sold for an adequate price. In February 2001, MGM Mirage announced plans to rename MGM Grand Adventures as The Park at MGM. The park would only be open for group business and special events with 50 or more people, with general admission tickets no longer being issued. The park retained three rides, a 900-seat amphitheater, and two 750-seat theaters. Keeping the park open for special events was used to generate income while still considering other options for the land, including the development of timeshares, luxury condominiums, entertainment complexes or additional casino and hotel space. The park permanently closed in 2002, after a Jimmy Buffett "Parrothead" private party on Memorial Day. According to the Las Vegas Sun, the park "flopped because it lacked any exciting rides," and suffered from low attendance because of expensive ticket prices. The Las Vegas Review-Journal opined that the park "failed to take into consideration that a third of its visitors come from California where theme parks are ubiquitous and always racing to unveil the latest in thrill rides." On December 5, 2002, MGM Mirage announced plans to build a luxury condominium and hotel complex on the site of the closed theme park. MGM Grand Adventures was replaced by The Signature at MGM Grand. Changes Over the years, the park saw several changes. It opened with expensive ticket prices, by 1993 standards, with an admission charge of $25 for adults that were not guests of the hotel. Over time this fee was reduced in order to better match the caliber of attractions in the park and to increase attendance. By 1995, entry was $15 and $18 for the Halloween Scream Park. Promotions such as summer nighttime concerts and spring break events were done to draw more crowds with additional attractions such as bungee runs and bounce houses added for those events. On September 2, 1996, the park opened Sky Screamer, a . Riders were strapped into harnesses and lifted up a "launch tower" where they then pulled a ripcord setting into motion a 100-foot free fall upwards of 70 mph (110 km/h). It was placed over a lagoon that had once been home to a large faux steamboat (a snack bar was its only resident). As of 2000,