▁by ▁providing ▁activities ▁for ▁those ▁too ▁young ▁to ▁l inger ▁inside ▁the ▁cas ino . ▁The ▁theme ▁park ▁performed ▁poor ly ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁re open ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁season . ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁re develop ed ▁as ▁a ▁lux ury ▁cond omin ium ▁and ▁hotel ▁complex ▁called ▁The ▁Sign ature ▁at ▁M GM ▁Grand , ▁opened ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁resort ' s ▁original ▁entrance ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁giant ▁l ion ▁head , ▁made ▁of ▁fi berg lass ▁and ▁block y ▁in ▁appearance , ▁with ▁visitors ▁entering ▁through ▁the ▁l ion ' s ▁mouth . ▁The ▁l ion ▁was ▁a ▁cart oon - like ▁version ▁of ▁M GM ' s ▁logo , ▁Leo ▁the ▁Lion . ▁ ▁The ▁M GM ▁Grand ▁performed ▁unus ually ▁poor ly ▁with ▁Asian ▁g amb lers ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁years ▁of ▁existence ; ▁a ▁study ▁by ▁the ▁management ▁found ▁that ▁many ▁Chinese ▁pat rons ▁found ▁it ▁bad ▁luck ▁to ▁walk ▁through ▁the ▁j aws ▁of ▁a ▁l ion ▁and ▁avoided ▁the ▁hotel ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁part ▁of ▁why ▁the ▁entrance ▁was ▁renov ated ▁to ▁remove ▁this ▁feature . ▁ ▁The ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁Mon or ail ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁connect ▁M GM ▁Grand ▁to ▁the ▁B ally ' s ▁hotel - cas ino ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁The ▁coming - out ▁party ▁for ▁the ▁mon or ail , ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁B ally ' s , ▁consisted ▁of ▁show g irls ▁and ▁guys