The Park

The Strip is no longer all slot machines and overpriced buffets. This spring, MGM Resorts debuted the Park, an open-air space between the Monte Carlo and New York-New York that’s pretty much what it sounds like. Landscaped with desert-friendly plants, mature trees, water features and shade structures, the Park offers a bit of calm amid the Vegas chaos. Still expect a unique only-on-the-Strip wow factor: “Bliss Dance” by Marco Cochrane, a 40-foot sculpture of a dancing woman that debuted at Burning Man.