KLAS-TV Channel 8 News Las VegasTreasure Island Pirate Show Folds On Las Vegas Strip
(July 7) -- "Ahoy, matey." Got a job for an out-of-work buccaneer?
The Treasure Island hotel-casino's pyrotechnic pirate show on the Las Vegas Strip is no more.
The final show was last night -- ending a ten-year run that officials guess had been seen by 4.5 million sidewalk viewers.
The hotel is recasting itself as "T-I" and adding some spice with a new adult-themed show with sexy women battling renegade pirates on the ship-board stage out front.
It's due to debut in October -- and will be called the "Sirens of T-I."
Hotel officials say the change reflects a shift in focus at the 3,000-room hotel.
They're aiming to commandeer a more hip -- and single -- customer than the families it had been trying to attract.
Oh -- and even after 1,600 shows -- the British never did win.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press.)
