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Mystery outage cripples Bellagio 4/12/2004 (Frank Curreri, Las Vegas Review-Journal) A power outage paralyzed gambling operations at Bellagio on Easter Sunday, sending workers at the five-star hotel scrambling to accommodate more than 1,500 inconvenienced guests. Bellagio's upscale clientele, who are usually pampered at the resort, awakened early Sunday morning to muggy rooms without air conditioning or lights, cold showers, and a casino floor that was shut down except for a few blackjack tables. Some patrons, like Bob Petersen of Washington, D.C., were initially told power would be restored early Sunday morning. But by 4 p.m., Petersen sat alone in a hallway overlooking Bellagio's swimming pool. Temperatures were in the mid-80s, with the sun shining over hundreds of sunbathers. All were prohibited from taking a dip because the pool's filter was out of commission. Petersen, who had been in the Bahamas and endured a five-day power outage during Hurricane Isabel last year, was baffled at how an outage that began at 2:30 a.m. could go on so long without a cloud in the sky. Full Story
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