Treasure Island Hotel and Casino at night

Treasure Island was opened by Mirage Resorts, in 1993 under the direction of Steve Wynn, at a cost of $450 million. The initial plans called for an addition tower addition to The Mirage, but later evolved into a full-fledged separate hotel casino resort. Treasure Island originally intended to attract families with whimsical features and icons such as the skull and cross-bones strip marquee, a large video arcade and staged pirate battles nightly in "Buccaneer Bay" in front of the casino entrance on the Strip.