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Las Vegas, Nevada: Giant Headless Statue Of Lenin (Gone)

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Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Directions:
At the south end of the Strip, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, at the Red Square bar.
Hours:
Nov. 2019: Bar closed, Lenin removed.
Status:
Gone

Headless Lenin statue.

Giant Headless Statue Of Lenin

Leader of the Revolution, pressed into service hawking drinks. Bar closed Nov. 2019, Lenin removed. Dasvidaniya.

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Headless Lenin.

Giant Headless Statue Of Lenin

The Headless Lenin statue is in Mandalay Bay at the Red Square, across from Lupo.

[Lisa, 05/21/2019]
Head of Lenin

Re "Vegas Turns Lenins into Lemonade": the statue is to the left of the door of the Red Square bar & restaurant, inside Mandalay Bay. To the right of the door is a three story, glass-walled freezer for chilling vodka. Lenin's head is on the floor (it's dim inside, you'll have to peer through the windows). By the way, don't bother asking the hotel staff for help finding the statue or head -- they were mostly uninformed.

[Drew Dekreon, 07/21/2002]
Vegas Turns Lenins into Lemonade

A giant Lenin statue at the new Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, was beheaded after the casino received complaints from visitors. The Lenin, a quaint symbol of the days of Communism, stands outside the Red Square vodka and caviar restaurant along the hotel's restaurant row.

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