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jbyers on March 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How 4000 Physicists Gave a Vegas Casino Its Worst ...

"The year was 1986 ... ended up settling on Las Vegas's MGM Grand."

This immediately made me think this story is made up: the MGM Grand as described and pictured opened in 1993. As noted in the comments, the actual year is more likely 1988 and the casino likely Bally's.

goodcanadian on March 5, 2018 [–]

A minimum of googling found this:

http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2814928

It was 1986, and yes, it would probably be what is now known as Bally's which, at the time, was called MGM Grand.

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