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5/7/2008 Media Contact: Sandy ZanellaMGM MIRAGE Public Relations (702) 650-7530zanellas@mgmmirage.comNEW YORK-NEW YORK HOTEL & CASINOBROOKLYN BRIDGE FUN FACTS• It is estimated that more than 15 million people cross the Las Vegas Brooklyn Bridge into New York-New York Hotel & Casino each year while approximately 940,000 pedestrians stride Manhattan’s trestle each year. • It takes visitors only two minutes to traverse New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. In 1876 however, mechanic E.F. Farrington was the first to cross the Brooklyn Bridge while its development was in progress. It took him 22 minutes to cross the bridge using a steam-driven traveler rope. • At 300 feet in length and 50 feet in height, New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge is one-fifth the size of the original on the East River, which spans 1,595 feet. • The construction of the main link between Manhattan and Brooklyn required more than 600 workers and took nearly 16 years to build while Las Vegas’ bridge was completed in just four months. • New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge was inaugurated 114 years after the completion of its original counterpart in the Big Apple. • While New York’s Brooklyn Bridge is considered to be one of the greatest architectural accomplishments of the nineteenth century, the resort’s re-creation has the distinction of being the first replica of a U.S. bridge of such magnitude. • Many tourists, and even poets, have said the view of the New York skyline from the Brooklyn Bridge is the best view in the entire city while Las Vegas tourists will likely proclaim that this bridge has the best view of New York-New York Hotel & Casino and the Las Vegas Strip.# # #