Treasure Island (also known as "ti") is a 2,885--room hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Connected by tram to The Mirage, it was built by Mirage Resorts when that company was owned by Steve Wynn, and it is currently owned by the successor corporation, MGM Mirage. The resort and casino opened in 1993 and originally intended to attract families with features such as a large video arcade and staged pirate battles nightly in "Buccaneer Bay" in front of the casino entrance on the Strip.

In 2003, the hotel largely abandoned its pirate theme for a more contemporary resort in efforts to focus more on adults. The arcade was closed. The famous skull-and-crossbones sign at the Strip entrance was replaced by one reading simply "ti" that is also a large LCD video screen. In lieu of the pirate battle, the newly renamed "Sirens' Cove" is now the site of "The Sirens of TI". This live, free show is designed to appeal more to adults by including singing, dancing, audio-visual effects, bare chested pirates and attractive women in the large outdoor production produced by Kenny Ortega. Because of a fire and injury risks to actors, the show is canceled when wind or rain is present.

TI is home to Cirque du Soleil's Mystère, which revolutionized production shows on the Las Vegas Strip and introduced the entertainment style of Franco Dragone. The original Cirque du Soleil production in Las Vegas, Mystère has been voted nine times as the best production show in the city by the Las Vegas Review Journal reader's poll.

TI has received the AAA Four Diamond award each year since 1998.

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