Adieu, Monte Carlo, and hello, Park MGM

For MGM Resorts International, converting the brand on a 3,000room hotel was a walk in the Park.

Most of the signs are in place, and the brand switch from Monte Carlo to Park MGM is complete, but it will be several months before the scaffolding is pulled away, the first guests check in to the boutique Nomad Hotel and people begin enjoying some of the property’s new amenities.

But for Patrick Miller, president and chief operating officer of the Park MGM, it’s a start.

“There have been challenges along the way, but I think that’s the excitement of this town, and what this transition really means is that we do things that are difficult,” Miller said Wednesday, the first official day of the Park MGM. “I like to use the word ‘intrepid.’ This is intrepid. I think great things come from that component of being intrepid, and Park MGM is going to be that because of where it sits and how we did it.”

MGM announced last year that it was going to switch the name from Monte Carlo, the resort’s name since it opened in 1996.

As MGM remolded the neighborhood that includes T-mobile Arena, Toshiba Plaza and The Park, company officials felt a name change was in order. And the company opted to invest more than $550 million for a complete makeover.

By fall, 300 rooms on the Park MGM’S top four floors will transition to the Nomad brand. Nomad guests will have a separate arrival, reception, pool and restaurant.

Two new restaurants have opened, meeting and convention space has been added, and the casino floor and lobby are getting a new look.

The last piece of the transition will come at the end of the year, when Eataly, an Italian marketplace offering sit-down dining, casual dining, coffee bars, wine bars, gelato bars and retail space, will open.

“It’s really going to be something different, not just for the Las Vegas visitor but to Las Vegans,” Miller said.

Contact Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702477-3893. Follow @Rickvelotta on Twitter.