<P> Magician Lance Burton also produced, directed and wrote his own show at the Hacienda beginning in 1991 . The show ran for five years before Burton moved to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino . </P> <P> In 1995, the Hacienda was purchased by Circus Circus Enterprises from Lowden's Archon Corporation . By this time, it was dwarfed by the many new megaresorts that were being built, in particular the Luxor which had just been recently completed . On December 10, 1996, the Hacienda was closed to the public after 40 years, and imploded later that month . This implosion was broadcast on the Fox Network as a part of their New Year's Eve 1996 telecast . Despite the implosion, parts of the old resort still stood, due to the building not falling into its footprint, but toppling into its parking lot . The next day a wrecking crew was brought in to bring down the remaining parts . </P> <P> In March 1999, it was replaced by the Mandalay Bay . </P> <P> The Hacienda name was licensed to the Hacienda Hotel and Casino in Boulder City . </P>

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