A WILD WORKSHOP

MGM Grand made headlines in June 2000 when it acquired Mirage Resorts. With the deal, six big Las Vegas properties — Bellagio, The MGM Grand, The Mirage, Treasure Island, New York New York Hotel and Casino, and the Golden Nugget — came under a single management umbrella. You have to wonder whether Terry Lanni, the company's chairman, realized that, along with thousands and thousands of hotel rooms and untold blackjack tables and slot machines, he would also be breathing life into a very