LAS VEGAS -- MGM Mirage announced Friday the Monte Carlo Hotel will reopen its doors for customers on Feb. 15.

Monte Carlo President and COO Anton Nikodemus announced the news, saying, “After what can only be described as an incredible effort by the best team of employees and contractors in the business, the Monte Carlo family will be in place Feb. 15 to welcome guests for Presidents Day weekend.”

Monte Carlo officials said it plans to open with no fewer than 1,200 guest rooms available, and management anticipates an additional 1,300 rooms will become available by Feb. 22.

The remaining 500 rooms in Monte Carlo’s normal 3,000-room inventory are located on the upper floors and will remain out of service while undergoing more extensive redesign.

The majority of guest services will open on Feb. 15, including the Monte Carlo Casino, meeting and convention facilities, the wedding chapel and the Spa and Salon Monte Carlo.

All food and beverage outlets will also be open, with the exception of the buffet and the Monte Carlo Brew Pub, which will open as business demands, but no later than Feb. 22.

Most retail outlets will open Feb.15, with all of them opening no later than Feb. 22.

Master Magician Lance Burton will resume his long-running show on Feb. 15, in the 1,200-seat Lance Burton Theater.

Hotel authorities said remediation work continues both inside and outside the hotel, which was evacuated and temporarily closed Jan. 25, after a fire damaged portions of the building’s exterior façade.

Clark County firefighters, supported by emergency personnel from around the Valley, quickly extinguished the blaze.

Fire-suppression efforts caused water damage to a number of guest rooms and suites.

Approximately 5,000 guests and 1,000 employees were safely evacuated from the hotel with no serious injuries.

Preliminary results of the Clark County Fire Department’s investigation have determined that welding activity on the hotel roof started the fire. A total damage figure has not yet been determined.