Immediately north of the MGM Grand, the Showcase Mall is a real rarity for the Strip - a gleaming modern development that's not a casino. The general trend away from catering to kids, however, coupled with the lack of gambling revenue, probably explains why it's floundered in recent years, with both the World of Coca-Cola museum and the All-Star Cafe fast-food restaurant forced to close their doors. In the absence as yet of any Strip casino offering its own movie theater , the twelve-screen complex here continues to do good business, but the mall's main feature is a Spielberg-owned arcade of up-to-the-minute video games and virtual-reality machines, Game Works (daily 10am-4am). Unlimited video-game play costs $20 for one hour, $25 for two hours, and $27 for three; there's also a 75-foot rock-climbing wall ($10).
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