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Happy Place: Turning Sin City into โ€œGrin City"

An interactive experience exuding all things HAPPY!

By Donnah Opelac, publisher & editor September 3, 2019

DISCLOSURE: Macaroni Kid Downtown Las Vegas was compensated to share the article provided by HAPPY PLACE. Likewise, Macaroni Kid Downtown Las Vegas was provided family 4-pack tickets for personal use and family 4-pack tickets for the giveaway.

HAPPY PLACE, an interactive, immersive pop-up experience with larger-than-life installations and multi-sensory themed rooms, is now open at its newest location in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. On a mission to spread happiness across the world, “the most Instagrammable pop-up in America” (Urban Daddy) has helped people of all ages “find their happy” while exploring multiple vibrant rooms.

HAPPY PLACE features 15,000 square feet of playful spaces and cheerful moments including 

  • a Super Bloom room filled with 40,000 handmade gold flowers for the perfect photogenic floral backdrop, 
  • an Upside Down room that defies gravity and bends reality, six-foot-tall X’s and O’s covered in thousands of mirrored squares and surrounded by red lips, 
  • the World’s Largest Indoor Confetti Dome, a Giant Rainbow complete with a Pot of Happiness into which guests can jump, the signature Rubber Ducky Bathtub of Fun, 
  • the wildly popular Cookie Room, which is like stepping inside of your favorite chocolate chip cookie complete with the aroma of fresh-baked cookies, 
  • the just-added life-size Unicorn named Cornelius, 
  • plus other photo-friendly fantasy rooms. 

Turning Sin City into “Grin City,” HAPPY PLACE’s popular backyard in Las Vegas- themed with its own take on the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign with five-foot HAPPY letters and a 10-foot tall slot machine where guests can slide into a jackpot of coins.

HAPPY PLACE at Mandalay Bay also features its Lemonade Stand, where net proceeds benefit a different local non-profit each month, starting in September, with the Tyler Robinson Foundation. TRF is the nonprofit organization of the GRAMMY Award-winning band Imagine Dragons and is dedicated to supporting children battling childhood cancer. Additional local non-profit partners for future months will be announced soon.

General admission tickets start at $30 plus additional fees at HappyPlace.me/tickets. Family or Group Four Packs also will be available at select sessions. Based on sold-out runs in previous cities, HAPPY PLACE advises guests to book in advance.

HAPPY PLACE FACTS

Las Vegas Address:

โ— The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89119

Las Vegas Hours of Operation

โ— Monday through Sunday: 10 a.m. – 11 p.m.

For more information on HAPPY PLACE, please visit:

โ— HAPPY PLACE Website

โ— @wearehappyplace Instagram 

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