Electricity was restored and a major hotel at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip reopened Friday after a complete blackout and overnight evacuation blamed on damage to the main basement electric line. The 2,900-room Paris Las Vegas was declared open shortly before daybreak — nearly 20 hours after the hotel, casino, restaurants and shopping areas plunged into what a hotel spokesman called pitch darkness. About 3,000 guests and gamblers were forced out after the power was cut Thursday morning and a backup source failed to kick in. The outage was called an accident — occurring when a worker cut into the power main during authorized and scheduled work in a sub-basement. The outage drew comparisons to an Easter Sunday 2004 blackout that lasted three days at the 3,000-room Bellagio resort across Las Vegas Boulevard.

Source: ABC News November 04, 2016 09:01 UTC