No Cirque at Mandalay Bay?

It’s been rumored off and on ever since Cirque du Soleil announced it would take up residence in the theater at Luxor: would they fill the theater at Mandalay Bay as well?

Mike Weatherford at the Las Vegas Review-Journal thinks not:

    The seismic shocker came last week with the leak that Disney’s “The Lion King” will follow “Mamma Mia!” at Mandalay Bay. A bigger shock: “The Lion King” would beat out a proposal by Cirque du Soleil, a signal that MGM Mirage must feel Cirque has reached a saturation point on the Strip, even if the Canadian guys refuse to.

{ SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal }