One interesting thing to me is that he could break the windows of that room and that didn’t seem to set off any kind of alarm either electronic or people on the street below didn’t seem to notice and look up to see why glass was falling from the sky.
Yes. I also wondered what it took to break out these windows, which I assume (but don’t know for sure) would likely be extra-strong safety glass, intended to withstand running human bodies, punches, kicks, flying furniture, and other commotion one might expect in Sin City – including, yes, gunfire.
An alarm on a nearby room did go off - not sure if it was related in any way. That alarm drew a hotel security guard who responded. No more volleys were fired after the guard responded.
Looking at the broken windows during the day it is obvious. During the evening when the hotels is lite up, it’s very difficult to see any windows were broken.
No, I don’t think hotel windows are expected to withstand gunfire. I’m pretty sure that’s not in the building code.
Safety glass is intended to give some margin for accidents. It’s not impenetrable.
One interesting thing to me is that he could break the windows of that
room and that didn’t seem to set off any kind of alarm either electronic
or people on the street below didn’t seem to notice and look up to see
why glass was falling from the sky.
Would there necessarily be a broken glass monitor on the 32nd floor? It’s not like someone will be breaking IN there.
I presume the glass was some sort of laminated safety glass that did not break and fall in large shards. He probably made a hole and then pulled it in until he had a large enough opening for his taste.
You seem to think that’s unheard of. It’s definitely not:
For Sale: “Colorless Safety Tempered Glass 20mm Bullet Proof For Hotel Balcony”
The Mandalay Bay may not feature it, but that’s certainly one of the things for which a hotel owner in Vegas might reasonably want to avoid liability.
Well, why not claim it must also have had secret knock-out gas vents and a hidden trap door for a SWAT team to get in just because such things can exist?
Bullet resistant glass is not unheard of on our planet… but to be expected on a random hotel room, no.
I guess I was thinking first and foremost if he broke it that would make a lot of noise so maybe they have security sensors that would pick up on it. Second it seem like a lot of places have various things to help prevent suicide and so they might have something to alert them if someone was breaking a window for that reason.
Ok, fair enough. I don’t know their specs and I didn’t add that qualifier. It’s actually not as unusual for hotels to use bulletproof glass as you think it is though. And having glass that you can’t just fall through is downright common.