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Marion Hicks and J.C. Grayson built El Cortez, downtown Las Vegas' first major resort, for $245,000. [4] El Cortez opened on November 7, 1941. [5] [6] The location at 6th Street and Fremont was originally considered too far from downtown, but it quickly became so profitable that Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway bought the property in 1945 from J. Kell Houssels for $600,000.
The pub was built in about 1900 and the architect was P. E. Pilditch. [1] In late 1951 the landlords, Whitbread, converted it to a theatrical theme and it is thought to have been one of the first English themed pubs which were popular in the mid twentieth century as brewers tried to appeal to a younger generation who were not so interested in the traditional entertainments of their parents.
The Two Brewers is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 40 Monmouth Street. [1] Prior to 1935, the pub was known as the Sheep's Head Tavern and features open fires. [2] [3] [4] In 1835, William Spicer, formerly the proprietor of the Tower at Tower street in the Seven Dials became the pub keeper. [2]
The Salisbury was well known as a gay-friendly pub from Oscar Wilde's time up until the mid-1980s. [5] The 1961 British suspense film Victim, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, includes scenes inside and outside The Salisbury and was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual".
Mitchell finished with 36 points and eight rebounds, and he shot 7-of-16 from behind the arc. Darius Garland added 17 points and five assists, and Mobley finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Little Church of the West is a wedding chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, [1] that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Built of redwood, it was intended to be a replica of a typical pioneer town church. It is the oldest building on the Las Vegas Strip. [2]
A Stellantis joint venture with Samsung SDI has won a commitment from the U.S. government for up to a $7.54 billion loan to help build two electric vehicle battery plants in Kokomo, Indiana. The ...
The Boardwalk began as a 138-room Holiday Inn hotel with a restaurant, cocktail lounge, and meeting space with a capacity for 100 people. [2] Located at 3740 South Las Vegas Boulevard, [3] the hotel was designed by architect Homer Rissman, [4] and was completed in 1966.