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The hotel opened in February 1978, [4] with 416 rooms. [5] The 16-story hotel was part of the Holiday Inn franchise, joining two other area locations, both on the Las Vegas Strip. [6] The property's casino was opened on June 30, 1978, and was operated by Major Riddle, [4] who leased it from Holiday International owner Louis Walter. [7]
A second hotel tower opened in 1968, [5] and the hotel later became known as Holiday Inn South and Holiday Inn South Strip, differentiating it from other Las Vegas locations such as the Holiday Inn Center Strip. [12] [13] In October 1975, the hotel's innkeeper died in a fire that was believed to have been started by a cigarette.
The 520-room hotel opened on February 1, 1972, as the Holiday Inn Center Strip, [10] named for its location at the center of the Las Vegas Strip. [11] It consisted of a 14-story tower. [ 12 ] The adjacent Pyramids motel was purchased later that year for $750,000, and was demolished to provide additional parking space.
Just after 7:00 on the morning of November 21, 1980, a fire broke out in a restaurant known as The Deli. The Clark County Fire Department was the first agency to respond. Other agencies that responded included the North Las Vegas Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue and the Henderson Fire Department. Smoke and fire spread through the ...
Holiday Inn is a chain of hotels based in Atlanta, Georgia and a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts.The chain was founded in 1952 by Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), who opened the first location in Memphis, Tennessee.
Multiple fire companies are reportedly on the scene of a roof fire at the Logan Inn, a New Hope landmark. What we know so far. Fire reported at historic New Hope landmark.
The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (later Bally’s, now Horseshoe Las Vegas, and unrelated to the current MGM Grand Las Vegas), located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. [1]
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