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The La Concha was opened by M.K. Doumani. [5] When it opened, the La Concha was one of the larger properties on the Las Vegas Strip. [1] Various celebrities had stayed at the motel, including Ronald Reagan, Ann-Margret, Flip Wilson, Muhammad Ali, and the Carpenters. [5] The La Concha was featured in the 1995 film Casino. [9]
The Riviera (colloquially, "the Riv") [1] [2] was a hotel and casino on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. [3] It opened on April 20, 1955, and included a nine-story hotel featuring 291 rooms. The Riviera was the first skyscraper in the Las Vegas Valley, and was the area's tallest building until 1956. Various hotel additions ...
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La Concha may refer to: La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, in Puerto Rico; La Concha Motel, a former motel on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, United States; Beach of La Concha and La Concha Bay, in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain; La Concha Beach Club, in Havana, Cuba
The Mint Las Vegas was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400 , the largest off-road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta 's legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in ...
In 2001, the 5.4-acre site occupied by the La Concha Motel on the Las Vegas Strip – south of the Riviera hotel and casino [2] – was approved for a 520-foot hotel tower, as well as a 645-foot condominium tower that would include a shopping mall. The property was owned by Lorenzo Doumani, whose family had owned the motel since its opening in ...
The Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino in West Las Vegas, Nevada, that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Although its peak operation lasted only six months in the second half of 1955, it was the first desegregated hotel casino and was popular with many of the Black entertainers of the time, who would entertain at the other hotels and casinos and stay ...
Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, [6] [7] with hotel interiors by Adam Tihany. [8] [9] The residential component was designed by Kay Lang and Associates. [10] The hotel received a LEED Gold certification on November 20, 2009. [11] [12] [13] Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas opened on December 4, 2009.