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The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000.Designed by architect Hugh Taylor and interior design by Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip, the first four being El Rancho Vegas, The New Frontier, Flamingo, and the El Rancho (then known as the Thunderbird).
The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic American hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996. Designed by architect Wayne McAllister , with a prominent 56-foot (17 m) high sign, the Sands was the seventh resort to open on the Strip.
Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel (formerly Lucky Dragon) is a boutique hotel and former casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The resort is located on 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) of land at 300 West Sahara Avenue, near the Las Vegas Strip. Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel is adjacent to the Allure Las Vegas high-rise condominium, opened in 2008 by developer Andrew Fonfa ...
Holy Cow! Casino and Brewery (formerly Foxy's Firehouse) was a locals casino and microbrewery [3] on South Las Vegas Boulevard, north of the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The property began in 1955 as Foxy's Deli, which operated until its closure in 1975.
The Ellis Island Casino & Brewery is located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was opened by Frank Ellis in 1968, originally as a bar and restaurant called the Village Pub. It was renamed Ellis Island in 1985, and a casino was added four years later.
At the time of its closure, the Stardust was among the smallest resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, [294] with 1,552 rooms, [295] [296] and an 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m 2) casino. [297] The Los Angeles Times wrote that the resort went from being "the world's largest hotel to one of the smallest on the Strip, from glamour to infamy to middle-class ...
El Rancho Vegas was the first resort to be built on the Las Vegas Strip, still known then as part of Highway 91. [20] [36] Hull and the El Rancho are credited with the creation of the Strip, [21] [37] [38] as the property's unexpected success prompted other developers to open resorts in the vicinity, eventually transforming Highway 91 into the ...
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 ...