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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.
In 1963, the Hotel was expanded to include the 14-story Ogden tower and one of the city's first vertical parking garages. [2] In 1974, Allen Glick's Argent Corporation purchased the Fremont and in 1976 expanded the casino at a cost of $4 million. [1] In 1983, Sam Boyd bought the Fremont to add to his Boyd Gaming group properties. [3]
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 ...
Oyo Hotel & Casino [a] is a casino hotel near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Highgate and Oyo Hotels & Homes, and its casino is operated by Paragon Gaming. It is located east of the Strip and next to the former site of the Tropicana resort. The hotel has 696 rooms with a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) casino.
The Plaza Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It currently has 995 rooms and suites, an 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2 ) casino and more than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2 ) of event space.
The Meadows Club) was the first resort hotel-casino in the Las Vegas area, opening in 1931. The Meadows was located at Fremont Street and East Charleston Boulevard near the Boulder Highway, and outside the Las Vegas city limits. Its location was designed to attract workers and tourists from the Hoover Dam. The hotel had 30 to 50 rooms (accounts ...
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was a resort located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It now operates as Virgin Hotels Las Vegas . The resort is located on 16.7 acres (6.8 ha) [ 1 ] on the corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road, about a mile east of the Las Vegas Strip. [ 2 ]
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).