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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.
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.
Holiday Inn Express was founded in 1990 under the ownership of Bass. [7] Plans at the time called for 250 locations to be open by 1995. [8] The first three hotels under the Holiday Inn Express name all opened in 1990. These were located in Nashville, Tennessee; Abilene, Texas; and Poughkeepsie, New York. All three were converted from existing ...
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.
The hotel portion, originally part of the Holiday Inn chain, opened in August 1996. The casino opened on February 14, 1997. The Rancho Mesquite was owned by the Lee family, who were the only Nevada casino owners to be of Asian descent. Because of confusion with other businesses, the name was changed to Eureka in 2000.
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Men of X, a male stripper revue, also opened that year. [97] [98] Raack N Roll, a show featuring topless female dancers, debuted in 2011. [99] The three shows closed in 2012, allowing renovation work to commence on the property's performance venue. [100] A dinner and magic show, featuring the duo Jarrett & Raja, opened at Hooters in 2017. [101]
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