- Aladdin: opened in 1963 as the Tally-Ho Motel;
reopened in 1966 as the Aladdin;
closed 11/25/97;
imploded 4/27/98;
more implosion coverage;
new Aladdin opened 8/18/00;
info;
bankrupt but still open
- Ambassador Inn
- Anthony's
- Aztec Inn
- Bally's: opened in 1973; originally named MGM Grand;
had a big fire in 1980, name was changed to Bally Grand and then Bally's;
the current MGM Grand is at Tropicana & the Strip;
the monorail between Bally's and the MGM Grand opened in 7/95
- Barbary Coast: opened 1979
- Beau Rivage: see Bellagio
- Bellagio:
opened 10/15/98;
info;
the original
name for the project was Beau Rivage
- Bingo Palace: opened 1976; became Palace Station in 1984
- Boardwalk: also called Holiday Inn Boardwalk (not to be confused with the
lodging portion of Fitzgerald's downtown which is also a Holiday Inn);
MGM
Grand plans a resort on the Boardwalk's site that is designed for Generation X'ers
- The Boat:
Titanic-themed
casino proposed by Bob Stupak;
more;
zoning change denied
- Bonanza: opened 1967; closed 1970; according to the LV Sun,
the fiberglass cowgirl outside (and the fiberglass cowboy inside) the House of Antiques, a
slot machine restoration and retail store at 1234 S. Las Vegas Blvd., were obtained by the owners
from the Bonanza, which was demolished to make room for the original MGM Grand in 1972.
- Boomtown: now Silverton
- Bourbon Street: casino has re-opened
- Bugsy's: plans;
drawing
- Caesars Palace: opened 8/5/66; Forum Shops opened 1992;
Race for Atlantis;
more on Atlantis
- Caribbean: For years, it was just a model of a sailing ship and a big sign on a large, fenced-in lot at 255 E. Flamingo.
The Caribbean theme has been abandoned and it is now
slated to become the Tuscany.
- Casino Royale
- Castaways: closed 1987; not to be confused with the Castaways on Boulder Highway which was formerly named the Showboat
- CBS Sports World Casino: name
changed to Sports World
- Centerfold
- Circus Circus: opened 10/18/68; Grand Slam Canyon amusement
park (now called Adventuredome) opened 8/23/93
- City by the Bay: planned to be
built on the site of the New Frontier,
but it's on hold
- Club Bingo: there was later another Club Bingo downtown
- Continental:
closed 3/31/99;
more info
- Countryland USA: see El Rancho
- Dan's Royal Flush: was in the strip mall at the SE corner of Strip & Convention
Center Blvd
- Days Inn Town Hall: see Town Hall
- Debbie Reynolds: see WWF
- Desert Inn: opened 4/24/50; formerly
known as
Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn; proposed Desert
Kingdom and Planet Hollywood developments were shelved;
Durante at the D.I.;
closed 8/28/00;
implosion 10/23/01;
water theme for planned casino
- Desert Kingdom: see Desert Inn
- Desert Spa
- Dunes: opened 1955; closed 1993; imploded 10/27/93; the Dunes contained a main casino and also
a second casino known as the Oasis Casino
- Dynasty:
planned for a
location adjacent to the Jockey Club, but never built
- Dynasty Forbidden City: plans
- El Inca: open 1977-1979
- Ellis Island
- El Mirador: now a motel; a
casino/hotel is planned
- El Morocco: casino closed; still open as a hotel; their neon sign now says "Ginseng B-B-Q Korean & Japanese Restaurant"
- El Rancho: closed 1992; not to be confused with El Rancho Vegas; there were plans to reopen it as
"Starship Orion" and
"Countryland USA";
the Last Las Vegas Mystery;
Adios El Rancho;
Fossil in the Desert;
sale of contents;
remnants of a forgettable place;
imploded 10/3/00;
plans for unnamed London-themed
casino
- El Rancho Vegas: opened 1941; burned down 1960;
now a vacant lot; not to be confused with El Rancho;
plans for casino on the site;
more plans;
more plans;
LV Sun photo of El Rancho Vegas fire;
photos of El Rancho Vegas set built for the movie The
Marrying Man
- Excalibur: opened 6/19/90
- Flamingo Capri: not to be confused with Flamingo
- Flamingo Hilton: formerly called Flamingo;
opened 1946; closed and reopened 1947;
After
50 years, Siegel legend haunts Flamingo;
Bugsy Siegel bio;
not to be confused with Flamingo Capri
- Foxy's Firehouse
- Frontier: strike ended
2/1/98; now the New Frontier
- Gold Coast
- Granada
- Hacienda: opened 1956, closed 12/1/96, imploded 12/31/96, replaced by
Mandalay Bay;
Hacienda glory days recalled;
The Hotel That Refused to Die;
not to be confused with the Hacienda in Boulder City
- Hard Rock: opened 3/10/95;
Worth magazine article;
rock's new mecca
- Harrah's
- Holiday
- Holy Cow
- Honest John's: closed 1978, reopened 2000
- Imperial Palace: opened 1976
- International: opened 1969
- Jackpot: another Jackpot once operated downtown
- Jockey Club: still open but not as a casino (now timeshares and condos)
- Jolly Trolley: another Jolly Trolley later opened downtown
- Key Largo:
info
- King 8: now Wild Wild West
- Klondike: not to be confused with the Klondike Sunset Casino on Sunset Road
- La Mirage: not to be confused with Mirage
- Landmark: opened 1969; closed 1991;
imploded 11/7/95;
Landmark implosion footage was used in the movie "Mars Attacks!"; the "Galaxy" in that movie was
actually the Landmark
- Las Vegas Hilton:
"Star Trek: The Experience," a themed
attraction at the Hilton, opened 1/4/98;
more;
more
- Last Frontier: opened 1942;
Abbe Lane at the Last Frontier swimming pool;
Ronald Reagan at the Last Frontier
- Little Caesar's: tiny casino known for its high-limit sports book; it closed when the owner died
- Luxor: opened 10/15/93;
article on expansion;
new
lighting;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Mandalay Bay:
opened 3/2/99;
info;
info on Four Seasons;
settling in;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Marina: became part of MGM Grand
- Maxim:
casino closed 11/21/99;
hotel to close 8/17/01
- MGM Grand: the original MGM Grand was at Flamingo & the Strip
and is now named Bally's;
the current MGM Grand is at Tropicana & the Strip and opened 12/18/93;
the monorail between Bally's and the MGM Grand opened in July 1995;
MGM's new lion;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Millennium: part of Circus Circus' "Masterplan Mile"; was to be south of Mandalay Bay; haven't heard anything about it since
1996--maybe it's no longer in the cards?
- Million Dollar Historic Gambling Museum & Casino: opened and closed in 1974
- Mirage: opened 11/22/89; not to be confused with La Mirage
- Moneytree
- Monte Carlo:
opened 6/21/96
- New Frontier: the casino at this location was named the "New Frontier"
for awhile in the '50s;
the Frontier became the
New Frontier on 2/1/98;
New Frontier to be imploded
and replaced by a San Francisco-themed resort (not to be confused with the San Francisco-themed
resort planned on the site of Silver City)
- "New World": not the name of a casino--it's the name of a company planning to
developing three resorts across
from Mandalay Bay; the article says they have bought the land that
the Glass Pool Inn occupies, so if you ever thought of
swimming in the glass pool, now may be the time!
- New York-New York:
opened 1/3/97;
construction photos
- 91 Club
- Nob Hill
- Oasis: see Dunes
- Orleans: opened 12/18/96:
info & photos
- O'Shea's
- Paddlewheel
- Pair-O-Dice Club: From the Nevada State Museum & Historical
Society: "Through the 1930s . . . Frank and
Angelina Detra owned and operated the luxuriously appointed Pair-O-Dice Club, three miles
south of Las Vegas on the Los Angeles Highway. From the gleaming copper distillery hidden
under the quail pen in the back to the gourmet Italian food served on fine linen table cloths, the
Pair-O-Dice breathed class. It also had the first elaborate swamp-cooling system in a Las
Vegas club. A friend and associate of Chicago crime figure Al Capone, Frank Detra operated
the Pair-O-Dice until he sold it to California gambler Guy McAfee in 1939. After that, it
became the 91 Club and later, part of the Last Frontier." An e-mail correspondent says: "According to the book
The Green Felt Jungle, Guy McAfee was none other
than the former Commander of the Los Angeles PD Vice Squad."
- Palace Station: the lodging portion was once a
Mini-Price Motor Inn
- Palms: to open 12/01
- Paradise
- Paris Las Vegas:
opened 9/1/99;
info
- Peppermill: was in the strip mall at the SE corner of Strip & Convention Center Blvd;
not to be confused with the Peppermill restaurant just north of Silver City
- Planet Hollywood: never built; plans for an ITT/Planet Hollywood
joint venture south of the Desert Inn were shelved; then a "Sound Republic"
hotel and casino was planned by Planet Hollywood and the Aladdin fronting Harmon Avenue and
adjacent to the new Aladdin; that project
was called off in 1998
- Players Club
- Polynesian
- Project Paradise: see Mandalay Bay
- Quality Inn: the casino is now called Key Largo, but the lodging portion of the establishment is still called Quality Inn
- Red Dragon: not a real casino; in 3/01 the Desert Inn was used in the filming of Rush Hour 2 and the "Red Dragon" name was
put on the north half of the
Desert Inn sign
- Riata: operated on the site of what is now Silver City from 7/73 through 8/74
- Rio: also called Rio Suites;
expansion plans
- Riviera: opened 1955
- Royal: formerly called Royal Las Vegas; not to be confused with Royal Nevada or Royal Inn
- Royal Inn: not to be confused with Royal Nevada or Royal
- Royal Nevada: it was just south of the original Stardust; it was bought and eventually demolished by the Stardust;
not to be confused with the Royal or the Royal Inn; gamblers
broke the bank
http://www.joebob-briggs.com/vegasguy/vg20001210.html
- Sahara: opened 1952;
Speedworld Indy car simulator now open;
renovation;
info;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Sands: opened 1952; closed 6/30/96;
imploded 11/26/96;
was briefly called MGM Sands; was replaced by The
Venetian;
package of Sinatra stories;
another package of Sinatra stories;
Rat Pack Page with Sands photos and info;
Sands Rat Pack photos
- San Remo
- Sans Souci
- Silverbird: renamed El Rancho in 1981
- Silver City:
closed 10/31/99;
San Francisco-themed
resort on the site seems doubtful (not to be confused with the San Francisco-themed
resort planned for the site of the New Frontier);
Silver City was once the only non-smoking casino in LV;
casinos fight bid to clear the air
- Silver Slipper: closed 1988
- Silverton:
formerly Boomtown
- Slots A Fun
- Sound Republic: never built; see Planet Hollywood
- Sport of Kings: was race and sports book only; now "The Beach" (a bar/nightclub)
- Sports World: formerly CBS Sports World; "temporarily closed" when I last visited on 6/18/01
- Stardust: opened 1958; the "motor inn" rooms were demolished
December, 1999;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Starship Orion: see El Rancho
- Stratosphere:
opened 4/30/96;
Stratosphere Cam;
Everything's Coming Up Stratosphere
- Tangiers: fictional casino; see the notes for the movie Casino in
the Las Vegas Movie List
- Terrible's:
open 12/6/00;
why "Terrible"?;
Joe Bob Briggs visits
- Thunderbird: renamed Silverbird in 1977; not to be confused with the still-operating Thunderbird
Hotel at 1213 S. Las Vegas Blvd (the still operating Thunderbird Hotel had a display of
Thunderbird memorabilia when I last stayed there a couple of years ago)
- Titanic: see Boat
- Town Hall: also
known as Days Inn Town Hall; formerly a Mini-Price Motor Inn
- Treasure Island: opened 10/27/93; also called Treasure Island at the Mirage
- Treasury
- Tropicana: opened 1957
- Tuscany: According to the Las Vegas Business Press, the former Caribbean site now houses a project
called Tuscany, a Mediterranean/Spanish sytle hotel/casino project with 720 rooms (all suites).
There will be 15 "free-standing" buildings, 2 and 3 stories high. The casino phase will be added in late 2001. (Anybody have an
update on this?)
- 20th Century
- Vacation Village
- Vegas World: closed 2/1/95; Bob Stupak and
Vegas World;
vacation package settlement;
Bob Stupak and Me: a Sentimental Journey
- Venetian:
opened 5/4/99;
info;
groundbreaking;
no buffet!
- Viva: planned but never built
- Westward Ho: may be the world's largest motel. The
Ho has about 1000 rooms according to Frommer's and the woman
who answered the phone at the Ho; 800 according to the International Casino Guide. The Motel 6 at Tropicana & Koval has 602
units according to the Motel 6 Directory.
- Wild Wild West: opened 7/98; formerly King 8
- WWF: the WWF
once planned to open a
casino on the Debbie Reynolds site, but
they later sold it.
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