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Welcome to the most detailed history of the Las Vegas Strip on the internet today!

The Strip is a world of its own. Where else can you go to visit Egypt, New York, the Tropics, King and Queens, Rome/Greece, Hollywood, and much more all on one street? This is the street of lights, excitement, and dreams. Some dreams come true becoming great successes and others sadly die. The Strip is competitive and one only has to look down the street at night to see this. Each property has to not only keep up with the others, but to also attract and keep their visitors. All of this takes nerve, imagination, and creativity. Just take a good look at any of these structures. There is creativity all around them. The dreams of owners, architects, designers, interior decorators, and employees are all wrapped up into these architectural wonders.

Please click here if you would like to read about how this site came to be and the wonderful people who contributed their information, pictures, or memories. I also listed the resorts the helped me and the ones who didn't. (This will open in a new window).

This is the visionaries' site. From the individuals who looked at three miles of desert road and saw a dream, a street like no other - to the present dream weavers who see a different Strip, a prettier one, a bigger one. Sure, some of the dreams died or were replaced, but the point is they tried, and to some extent or for some short period of time, they succeeded. Each of them bucked warnings and laughs, and some even gave their lives to make their dreams come true. Their message to you is the next time you have a vision, a dream, and people tell you you're crazy or it could never be done, come back to this site and visit these people and what they created. Picture a three mile desert road, and see it after the dream weavers arrived - castles, exploding volcanos, sultans, the old west, pirate fights, flamingos, animal habitats, dancing waters, and cities such as New York, Paris and Venice. If they can see a dream and make it reality, so can you!



The following is arranged beginning with the first major hotel/casino resort or casino to the present. There may have been clubs, casinos, or motels on the properties before which is listed underneath the name. I have numbered the top ten as they held the pathway for the rest of the Strip.





April 3, 1941 - The mother of the Strip, El Rancho Las Vegas opening with 63 rooms.

2004 - Hilton Time Share

October 30, 1942 - Second, Hotel Last Frontier opening with 105 rooms.

1930 - Pair-O-Dice

1936 - Ambassador Night Club

1939 - 91 Club

April 4, 1955 - New Frontier

1967 - The Frontier

1999 - New Frontier

December 26, 1946 - Third, Flamingo Hotel opening with 105 rooms.

March 1, 1947 - Fabulous Flamingo

1971 - Flamingo Hilton

1999 - Flamingo Las Vegas

September 2, 1948 - Fourth, The Thunderbird opening with 76 rooms.

1977 - Silverbird

1982 - El Rancho

April 24, 1950 - Fifth resort, Desert Inn opening with 300 rooms.

???? - Players Club

April 28, 2005 - Wynn Resort

September, 1950 - First major casino, Silver Slipper/Golden Slipper.

October 7, 1952 - Sixth resort, Sahara opening with 240 rooms. Closed May 16, 2011.

April 8, 1947 - Club Bingo

August 23, 2014 - SLS Las Vegas

December 15, 1952 - Seventh resort, Sands opening with 200 rooms.

???? - La Rue's

1988 - Sands MGM

May 3, 1999 - The Venetian opening with 3,036 rooms.

April 19, 1955 - Eighth, The Royal Nevada

April 20, 1955 - Ninth, Riviera opening with 300 rooms.

Closed May 4, 2015.

May 23, 1955 - Tenth, Dunes opening with 200 rooms.

October 15, 1998 - Bellagio opening with 3,026 rooms.

June 1956 - Hacienda opening with 256 rooms.

March 2, 1999 - Mandalay Bay opening with 3,309 rooms.

April 4, 1957 - Tropicana opening with 300 rooms.

July 2, 1958 - Stardust Resort & Casino opening with 1,000 rooms.

1960 - San Souci. This property was shared by two establishments. The Red Rooster "clan" was first, then the San Souci. The Red Rooster eventually disappeared. San Souci was then the evolving property.

1931 - Red Rooster Nite Club

1933 - The Red Rooster

1933 - Red Rooster

1941 - Alice Morris Red Rooster

1942 - Red Rooster Nite Club

1947 - Gracie Hayes Lodge

1948 - Red Rooster

1950 - Martello's Red Rooster

1951 - Red Rooster

1953 - Hi Ho Club

May 4, 1954 - The Patio Club

1954 - The Rendezvous

1956 - Gracie Hayes Lodge

Sharing the property with

1942 - San Souci Auto Court

1949 - San Souci Court

1950 - San Souci Auto & Trailer Court

1955 - Sans Souci Hotel, Inc.

1963 - Castaways

1967 - Oliver's New Castaways Casino

November 22, 1989 - The Mirage opening with 3,044 rooms

October 27, 1993 - Treasure Island opening with 2,891 rooms (this property was Mirage's parking lot)

June, 2000 - MGM Mirage

October, 2003 - TI

1963 - Its first "motel" resort Westward-Ho

April 1, 1966 - The Aladdin opening with 335 rooms.

1962 - The Tally Ho

1964 - King's Crown

August 18, 2000 - Aladdin opening with 2,567 rooms

April 7, 2007 - Planet Hollywood

August 5, 1966 - Caesars Palace opening with 700 rooms.

1972 - Circus Circus Hotel Casino Resort opening with 400 rooms.

October 18, 1968 - Circus Circus Casino

???? - El Morocco Motel

???? - Ginseng Korean and Japanese Bar-B-Q Restaurant

July 2, 1973 - Holiday Casino

1949 - Tumbleweed Motel

195? - The Pyramids Motel

19?? - River Boat Casino

1992 - Harrah's

July 1, 1967 - Bonanza Hotel and Casino opening with 160 rooms

1963 - Three Coins Motel

1969 - New Bonanza Hotel and Casino

December 23, 1973 - MGM Grand Hotel opening with 2,100 rooms

1986 - Bally Grand

1996 - Bally's

1973 - Riata Casino

1974 - Silver City Casino

2004 - Silver City Mall

1975 - Marina Hotel and Casino

December 18, 1993 - MGM Grand Hotel/Casino opening with 5,005 rooms.

March, 1979 - Barbary Coast opening with 150 rooms.

195? - Desert Villa

195? - Empey's Desert Villa

February 27, 2007 - Bill's Gambling Hall and Saloon

May 21, 2014 - The Cromwell

November 1, 1979 - Imperial Palace

19?? - Flamingo Capri

December, 2012 - Quad

October 23, 2014 - Linq

1979 - Slots-A-Fun

July 1, 1989 - O'Shea's

June 19, 1990 - Excalibur opening with 4,032 rooms.

January 1, 1992 - Casino Royale

???? - Joey's New Yorker Night Club

1979 - Nob Hill

October 15, 1993 - Luxor Las Vegas opening with 2,526 rooms.

1993 - Boardwalk Holiday Inn

1969 - Holiday Queen

February 13, 2002 - Boardwalk Hotel & Casino

June 21, 1996 - Monte Carlo - opening with 3,002 rooms.

1953 - Desert Rose Motel

May 8, 2018 - Park MGM

January 3, 1997 - New York New York opening with 2,033 rooms.

195? - Lone Palm Motel

Sharing property with

1965 - Rodeway Inn

September 1, 1999 - Paris Las Vegas opening with 2,914 rooms.

19?? - Galaxy Motel

1970 - Little Caesar's

HONORABLE MENTIONS

These ladies aren't on the Strip but had a direct impact on the Strip.

May 14, 1955 - Moulin Rouge

1957 - The Royal Inn Casino

???? - Americana Hotel

???? - Paddlewheel Hotel Casino

1993 - Miss Reynolds Hotel Casino aka Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino

1999 - World Wrestling Federation

July 20, 2001 - Greek Isles Hotel & Casino

July 1, 1969 - Landmark

July 2, 1969 - International

September 4, 1953 - Las Vegas Race Track

1970 - Las Vegas Hilton

July 1, 2014 - Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino

July 13, 1979 - Vegas World opening with 100 rooms.

???? - Todkill/Bill Hayden Lincoln Mercury Dealership

March 31, 1974 - Million Dollar Historic Gambling Museum

April 30, 1996 - Stratosphere opening with 1,500 rooms.

February 1, 2019 - The STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod (announced, not official)

MOTELS

There were plenty of little ma and pa type motels springing up on the Strip. The ones that evolved to resorts are already listed. This section is for the little girls. The visionaries who created motels that disappeared and replaced by items other than resorts or endured time and remain on the Strip today. Please click here to see the mini-dreams.

BACKGROUND

This section contains background information each of the dreamweavers, the visionaries who took a chance and placed the ultimate bets, Below each name is a list of the resorts they were either connected with or they created. Please click here to meet the visionaries.

MISCELLANEOUS



Strip Maps and Pictures - This section contains maps and pictures; and a Christmas section for Vegas Holiday editions of publications printed throughout the years..

Fun Facts and Information - Some trivia, facts and information for your enjoyment.

Transportation on the Strip - Need to get around the Strip? Here are some ideas.

Webrings and Links - Since you're already in the virtual Las Vegas Strip, why don't you visit some other sites that I think are noteworthy!

Books and Appearances List - This is a list of books and movie/TV appearances made by the ladies.

Awards We Won - This site has won awards and we are proud to show them off.

Online Poker - Poker is a very popular pastime at many casinos. Now poker is being enjoyed online as well.

Miscellaneous Information, My Vegas Trips, etc. - I have recorded briefly my experiences on the Strip and auctions that "have gone bad" and well as other tales so you can learn from my mistakes (stupid or otherwise). For you physicially handicapped Strip fans - there is a page here about accommodations at the ladies to make your stay for pleasurable. I have a poll on this site when I think of questions or someone volunteers something. The results of previous polls will be in this section for your review. I also have an obituary section of some of the entertainers who are gone but not forgotten. This will constantly be added to.

Pete & Chantel Rizzo's Old Vegas Chips Site - This site belongs to Pete & Chantel Rizzo who have been invaluable to me for helping my readers assess chips and other Vegas items. I am not a collector so please do not e-mail me scans of your chips and/or items asking me what they are worth. Go to the experts - Pete & Chantel!

Update Section - This is for repeat visitors. You can also click on the wording on the top of this page as well.

"I have a new idea about every 21 seconds. It's a talent, a characteristic I have. But an idea is one thing. Making it come alive in three-dimension reality is another". - Jay Sarno, creator of Caesars Palace and Circus Circus "What I love the most about this town is the terrific opportunity it presents to those with the imagination and daring to build new must-see properties. Where else could you find a pyramid next to Camelot, next to the Statue of Liberty and Monte Carlo, an Italian lake next to the Roman Empire. Here this madness is okay. Any place else they'd lock you up. The best is yet to come. The next five years will see a renaissance of entertainment here." - Steve Wynn, February 1, 2000 - creator of Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio and Wynn Resort

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