The site of the integrated Las Vegas casino where Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. would hang out is working to preserve its gaming license.
Casinos & Gaming
The guest made a $5 side bet that made them eligible to win the mega tier of the resort’s Millionaire Progressive jackpot.
The seven-figure win was one of several recent jackpots collected at casinos across the Las Vegas Valley.
Geography and available land have all come together for a “perfect storm” of development led by record-breaking retail construction in the southwest valley.
When the Tropicana Hotel held its preview opening on April 3, 1957, the resort was seen as representing a “bright new era” for Las Vegas.
Tuesday marks the 83rd anniversary of the opening of the first hotel-casino on Las Vegas Boulevard, which started as an extension of a California motel brand.
Tears, cheers and beers. They all marked the final hours of the Tropicana, one of the oldest of the remaining old-school casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
Westgate President and GM Cami Christensen is backing her lifelong friend and top Iowa assistant Jan Jensen in the Iowa-LSU game.
Interested shoppers can buy theater doors, room furniture sets, 1,500 flat-screen TVs and other pieces of the Strip resort.
The only bar open for Tropicana’s sendoff party is the Chill’m cocktail bar, which usually has a crowd of a dozen.
More than 16 years after the New Frontier was toppled, the Strip property hasn’t seen a new project take shape.
Here are five of the more memorable casino (and airport) conquests this past month in the Las Vegas Valley.
Approximately 300 former showgirls and other entertainers reunited a sequin’s throw away from the theater the legendary show called home during its 49-year run.
Visitors made their way through the buzzing property Saturday night, snapping last pictures of the property’s stained glass.
Having fun with friends at a Las Vegas casino has its rewards. So does hitting a royal flush to win a six-figure progressive jackpot.
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