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Siegfried & Roy, 1980s

Photo by R. Scott Hooper.

S&R performed in Las Vegas for 34 years.

‘67-69: in Folies Bergere at the Tropicana'70-73: in Lido de Paris at the Stardust'74-77: in Hallelujah Hollywood at MGM Grand'78-80: in Lido de ...

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Bagdad Motel / Holiday House / The Blvd, 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd, since 1954

Photo: Kodachrome, ‘56

The place called The Blvd Apartments in the 2020s began as Hawthorne House, built in '53. It was “reconstructed” as Bagdad Inn by Merr...


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Gaslite Motel, 2025 Las Vegas Blvd S – est. 1956

Opened in 1956, Gaslite was at the north end of a row of motels on the east side of Las Vegas Blvd near St. Louis Ave. Around ‘71 it merged with neighbor Sulinda Motel. Gaslite, Sulinda, Gladstone, and Rancho Anita motels were bought by the Stratosphere and demolished in '96, becoming oversized parking that remains in the...


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A sew sign at the Sands built in late August 1965 while the hotel tower was under construction. Color photo in Sep.

Joey Bishop and Nancy Ames in the Copa Room. Keely Smith headlines the Celebrity Theater lounge. Red Norvo, Sonny King, and Hines, Hines and Son also in the lounge. Musso’s restaurant visible in the color photo, demolished later in the year.

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Jayne Mansfield enjoying herself at Hotel New Frontier, 1955

The pool had an underground viewing area called the Marine Room.


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