First of three - No Pain No Gain Posts - Pictures of the three downtown casinos & Golden Goose Strip Club razed to make room for Circa and the expansion of the Golden Gate. https://twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/1481146033073623041 Second and Third Posts - No Pain No Gain - Flamingo & O'Sheas. https://twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/1481146711531683840 https://twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/1481148841013350401 Felt and heard Flamingo would be the casino Harrahs/Caesars/El Dorado moved, thought Cromwell would go with it to maximize the sales value for land/location of a new resort. Flamingo closed their poker room after the WSOP (Caesars' poker room is rumored to be closed sometime in 2022) so I have no reason to go back there beyond taking a few photos when I return. That said, still sad that the last OG strip casino may be gone soon. Las Vegas Strip Hotel Motel Casinos 1941-1971: El Rancho Vegas - April 3, 1941 - June 17, 1960 - Vacant property across from the Sahara. Hotel Last Frontier - October 30, 1942 - July 16, 2007 - Vacant property across from the Wynn. Flamingo Las Vegas - December 26, 1946 - Current The Thunderbird - September 2, 1948 - July 6, 1992 - Site of the pending Fontainebleau. The Desert Inn - April 24, 1950 - August 28, 2000 - Site of Wynn Las Vegas The Silver Slipper - September 1950 - November 29, 1989 - Vacant property across from the Wynn. Sahara Las Vegas - October 7, 1952 - Current Sands - December 15, 1952 - June 30, 1996 - Site of Venetian / Palazzo. Royal Nevada - April 19, 1955 - January 30, 1958 - Annexed by The Stardust, site of Resorts World. Riviera - April 20, 1955 - May 4, 2015 - Purchased by the LVCVA, currently a parking lot across from CC. Dunes - May 23, 1955 - January 26, 1993 - Site of Bellagio. Hacienda - October 17, 1956 - December 1, 1996 - Site of Mandalay Bay. Tropicana Las Vegas - April 4, 1957 - Current Sans Souci / Castaways Hotel & Casino - October 18, 1957 - July 20, 1987 - Site of The Mirage. Stardust Resort & Casino - July 2, 1958 - November 1, 2006 - Site of Resorts World. Aladdin - December 24, 1962 - November 25, 1997 - Site of Planet Hollywood. Caesars Palace - August 5, 1966 - Current Bonanza Hotel and Casino - June 12, 1969 - March 24, 1970 - Site of Bally's Las Vegas. Westward Ho Hotel & Casino - April 1, 1971 - November 17, 2005 - Site of Resorts World. List of properties with an active hotel/motel and casino in operation between 1941-1971.
Given how that guy works, it means absolutely nothing. And were these dates meant to represent the hotel opening? Circus Circus opened the casino in 1968. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Circus_Las_Vegas
The Flamingo of today looks pretty much nothing like the one built in 1946. Same goes for CP and even the Trop.
Hotel/Motel AND Casino required for my list. Others places had an operating hotel but did not open a casino until after 1971. For example, Flamingo Capri > Imperial Palace > The Quad > Linq opened as the Flamingo Capri in 1959, but did not open a casino onsite until 1972. Not having both would make the list unwieldy, and also not conform to what most people consider a Las Vegas Resort. There were many stand-alone hotels, and also small casinos like "Little Caesars, Leroy's Sports Books, and other mom and pop joints offering one or the other on the Strip well before what many consider the modern day Strip era (post Mirage 1990-2022). Some stand alone hotels are still be found between Fremont Street and Sahara Ave, and also a few hotel / time share properties remaining on the Strip (Jockey Club, Polo Towers, etc.).
