Imperial Palace is a 2,640 room hotel and a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel and casino were owned by Imperial Palace LLC until purchased by the current owner, Caesars Imperial Palace Corporation a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corp.. History From 1959 to 1979 the property was [...]
Address: 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 Opening date: 1995 Theme: Contemporary Chic No. of rooms: 670 Total gaming space: 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) Signature attractions: The Joint, Body English, Rehab Notable restaurants: NOBU, ‘Rare 120″ Casino type: Land-Based Owner: Brookfield Asset Management[1] Operating license holder: Warner Gaming Years renovated: 2001, 2009-2010 Website [...]
Address 4000 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89103 Opening date December 21, 1986 No. of rooms 711 Total gaming space 87,000 square feet Casino type Land-Based Owner Boyd Gaming Corporation Years renovated 1988, 2002, 2008 Website Gold Coast Hotel and Casino The Gold Coast Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located in [...]
Address 301 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Opening date 1979 Theme Irish No. of rooms 638 Total gaming space 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m2) Signature attractions Fremont Street Experience Casino type Land Owner Barden Nevada Previous names Sundance Hotel Website Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel is a 34-story, 638-room hotel and [...]
Address 5255 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, Nevada 89122 Opening date August 28, 2008 Theme 60′s/Industrial No. of rooms 307 Total gaming space 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2) Casino type Land-Based Owner Millennium Gaming Years renovated none Website Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel Eastside Cannery Hotel and Casino, a $250 million project on the Boulder Highway [...]
Address 4575 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 No. of rooms 301 Total gaming space 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) Notable restaurants Yukon Grille Casino type Land-Based Owner American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC Website Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Hotel & Casino is a 301 room hotel and a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) locals casino [...]
Former performer Dixie Evans is the curator of the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas The Burlesque Hall of Fame is the name of the burlesque museum based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Exotic World, the museum historically was located on the site of an abandoned goat farm in Helendale, California. The [...]
Address 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Opening date December 5, 1973 Theme Cosmopolitan Las Vegas No. of rooms 2,814 Total gaming space 67,000 sq ft (6,200 m2) Permanent shows Jubilee! Signature attractions Garden Walkway Notable restaurants Al Dente, Bally’s Steakhouse, Ichiban Sushi Casino type Land-based Owner Caesars Entertainment Corp. Previous names [...]
Entrance to Howard Hughes Corporation headquarters The Howard Hughes Corporation is a major real estate development and management company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was founded by Howard Hughes. Later sold to the Rouse Company, it is now a subsidiary of General Growth Properties. History Formation as Summa Corporation Originally known as Summa Corporation, [...]
The Las Vegas 51s (formerly the Las Vegas Stars) is a minor-league baseball team. They are the AAA affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They play at Cashman Field (capacity 9,334) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team competes in the Pacific Coast League. The 51s take their name from Area 51, located “somewhere” in Nevada. [...]
The Bellagio, Caesars Palace, and part of the Strip The first casino to be built on Highway 91 was the Pair-o-Dice Club in 1931. The first hotel to be built on what is today’s Strip was the El Rancho Vegas, opening on April 3, 1941 with 63 rooms and standing for almost 20 years before [...]
The Mandalay Bay Convention Center is one of the largest privately owned and operated convention centers in the world. The 1 million ft² facility is owned by MGM MIRAGE. It is attached to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and adjecent to the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The facility can also support up to 75 [...]
Southern Paiutes of the Moapa – Las Vegas Paiutes wearing traditional Paiute basket hats with Paiute cradleboard and rabbit robe. Founding Las Vegas was given its name by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the [...]
Motto: Omnia Pro Patria (Latin), in English: All for our Country Established: 1957 Type: Public Endowment: $114 million President: Neal J. Smatresk Provost: Michael Bowers Academic staff: 1,000 Admin. staff: 3,282 Students: 29,069 (Fall 2009) Undergraduates: 22,708 (Fall 2009) Postgraduates 6,378 (Fall 2009) Location: Paradise, Nevada, United States Coordinates: 36°06′28″N 115°08′38″W / 36.10779°N 115.14376°W / [...]
Summerlin is a 23,400 acre (94.6 km²) planned community being built by The Howard Hughes Corporation in southern Nevada, along the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley near the Spring Mountains and Red Rock National Conservation Area. It includes a variety of land uses, inlcuding: residential, commercial, recreational, educational, medical, open space, and religious. [...]
The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. Being one of the largest convention centers in the world with 3,200,000 sq ft (297,000 m2) of space, it hosts [...]
The Las Vegas Strip is renowned for its high concentration of casino resort hotels A casino is a building that accommodates certain types of gambling games and activities. Customers may gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance (e.g., craps, roulette, baccarat) and some skill (eg., blackjack, poker) [for more see casino games]. [...]
