The Museum of Gaming History

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Museum of Gaming History
An Educational Project of The Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club, Inc.
An IRS approved 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Not-For-Profit Corporation

Dedicated to the preservation and education of Gaming History

Gaming History - Week of January 06, 2008

January 6th

2008 - Sunday

1932 - Las Vegas, NV. Silver Club opens at 108 North 1st Street, downtown Las Vegas.

January 7th

2008 - Monday

1944 - Las Vegas, NV. Playland Arcade opens at 129 South 1st Street, downtown Las Vegas.


	Ad from a November, 1951, Las Vegas tourist publication

1944 - Las Vegas, NV. Fremont Arcade opens, downtown Las Vegas.

1949 - Las Vegas, NV. Villa Venice opens at 3309 South 5th Street, on the Las Vegas strip.

Ad from the July, 1956, Las Vegas Yellow Pages

January 8th

2008 - Tuesday

1947 - Las Vegas, NV. Mondoray Club opens at 3415 South 5th Street, on the Las Vegas Strip.

1947 - Las Vegas, NV. Desert Spa Casino opens at 3101 Las Vegas Blvd. South, on the Las Vegas Strip.

1958 - Las Vegas, NV. Royal Nevada Hotel & Casino closes, soon incorporated into new Stardust next door.

left side of picture is annexed Royal Nevada

January 9th

2008 - Wednesday

1951 - Las Vegas, NV. Hotel Elwell opens at 202 South 1st Street, downtown Las Vegas.

January 10th

2008 - Thursday

1944 - Reno, NV. Acme Bar at 268 North Virginia Street, Reno closed.

2009 - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Moon Palace Casino opens.

January 11th

2008 - Friday

2006 - Las Vegas, NV. The property was allowed to remain open, until January 29, 2004, when the Bankruptcy Court determined that VSS was improperly spending money, and allowed Vestin to take possession of the Castaways, shutting it down.Vestin agreed to sell the property for $21.6 million to MGI Group, owners of the Bighorn and Longhorn casinos, who planned to rebrand it as La Joya del Sol and market it to Latino customers. Before MGI's license application could be approved, however, Station Casinos stepped in and paid MGI $12.1 million to take their place in the deal, paying Vestin the full $21.6 million. Station was primarily interested in the site's grandfathered gaming license, soon determining that the existing structures were not usable and had construction quality problems. Demolition began in July 2005,] and the hotel tower was imploded on January 11, 2006.The company made plans for a $90 million casino and restaurant with a Spanish motif, named Castaways Station. By 2009, however, no progress had been made.

Link to: Castaways Implosion Link to: Castaways Wikipedia

January 12th

2008 - Saturday

1945 - Las Vegas, NV. Casa Vegas opens at 3131 Highway 91, on the Las Vegas Strip.

Ad from a September 1945 Business Directory

1971 - Las Vegas, NV. Sneak Joint opens at 2358 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas.

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