Gaming History - Week of August 16, 2020
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| 2020 - Sunday |
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| 1981 - Newport Beach, CA. Ernie Primm died of pneumonia. Over the years Primm had owned many casinos including the Monterey Club and Rainbow Club in Gardena, California, the Primadonna Club in Reno, Nevada, and Whiskey Pete's in Jean, Nevada. |
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| 1994 - Las Vegas, NV. Boomtown Las Vegas opened on May 27, 1994. A month later, Boomtown, Inc. exercised an option to buy out Roski's 50% share of the property's operating company.
The casino struggled to draw visitors, earning annual cash flow of less than $10 million. With Boomtown, Inc. set to be acquired by Hollywood Park, Inc., an agreement was reached on August 12, 1996 for Roski to buy the property's operating company, in exchange for $8.5 million in promissory notes, $2.1 million in cash and a release from the property's lease. The sale was completed on July 1, 1997, the day after the Hollywood Park-Boomtown merger was completed.Roski renamed the property as Silverton on December 2, 1997. He began down a path of cutting staff from 1,400 to 900 and re-theming the resort . |
| Link to: Boomtown Las Vegas Wikipedia
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| 2016 - Las Vegas Nevada. The Riviera lost $4.5 million on income of $30.8 million in the first quarter of 2010. The decline in popularity of the Riviera was caused in part by the decline of pedestrian foot traffic in the vicinity. Previously, the Riviera was surrounded by the Stardust, New Frontier, and Westward Ho, properties which were demolished to make room for new construction. A shutdown in the new construction in progress at the adjacent Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas and Echelon Place contributed to the Riviera's decline. The company had 1300 employees in Las Vegas and 260 employees in Black Hawk, Colorado.
In February 2015, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority acquired the Riviera hotel and its associated land for $182.5 million. The property was leased back to its existing operators, Paragon Gaming, who officially closed the establishment on Monday, May 4, 2015. After winding down operations the hotel was closed and demolished to make way for a planned expansion of LVCVA's Las Vegas Global Business Dist. |
| Link to: Riviera Hotel Implosion
Link to: The Riviera Wikipedia |
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| August 17th |
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| 2020 - Monday |
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| 1965 - Las Vegas, NV. New Pioneer Club Hotel opens, 200 S. 1st St., Las Vegas. |
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| 2000 - Las Vegas Nevada. The new Aladdin was scheduled to reopen on August 17, 2000, at 6:00 p.m., with fireworks at 10:00 p.m. The opening was delayed while the Clark County building inspector completed its fire safety testing. Another delay was caused by last-minute repairs to the casino surveillance system. This left thousands of Aladdin visitors leaving in disappointment, as well as opening night hotel guests wondering where they'd spend the night. Many high-rollers waited out on the sidewalks in front of the Aladdin for hours. |
| Link to: The New Aladdin Wikipedia
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| August 18th |
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| 2020 - Tuesday |
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| 1899 - Lequio Tanaro, Piedmont Italy. Anthony Cornero Stralla also known as "the Admiral" and "Tony the Hat" was Born August 18, 1899 - Died July 31, 1955) was a bootlegger and gambling entrepreneur in Southern California from the 1920s through the 1950s. During his varied career, he bootlegged liquor into Los Angeles, ran legal gambling ships in international waters, and legally operated casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| Link to: Anthony Cornero Wikipedia
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| 1934 - Las Vegas, NV. Exchange Gaming Club opens, 120 S. 1st St., Las Vegas. |
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| August 19th |
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| 2020 - Wednesday |
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| 1993 - Vicksburg, MS. Isle of Capri casino opens. |
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| 1996 - Portola, CA. Pick Hobson, Reno gaming pioneer, died at the age of 85 after spending his last few years living near Portola, CA. |
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| August 20th |
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| 2020 - Thursday |
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| 2015 - Las Vegas Nevada . The Las Vegas Club was a casino-hotel located on the Fremont Street Experience at Main in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada owned by the Tamares Group and operated by the Navegante Group, along with the Plaza Hotel & Casino across the street.In May 2015, the Las Vegas Club announced its intent to open a 13,810-square-foot pharmacy on the eastern side of its casino. This is now unlikely, in light of the August 14, 2015, announcement of the casino's sale to Derek and Greg Stevens, owners of the nearby D and Golden Gate casinos, who plan to close and renovate it.After the sale, The Las Vegas Club closed at midnight on August 19, 2015. |
| Link to: Las Vegas Club Wikipedia
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| August 21st |
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| 2020 - Friday |
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| 1975 - Reno, NV. The King's Inn casino opened at 303 West Street, on the corner of Third. The King's Inn Hotel had opened, without gaming, in September of 1974. In January of 1975 Allen Bergendahl, who would be general manager and principal stockholder in the casino, applied for a gaming license for 150 slot machines and 12 table games. The license was finally granted in August. The casino operated until 1982, In 1986, after failure to meet fire-codes, the hotel closed. . |
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| August 22nd |
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| 2020 - Saturday |
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| 1939 - Reno, NV. The Rainbow Club opened at 146 North Center Street, licensed for slots, tango and keno (bingo). In operation at the same time as the Club Fortune and Harrah's Heart Tango, the three clubs competed for customers by offering free cash prize drawings and inexpensive bingo games that had high cash prizes. The Rainbow Club closed in 1941. |
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| 1997 - Michigan City, IN. Blue Chip casino opens. |
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