Gaming History - Week of May 16, 2021
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| May 16th |
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| 2021 - Sunday |
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| 1974 - Las Vegas, NV. Gamblers Hall of Fame opens at 32 Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas - closes 7 months later. |
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| 2011 - Las Vegas Nevada. The Sahara shut down on May 16, 2011. SBE chief executive Sam Nazarian stated that the hotel was not "economically viable". Nazarian said that he would help the 1,600 hotel workers find new jobs. Its closure left only the The Riviera, Tropicana, Flamingo, Caesars Palace, and the Circus Circus remaining from the pre-1969 era.On May 16, 2011, at 12:00 PM PDT, the last hotel guest checked out of the Sahara Hotel and Casino, and the hotel officially closed at 2:00 PM. This marked the end of a 59-year run on the Strip. According to the Sahara's website, any previous reservations would be honored at the Circus Circus. NCL/National Content Liquidators began a liquidation sale on June 16, 2011, of all items inside the property; the sale continued until the property was completely empty. The final day of the sale was September 4, 2011. |
| Link to: Sahara Wikipedia
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| May 17th |
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| 2021 - Monday |
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| 1949 - Reno, NV. The Sunflower Supper Club was licensed for slots, 21, craps and roulette. The club was located several miles south of Reno, at 9825 South Virginia Street. The casino didn't renew its license in September of 1950. The following year the club reopened as Echo's Club. |
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| May 18th |
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| 2021 - Tuesday |
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| 1956 - Las Vegas, NV. The Fremont Hotel is located on 200 Fremont Street. It was designed by architect Wayne McAllister and opened on May 18, 1956 as the tallest building in the state of Nevada. At the time of its opening it had 155 rooms, cost $6 million to open and was owned by Ed Levinson and Lou Lurie. In 1963 the Hotel was expanded to include the 14 story Ogden tower and one of the city's first vertical parking garages.In 1974 Allen Glick's Argent Corporation purchased the Fremont and in 1976 expanded the casino at a cost of $4 million. In 1983 Sam Boyd bought the Fremont to add to his Boyd Gaming group properties. |
| Link to: Fremont Hotel & Casino Website
Link to: Fremont Hotel & Casino Wikipedia |
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One of the cities first vertical Parking Garage |
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| May 19th |
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| 2021 - Wednesday |
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| 1966 - Reno, NV. Zimba Card Room, 19 East Douglas Alley, was licensed for poker and slots. It closed in June of 1969. |
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| 1981 - Atlantic City NJ. The Brighton Hotel Casino closed May19,1981 to become Sands Hotel & Casino. |
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| 1997 - Robinsonville, MS. Harrah's closes. |
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| 2004 - Shreveport, LA. Harrah's casino closes. |
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| May 20th |
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| 2021 - Thursday |
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| 1977 - Las Vegas, NV. 20th Century Hotel & Casino opens at 115 East Tropicana Ave., off Las Vegas Strip. |
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| 1995 - Lake Charles, LA. Star casino opens. |
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| 2007 - Amelia, LA. Amelia Belle casino opens. |
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| May 22nd |
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| 2021 - Saturday |
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| 1931 - Reno, NV. Rainbow Gardens, on South Virginia Road, was licensed for craps, 21 and roulette. |
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| 1981 - Las Vegas, NV. Gold Spike Hotel & Casino) is a bar, lounge, residential building, and former boutique 112-room, seven floor hotel. It is connected with the Oasis at the Gold Spike, a 50-room three floor hotel located in downtown Las Vegas. It was owned by entrepreneur Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, having bought it from The Siegel Group; and the casino was operated by Golden Gaming.Hsieh closed the casino on April 14, 2013. After a three-week remodel, Gold Spike re-opened the casino as a restaurant and bar on May 6, 2013. The hotel portion of the building was recently converted into permanent and temporary workforce housing for Downtown Project, entrepreneurs, and Zappos; Oasis hotel is a separate building on the same property. |
| Link to: Gold Spike Wikipedia
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| 1997 - Manitoba Canada . The Crystal Casino Closed. |
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| 2009 - Bethlehem Pennsylvannia. A hotel and casino located in the Bethlehem Works development site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The casino is owned, operated, and constructed by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. It is one of five stand-alone casinos that was awarded a slots license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on December 20, 2006. The casino was slated to open in July 2008, but demolition took longer than expected due to the heavy concrete foundations of the old steel building. Its opening was delayed until the second quarter of 2009. The first concrete for the complex, which is located on the former Bethlehem Steel land on the South side of the city, was poured on November 15, 2007. |
| Link to: Sands Bethlehem Website
Link to: Sands Bethelhem Wikipedia |
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