query: who owns treasure island hotel in las vegas

pos: Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Treasure Island Hotel & Casino (also known as "TI") is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA with 2,664 rooms and 220 suites, and is connected by tram to The Mirage as well as pedestrian bridge to the Fashion Show Mall shopping center. It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin. The hotel received the AAA Four Diamond rating each year from 1999 through 2013. Treasure Island was opened by Mirage Resorts in 1993 under the direction of Steve Wynn and Atlandia Design (a Mirage Resorts subsidiary) at

pos: Phil Ruffin Phil Ruffin Phillip Gene "Phil" Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American businessman. He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels, casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, real estate, and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks. He is also a business partner of Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Long a resident of Wichita, Kansas, Ruffin now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the "Forbes" 2018 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #877 with

pos: Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Treasure Island Hotel & Casino (also known as "TI") is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA with 2,664 rooms and 220 suites, and is connected by tram to The Mirage as well as pedestrian bridge to the Fashion Show Mall shopping center. It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin. The hotel received the AAA Four Diamond rating each year from 1999 through 2013. Treasure Island was opened by Mirage Resorts in 1993 under the direction of Steve Wynn and Atlandia Design (a Mirage Resorts subsidiary) at

pos: Kirk Kerkorian Bellagio, the current MGM Grand, The Mirage, the New York-New York, Circus Circus, Mandalay Bay, The Luxor, Excalibur, Monte Carlo and the newly completed CityCenter complex in Las Vegas. MGM sold its Treasure Island Hotel and Casino property to billionaire and former New Frontier owner Phil Ruffin for $750 million. In 1969, Kerkorian appointed James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. as president of MGM. Aubrey downsized the struggling MGM and sold off massive amounts of historical memorabilia, including Dorothy's ruby slippers from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", the majority of the studio's backlots in Culver City and overseas operations such

neg: Treasure Island Hotel and Casino Soleil's "Mystère", which introduced the entertainment style of Franco Dragone. The show opened in 1993 as the original Cirque du Soleil production in Las Vegas. Mystère has been voted nine times as the best production show in the city by the Las Vegas Review Journal reader's poll. With the sale of TI, it is the only hotel on the strip to host a Cirque du Soleil show that is not affiliated with MGM Resorts International. Treasure Island opened with the free "Buccaneer Bay" show in a large man-made lake fronting the resort along the Las Vegas Strip. Presented several times

neg: Wynn Las Vegas teams that developed The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, The Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. Wynn Las Vegas Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The US$2.7-billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts. The resort covers . It is located at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, directly across The Strip from the Fashion Show Mall. The -high hotel has 45 floors, with the 2,716 rooms ranging in

neg: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous scenes were scheduled to be shot in Las Vegas. Major filming locations included the Treasure Island and Venetian resorts. Scenes shot at Treasure Island included its Sirens of TI pirate show, which had never been featured in a film before and was closed to the public for filming. Other filming locations included the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and the Klondike Hotel and Casino. In May 2004, filming took place at the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse, which served as FBI headquarters within the film. Filming in Las Vegas concluded in mid-May 2004, and moved to Los Angeles

neg: Margareta Svensson Bay alongside Bob Dylan and Luciano Pavarotti, The Venetian Las Vegas where she had her own act at La Scena, The Resort at Summerlin (now known as JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa,) in the year 2000 The Aladdin (now known as Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino,) and in 2005 Steve Wynn recruited her to open Wynn Las Vegas. She has held engagements at numerous other Las Vegas casinos and resorts, including MGM Grand Las Vegas, Bellagio (resort), The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Bally's Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas. Svensson has

neg: Shot at the Night thus giving her very own "shot at the night". According to the Nevada Film Commission, the young woman is shown working at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino. The video features famous Las Vegas landmarks such as Treasure Island, The Stratosphere, The Cosmopolitan, Luxor, Caesars, and Downtown Las Vegas." Other locations include A Little White Wedding Chapel and Flamingo Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal ranked it as the #2 Best Music Video Filmed in Las Vegas." The Killers performed the song live for the first time at the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Killers performed

neg: Mark E. Brown Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Hard Rock Hotel and O'Sheas on the Las Vegas Strip. Also, Stephens Media Group, owner of the Review-Journal, is one of Zen Gaming's first partners. Using the company's software, the Review-Journal launched a poker site, becoming the first newspaper in the country to offer online poker. Some of Zen Gaming's other partners include Golden Gaming and Lotus Broadcasting, a radio company that owns the local affiliates for ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio,and pair of local rock and Spanish-language stations. It also has partnership deals with NBCSports.com since 2009. The Zen Gaming's software platform was

neg: America's Party Island (TI), Circus-Circus and Stratosphere. For America's Party 2009, the traditional rooftop fireworks display was replaced by a ground-based show due to additional fire department requirements that were put in place following the Monte Carlo Hotel fire. The firework for the "Takin' it to the Streets" show, were launched from: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Luxor Hotel, MGM Grand, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, Las Vegas Convention Center and the Stratosphere Casino. The fireworks return to the rooftops for the 2010 party, "A Vegas Celebration", using the MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood Resort, Caesar's Palace, Venetian Resort, Treasure Island and the Stratosphere

neg: William Hornbuckle COO of Golden Nugget Laughlin in Laughlin, Nevada, Executive Vice President and COO of Treasure Island on the Las Vegas Strip, and Vice President of Hotel Operations for The Mirage, opening the hotel in 1989. Hornbuckle is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration. He received the “Outstanding College Alumnus Award” from UNLV in 2002. Throughout his career, he has been active in supporting community, industry and charitable organizations. Mr. Hornbuckle serves on the state of Nevada Stadium Authority Board, and previously served on the Southern Nevada

neg: Marvel Cinematic Universe in April 2015, in Paris, France, at Esplanade de La Défense a year later, and in Las Vegas at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in June 2016. The Las Vegas version of the exhibit featured updated character details and corresponding science to incorporate the Marvel films that have released since the original exhibit in New York. Additionally, the Las Vegas version features Cobie Smulders reprising her role as Maria Hill to "debrief" visitors, replacing Welliver. An art exhibit, titled "Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe", was displayed exclusively at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from May to September

neg: Sirens of TI the audience will often be across six lanes of traffic." Readers of the "Las Vegas Review-Journal" voted it the worst local attraction in 2004 and 2005. The "Los Angeles Times" advised readers to avoid the show, calling it "dumb and a major pain to watch." Despite the negative feedback, the "Las Vegas Weekly" later collectively named "Sirens" and its pirate show predecessor "Buccaneer Cove" the eighth-greatest attraction in Las Vegas history in 2017. It was also named a "must-see" by Michelin. Sirens of TI The Sirens of TI was a free nightly show provided by the Treasure Island Hotel and

neg: Las Vegas Strip built on Las Vegas Boulevard at the Flamingo Road intersection connecting Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Bally's, and The Cromwell; between The Mirage/Treasure Island and The Venetian, and at the Las Vegas Boulevard-Spring Mountain and Sands Avenue intersection connecting the Wynn with the Fashion Show Mall, The Palazzo and Treasure Island. The latest to be completed connects Planet Hollywood, CityCenter and The Cosmopolitan at the Harmon Avenue intersection. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's annual Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study, only 36% of people said they walked around the Strip, a figure that is a drop from 2013 (52%).

neg: Steve Wynn in 1993 the hotel hosted the Cirque du Soleil show "Nouvelle Expérience". Afterwards Wynn invited Cirque to create "Mystère" for the soon-to-be-built Treasure Island resort next door. After Mirage, Wynn's next project Treasure Island Hotel and Casino opened in the Mirage's old parking lot on October 27, 1993, at an overall cost of $450 million. Intended to be family-friendly, pools in front of the casino enacted the Battle of Buccaneer Bay with two full-sized sailing ships, while the interior featured romantic tropical island theming. The establishment was the home of the first permanent Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas,

neg: Martin Stern Jr. lots into an extravagant high-rise metropolis. "The Daily Telegraph" (London) wrote of the first Stern and Kerkorian project in its September 2001 eulogy to Stern: "The International, whose tri-form 30-floor tower contained 1,519 rooms and became the most imitated building on the Las Vegas Strip, provided the model for the Bellagio, Treasure Island, Mirage and Mandalay Bay, among other hotels." When it was completed, the International was the largest hotel in the world. It is now the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The first MGM Grand, larger than the Empire State Building and in its turn the largest hotel

neg: Mark E. Brown Mark E. Brown Mark E. Brown is an American businessman and former CEO of Zen Entertainment and a former vice president of The Howard Hughes Corporation. His company currently has partnership deals with ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, NBCSports.com, Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Wrestling Entertainment, and casinos such as the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Hard Rock Hotel. He is also the former Partner and President of R&R Partners, the ad agency which created the "What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas" advertising campaign for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In addition, Brown is founder and director of

neg: Steve Wynn news. Steve Wynn Stephen Alan Wynn ("né" Weinberg; born January 27, 1942) is an American real estate businessman and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several notable Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels, including the Golden Nugget, the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, The Mirage, Treasure Island, the Bellagio, and Beau Rivage in Mississippi, and he played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. In 2000, Wynn sold his company, Mirage

neg: Steve Wynn Steve Wynn Stephen Alan Wynn ("né" Weinberg; born January 27, 1942) is an American real estate businessman and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several notable Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels, including the Golden Nugget, the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, The Mirage, Treasure Island, the Bellagio, and Beau Rivage in Mississippi, and he played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. In 2000, Wynn sold his company, Mirage Resorts,

neg: Planet Hollywood Las Vegas and the other nine casinos Caesars owns in the Las Vegas area. Winn is leaving Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah's Entertainment) and taking the place of Andrew Pascal at Wynn/Encore Las Vegas as President of Wynn/Encore Las Vegas. Caesars does not own Prive Nightclub, nor some restaurants in the hotel. It does not own the newly branded Elara (formerly PH Tower by Westgate that opened in December 2009), as Hilton Grand Vacations, part of Hilton Worldwide now operates that tower's hotel operations. Through a licensing agreement, Caesars now has the right to use the Planet Hollywood trademark at other properties worldwide.

neg: Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack blackjack, craps, and roulette were recently added. Poker was added on October 19, 2007, and the other games on December 20, 2007 as a result of Ohio County voters approving a referendum in a June 9, 2007 special election. Wheeling Island features several restaurants and food operations as well, in addition to live concerts and boxing. The facility has a "tropical" theme, similar to that used by the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, but is unrelated. Its logo features a palm tree and tropical colors, although Wheeling Island is a residential part of the city and located

neg: Adam Carmer on the opening team at Treasure Island in 1993. In November 1996, he was inducted into the Chaine des Rotisseurs gourmet club. From 1997 to 2000, he worked as the Director of Restaurants and Hotel Sommelier for The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It was during this time he became Steve Wynn's first hotel Sommelier. Carmer devised and demonstrated a new form of table service called "Apparition Service” at Café Michelle in August 2002. He has served as a professor for the UNLV Harrah’s Hotel College since 1996 teaching courses in cost control, entrepreneurship, spirits, old world wine,

neg: America's Party Tower. The 2011 version launches an 8-minute 6 second show by Fireworks by Grucci from MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesar's Palace, The Venetian, Treasure Island and the Stratosphere Tower. Grucci also provides a separate fireworks show for the Fremont street experience. For 2012 the show was launched from the Tropicana, MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, The Venetian and the Stratosphere. The show is being produced by Fireworks by Grucci. America's Party America's Party is the free New Year's Eve event held on the Las Vegas Strip put together by Las Vegas Events and the Las

neg: Paul Steelman Paul Steelman and his firm have designed many casino projects around the world that include the following: Sands Macau; Four Seasons Macau; City of Dreams Shopping Center Macau; Hard Rock Casino Macau; Galaxy Macau; Harrahs, California; Harrahs AK-Chin, Arizona; Harrahs Tunica, Mississippi; Harrahs Vicksburg, Mississippi; Harrahs Kansas City; Caesar’s Indiana; Caesars Magical Empire, Las Vegas; JW Marriott, Las Vegas; Showboat, Las Vegas; Stratosphere, Las Vegas; Casinos Locarno, Switzerland; Thun Casino, Switzerland; Casino Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Swiss Casino Zurich, Switzerland; Swiss Casino St Gallen, Switzerland; MGM Casino and Theme Park, Las Vegas; Treasure Island Expansions and Renovations, Las Vegas; Beau Rivage, Mississippi,

neg: Clara Guerrero victory. Guerrero toppled 747 pins in three games, a record for the World Cup. In 2015, Guerrero won her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title in Las Vegas - Defending champion Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia defeated Shannon Pluhowsky from the host country United States, two-game-to-none, to win her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title Thursday at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. By winning the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, the two-world champion (2009 in Las Vegas) and former World Ranking Masters champion, who also owns two PBA regional titles and one European Bowling Tour title,

neg: America's Party party, Ryan Seacrest hosted the event on the TV broadcast America's Party: Live from Las Vegas. Pyro Spectacular provided the fireworks for this show. America's party 2005 celebrated the 100th anniversary of Las Vegas and began with a B-1 bomber flyover of the Strip. Fireworks were launched from the Excalibur, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, Bally's, Flamingo, Venetian, Treasure Island, Stardust, Circus-Circus and Stratosphere. America's Party 2007 was launched from 10 rooftops with coverage from CD USA and DirecTV. America's Party 2008. "The Best is Yet to Come", was launched from the MGM Grand, Planet Hollywood, Flamingo Las Vegas, Venetian, Treasure

neg: Jack Zwerner he left the Dunes and worked as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Casino at the Las Vegas Hilton Casino with Barron Hilton and Dennis Gomes, where he worked until 1990. While working at the Las Vegas Hilton, he was licensed with the Nevada Gaming Commission as a key employee with a Liquor Gaming License. In 1990, he held Senior Vice President positions at the Sands Hotel Casino, the Frontier Hotel & Casino, and Executive VP at the Golden Nugget with Steve Wynn. In 1992, he co-founded the $200 million Treasure Bay Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi and

neg: Phil Ruffin is a longtime friend and business partner of Donald Trump, who was the best man at Ruffin's wedding in 2008. “Few know Trump as well, or in as many capacities, as Ruffin,” reported the Associated Press in March 2017. They met at Trump Tower “in the early 2000s” when Ruffin was considering adding a Trump hotel to his Treasure Island casino. That idea did not pan out, but some time later, in Las Vegas, “Ruffin took Trump to a Nordstrom parking lot to show him a parcel of undeveloped land.” Ruffin said, “This is where you ought to be,” and

neg: Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem with a profit, doing better than Sands' Vegas and Asia properties. Since expansion in November 2009, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem features over 3,000 slot machines, 200 table games, and several electronic table games. While the Las Vegas Sands Corporation owns a number of properties, this is the only casino of the three the Corporation owns in the United States to carry the Sands brand in its name, since the original Las Vegas Sands Hotel was demolished and replaced with The Venetian, and the Sands Atlantic City was sold and demolished. In November, 2016 Sands Bethlehem announced a planned expansion of

neg: Las Vegas Sands its market capitalization was valued at over US$41.1 billion in October 2018. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Las Vegas Sands was the #1 contributor to federal campaigns during the 2012 election cycle, donating $52.9 million, 100% to Republicans. By comparison, during that same period #2 Adelson Drug Clinic contributed $42.1 million, 100% to Republicans, and #21 Goldman Sachs donated $8.9 million, 77% to Republicans. Since 1992, Las Vegas Sands has contributed $70.5 million to federal campaigns, and since 1999 has spent $5.4 million on lobbying. Las Vegas Sands also owns the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Conrad Macao, Holiday

neg: The Mirage theme. In 1988, to avoid confusion, Wynn purchased the rights to the Mirage name from two other businesses, the La Mirage Casino and the Mirage Motel. Both businesses received $250,000 to change their names. The Mirage, initially scheduled for an opening in early December 1989, was opened early on November 22, 1989. At the time of its opening, The Mirage was the largest hotel in the world, with 3,044 rooms. The hotel tower, standing 29 stories, was built out in a Y-shape design, a concept that was later copied by Las Vegas' Treasure Island, Monte Carlo, and Mandalay Bay resorts.

neg: BattleBots doorways, which are sealed after all humans have exited. The drivers control their machines from outside the sealed arena. Arena hazards are intended to make fights more interesting and unpredictable, and to reward drivers who can avoid the hazards while pushing or carrying their opponent into them. Hazards from the first five seasons include (and where noted, omitted for the later ABC/Discovery/Science Channel-shown seasons): Tournament Winners: November 2000, Las Vegas: (Winners shown in bold) Tournament Winners: May 2001, Treasure Island (Winners shown in bold) Tournament Winners: November 2001, Treasure Island: (Winners shown in bold) Tournament Winners: May 2002, Treasure Island:

neg: The Mint Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta's legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in Thompson's novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The Mint opened in 1957. Milton Prell, who also owned the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip,

neg: New Frontier Hotel and Casino New Frontier Hotel and Casino The New Frontier (formerly Last Frontier and The Frontier) was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was the second resort that opened on the Las Vegas Strip and operated continuously from October 30, 1942 until it closed on July 16, 2007. The building was demolished on November 13, 2007. Wynn Resorts currently owns the land. The property started as a nightclub called Pair-O-Dice that opened in 1930, then The Ambassador Night Club in 1936 and was renamed the 91 Club in 1939 for its location on US-91. It

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas and built by Perini Building Company. Trump Hotel Las Vegas opened on March 31, 2008. An opening ceremony was held by Trump and Ruffin on April 11, 2008. By October 2008, only 21 percent of condo unit sales had closed, as potential buyers had trouble securing mortgages. , Eric Trump oversees operations at the tower. On December 4–5, 2015, employees voted in favor of unionizing the hotel property. It was organized by the Culinary Workers Union. Donald Trump owns a penthouse on the 61st floor. By April 2005, a second, identical 64-story tower was being planned, due to popular demand.

neg: Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Gary Adelson (pronounced ; born August 4, 1933) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and is the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He also owns the Israeli daily newspaper "Israel Hayom" and the American daily newspaper "Las Vegas Review-Journal". Adelson, a donor and philanthropist to a variety of causes, also founded the Adelson Foundation in 2007, at the

neg: Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) their first show that would have its own theater, rather than touring with a circus tent. "Mystère" would have a permanent base in Las Vegas. They worked with Mirage Casino-Hotel to produce a show. Recent milestones "Mystère" has achieved include: The theater is a unique theater built in the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino specifically for the show. The design of the theater was created by Michel Crête and that of Montreal-based team of Scéno Plus. This theater seats 1,541 audience members. The stage measures 120 feet by 70 feet deep and covers approximately 10,032 square feet. The stage floor

neg: Vegas (1978 TV series) solve crimes, and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike. Dan Tanna is a busy Las Vegas private detective whose many clients include Phillip Roth (Tony Curtis), a.k.a. "Slick", the owner of multiple hotel casinos, including the Maxim Hotel Hotel Casino, and Desert Inn Hotel & Country Club, in Las Vegas. Tanna is called often to investigate criminal cases, or even sometimes more absurd situations, such as a nun who claims to own the land on which the Desert Inn Hotel Casino stands. Tanna lives on the Las Vegas Strip next to Circus Circus Hotel/Casino, in

neg: Thomas Schoos Tao Las Vegas for the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Tao Las Vegas became the highest grossing restaurant/nightclub in the U.S. Soon after, Schoos designed Tao Beach Nightclub, a poolside venue that is an extension of the original Tao Las Vegas. Later, in 2007, Schoos designed the Luxor Casino redesign, including Tender Steakhouse and LAX Nightclub. Based on the popularity of Schoos' work in Las Vegas, "Vegas" magazine called him one of the "Men Who Make Nightclub Magic." The first major hotel project by Schoos was the redesign of the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, including the lobby,

neg: Jon Jerde 1984 Olympics. Based on the success of both Horton and the Olympics, the firm designed Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA in 1989, the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1992, the Urban Entertainment Center Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles, the pirate show and facade of the Treasure Island Casino in Vegas in 1993, the Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience in 1995 and the Bellagio in Las Vegas in 1998. The firm has developed into a major international company with key urban regeneration projects overseas, including Beursplein in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka, Japan, both in

neg: Vegas Vic Vegas Vic Vegas Vic is a neon sign resembling a cowboy that was erected on the exterior of The Pioneer Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 1951. The sign was a departure in graphic design from typeface based neon signs, to a friendly and welcoming human form of a cowboy. The sign's human-like abilities of talking and waving its arm constituted an immediate acceptance as the unofficial welcoming sign reproduced thousands of times over the years and all over the world. The trademark is currently owned by Pioneer Hotel, Inc. which owns and operates the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling

neg: W Las Vegas venture defaulted on loans eight months later, and the property remained vacant. Sometime before 2015, Starwood and Station Casinos held discussions about developing a W hotel on the site of Station's Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel. At the SLS Las Vegas on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, Starwood operated one of the resort's hotel towers, the former LUX Tower, as a separate hotel known as W Las Vegas. It operated from December 2016 to August 2018. W Las Vegas W Las Vegas was a planned condo-hotel and casino resort near the Las Vegas Strip in

neg: Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection The Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection on the Las Vegas Strip (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard), is noteworthy for several reasons. It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are home to four major resorts: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Las Vegas, New York-New York Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas—the latter has 5,044 rooms and was once the largest hotel in the world. The resorts at the four corners have a total of 12,536 hotel rooms as of

neg: SLS Las Vegas SLS Las Vegas The SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (formerly Sahara Hotel and Casino) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by the Meruelo Group. The hotel was formerly known as the Sahara Hotel and Casino. It was in operation under that name for 59 years from 1952 to 2011. The hotel had 1,720 guestrooms and suites with a casino covering more than . The SLS anchors the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip. It is the site of the northernmost station of the Las Vegas

neg: The Drew Las Vegas Witkoff's deceased 22-year-old son, Andrew Witkoff, who died of an OxyContin overdose in 2011. Witkoff has plans for a bridge to connect The Drew to the expanded Las Vegas Convention Center, which is scheduled to complete its expansion in 2020. The TV show "Dominion" has the Fontainebleau converted into a hydroponic farm. The Drew Las Vegas The Drew Las Vegas (formerly known as Fontainebleau Las Vegas) is an unfinished resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip on the site previously occupied by the El Rancho Hotel and Casino and the Algiers Hotel in Winchester, Nevada. It was intended to

neg: J. G. Hertzler Bride – June 3, 1954". His first major television role was in the 1990s series "Zorro" as Alcalde Ignacio De Soto, the antagonist character who replaces Ramone as the Alcalde (Mayor) of Los Angeles in the third and fourth seasons. The show was filmed in a studio lot outside of Madrid, Spain, and was broadcast on The Family Channel. He was also involved in a television movie called "Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins" where he played a pirate called Black Dog. "Treasure Island" was broadcast to go along with a promotion for the casino resort in Las Vegas. Hertzler's first

neg: Christian Audigier Pure Management in a nightclub in the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The nightclub closed in September 2010. He released a line of Ed Hardy perfumes for men and women. In 2012, he appeared on an episode of "Sweden's Next Top Model". He had four children. Audigier was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone cancer, in January 2015. He died 10 July 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, after lapsing into a coma. He was 57 years old. Christian Audigier Christian Audigier (; born Christian Ginutti, 21 May 1958 – 10 July 2015) was a

neg: Canter's Men" in the episode "Time Zones" (2014). In 2007, Adam Stein, finalist on the FOX TV show "On the Lot", filmed Dough: The Musical at Canter's. Canter's is also mentioned in the song, "Oh Daddy," by The Turtles. In 2003, Canter's opened an additional location inside Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. It closed in December 2012. Another location has been announced for The Linq Promonade, next to the High Roller, and also Tivoli Village by the end of the second quarter of 2016. On 14 October 2008, Canter's celebrated their 60th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the

neg: David Hersey Opera (among others) and ballet at the Royal Ballet. He has been the lighting designer for Broadway productions, starting with Evita in 1980 through "Equus" in 2008. Hersey has also been active in the world of theme parks in Florida and Italy, as well as lighting extravaganzas at The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, and Bellagio hotels in Las Vegas. He is the founder of DHA Designs, which concentrates on the design of specialist architectural lighting. For ten years he was lighting consultant to the Royal National Theatre and is a past chairman of the Association of Lighting Designers.

neg: 702 (group) under the name "LeMisha 702", in 2007 released a song titled "What I Got" that appeared on the independent album "E Sharp Presents vol. II". She later got married, and is currently the wedding chapel manager at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Original member Orish Grinstead, twin sister of Irish, died on April 20, 2008, from kidney failure at the age of 27. She can be seen as one of the original four members of 702 in the video, "This Lil' Game We Play" with Subway and has a brief cameo in the video, “Steelo”. In

neg: Franco Dragone to join as a creator. From the years 1985 to 1998, Dragone would direct nearly all of Cirque du Soleil's most prestigious shows and played a significant role in developing Cirque du Soleil's distinctive merging of theater and circus performance. In the early 1990s, Dragone's reputation grew with the production of "Nouvelle Expérience" and "Saltimbanco", nontraditional circus productions in which postmodern dance, music, and circus acrobatics were interlaced with a dreamlike narrative. His visibility greatly increased after he directed and introduced the cutting-edge Cirque du Soleil production "Mystère" at the Treasure Island hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Mystère" helped to

neg: The Mirage The Mirage The Mirage is a 3,044 room Polynesian-themed resort and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The resort was built by developer Steve Wynn and is currently owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. The original marquee sign in front of the Mirage is the largest free standing marquee in the world. The resort is connected by a free tram (currently closed for refurbishment until late 2018) to the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino neighboring the hotel's property to the north. The Mirage was built by developer Steve Wynn and designed by

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard, just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US, named for real estate developer and the 45th and current President of the United States Donald Trump. It is located down the street from Wynn Las Vegas, behind the former site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on , near the Fashion Show Mall, and features both non-residential hotel condominiums and residential condominiums. The exterior glass is infused with gold. Tower

neg: Neon Museum well as many others. The Neon Museum also houses fiberglass sculptures including a giant skull from the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino among others. In 2018, the Neon Museum began "Brilliant!", a 30-minute night show designed by Craig Winslow which uses multiple projectors to reanimate defunct signs, set to vintage and contemporary music. Neon Museum The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on 2.62 acres. The museum features a restored lobby shell from the defunct La Concha Motel as its visitor center, which officially opened on October 27,

neg: Sirens of TI Sirens of TI The Sirens of TI was a free nightly show provided by the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The show entailed a group of sensual and tempting sirens engaging with a band of renegade pirates led by the infamous Blackbeard. The show opens with Siren leader "Sin" Cinnamon narrating a warning about their power over the sea. Soon afterwards, the adventuring pirate Eros boards the Siren ship "The Song", after which he is discovered and overwhelmed by its crew. Eros is bound to the mast and demands his release, threatening

neg: Westgate Las Vegas hotel was the venue for Evo 2014, a major competitive video gaming tournament. Westgate Las Vegas The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned by Westgate Resorts and operated by Paragon Gaming. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, until taking its current name in 2014. From 1981 to 1990, it was the largest hotel in the world. The Westgate

neg: The Drew Las Vegas The Drew Las Vegas The Drew Las Vegas (formerly known as Fontainebleau Las Vegas) is an unfinished resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip on the site previously occupied by the El Rancho Hotel and Casino and the Algiers Hotel in Winchester, Nevada. It was intended to be a sister property to the well-known 1950s-era Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel. Excluding the nearby Stratosphere observation tower, the Drew's 63-floor hotel building is the tallest building in Las Vegas and in the state. Fontainebleau Las Vegas was announced in May 2005, with initial plans to begin construction by March 2006, and

neg: Westgate Las Vegas Westgate Las Vegas The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned by Westgate Resorts and operated by Paragon Gaming. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, until taking its current name in 2014. From 1981 to 1990, it was the largest hotel in the world. The Westgate is located on a site on the east side of Paradise Road, approximately

neg: Death Valley Germans eleven-year-old son Georg Weber, Egbert's 27-year-old girlfriend Cornelia Meyer and her four-year-old son Max Meyer, all of whom hailed from Dresden. The group had arrived in the United States in early July, originally arriving in Los Angeles before visiting Las Vegas where they stayed at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Wanting more adventure on their vacation, the family traveled to Death Valley on July 22 where they bought a booklet from the Furnace Creek Visitors Center and spent their first night camping out in a canyon near Telescope Peak. The next day the group continued to travel to various

neg: Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) Songs not appearing on either album: "Singer 1" "Singer 2" "Singer 3" Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) Mystère is one of six resident Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas, Nevada and performs in a custom theatre at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. The show was first performed on 25 December 1993 making it the company's longest running show. As with many Cirque du Soleil productions, "Mystère" features a mixture of circus skills, dance, elaborate sets, opera, worldbeat music, and street theatre-style comedy. The idea for "Mystère" started around 1990. It was originally planned for Caesars Palace with a theme

neg: Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) Mystère is one of six resident Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas, Nevada and performs in a custom theatre at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. The show was first performed on 25 December 1993 making it the company's longest running show. As with many Cirque du Soleil productions, "Mystère" features a mixture of circus skills, dance, elaborate sets, opera, worldbeat music, and street theatre-style comedy. The idea for "Mystère" started around 1990. It was originally planned for Caesars Palace with a theme based on Greek and Roman mythology. The plan, however, was scrapped by

neg: Todd Rosenthal commercial projects include micro-brewery-themed restaurants for Anheuser Busch; a pirate-themed restaurant at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip; and a mining-themed tavern and restaurant for the Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado. Rosenthal was an adjunct professor of design at DePaul University from 1995 until 2003. He has been a professor in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University since Autumn 2003. Todd Rosenthal Todd Rosenthal is an American scenic designer. He won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's "".

neg: Plaza Hotel (Las Vegas, New Mexico) Plaza Hotel (Las Vegas, New Mexico) The Plaza Hotel is a hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It was opened as an upmarket hotel for the booming town in 1882. Since then it has had a complex history. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Las Vegas Plaza historic district. The Plaza Hotel is on the north side of the old town plaza in Las Vegas, originally an area where wagons were parked. The town was founded in the 1830s. During the Mexican–American War, in 1846 Stephen W. Kearny gave a

neg: Delano Las Vegas the Delano rooms remained among the largest standard rooms of any hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Rooms included 28 penthouses, and dog-friendly suites. Delano Las Vegas Delano Las Vegas (formerly known as THEhotel) is a 43-story 1,118 room luxury suite hotel. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It is located within the Mandalay Bay complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It opened on December 17, 2003, as "THEhotel at Mandalay Bay." In 2012, owner MGM Resorts International announced a partnership with Morgans Hotel Group to rebrand the hotel as Delano Las Vegas. Construction

neg: Algiers Hotel the Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas built on a portion of the Algiers property. In 1953, the Thunderbird hotel and casino (later the El Rancho) opened the adjacent 110-room Algiers Hotel at the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, as a sister property to deal with an overflow of guests. The hotel was built by Marion Hicks and Lillian Hicks, who also built the Thunderbird. The Algiers was built on , located on what would become the northeast corner of Riviera Boulevard and South Las Vegas Boulevard. The hotel was located directly north of the eventual site for the Riviera

neg: Delano Las Vegas Delano Las Vegas Delano Las Vegas (formerly known as THEhotel) is a 43-story 1,118 room luxury suite hotel. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It is located within the Mandalay Bay complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It opened on December 17, 2003, as "THEhotel at Mandalay Bay." In 2012, owner MGM Resorts International announced a partnership with Morgans Hotel Group to rebrand the hotel as Delano Las Vegas. Construction to rebrand the hotel began in April 2014. Several floors were worked on at a time, allowing much of the hotel to remain open

neg: The Venetian Las Vegas The Venetian Las Vegas The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. Designed by KlingStubbins, the hotel tower contains 36 stories and rises . The Venetian is owned and operated by Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian also serves as the seat of the corporate headquarters for its parent company. The Venetian resort complex is (together with the adjacent Sands Expo Convention Center, The Palazzo Hotel and Casino Resort and future MSG Sphere Las Vegas) the world's second-largest

neg: N9NE Group N9NE Group The N9NE Group is a company that owns and operates restaurants and nightclubs at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and formerly in Chicago and Dallas. The N9NE Group was founded by Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff. The two were friends since age nine, which is the source of the company's name. In 1992 Morton and DeGraff partnered and launched the nightclub "Drink and Eat, Too" in Chicago. They went on to open "Drink" in Las Vegas in 1995. N9NE Steakhouse and Ghostbar opened in Chicago in 2000. The son of restaurateur Arnie Morton, Morton grew

neg: N9NE Group Steakhouse. In 2006, N9NE opened the Playboy Club at the Fantasy Tower at the Palms, the first Playboy Club since 1988, in partnership with Playboy Enterprises. Michael Morton's father, Chicago restaurateur Arnie Morton, built and operated the original chain of Playboy nightclubs. The Las Vegas Playboy Club closed summer 2012. N9NE Group The N9NE Group is a company that owns and operates restaurants and nightclubs at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and formerly in Chicago and Dallas. The N9NE Group was founded by Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff. The two were friends since age nine, which is

neg: The Venetian Las Vegas that was rigged to be won by a high roller who had lost a large amount in the casino. The executives involved were fired. In 2013, the Venetian agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Justice $47.4 million to settle charges over "alleged money laundering activities." The Venetian Las Vegas The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. Designed by KlingStubbins, the hotel tower contains 36 stories and rises . The Venetian is owned and operated by

neg: Martin Stern Jr. Martin Stern Jr. Martin Stern Jr. (April 9, 1917 – July 28, 2001) was an American architect who was most widely known for his large scale designs and structures in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is credited with originating the concept of the structurally integrated casino resort complex in Las Vegas. The International Hotel, which later became the Las Vegas Hilton, and the first MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, two pivotal Martin Stern Jr. projects with entrepreneur Kirk Kerkorian in 1969 and 1973, set the pace for the transformation of Las Vegas from a low-rise sprawl of motels, clubs and parking

neg: Klondike Hotel and Casino resort known as Paramount Las Vegas. The Klondike closed in June 2006, and was demolished in March 2008. Royal Palm Las Vegas had difficulty obtaining financing for the Paramount project, and the land was put up for sale later in 2008. A Harley-Davidson dealership opened on the former Klondike property in 2014. The hotel sat on of land on Las Vegas Boulevard, between the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and McCarran International Airport. The Klondike was the southernmost hotel on the Las Vegas Strip until its closure. Mandalay Bay is now the southernmost hotel. Woodrum also operated a sister

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The second tower was ultimately put on hold because of bad credit markets. In August 2015, Eric Trump spoke of the potential for the second tower: "I think in time it's a very good possibility." The DJT restaurant received one Michelin Star in 2008 and 2009. Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard, just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US, named for real estate developer and the 45th and current President of the United States Donald

neg: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) & Casino, The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada where he signed DJ Residency. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a resort near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Virgin Hotels in partnership with an investment group, and operated by Warner Gaming. It is planned to be renovated and rebranded as Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The property is located on on the corner of Harmon and Paradise Road. Features of the property include the hotel tower, a casino, Tahitian-style beach and swimming pool, a nightclub, six restaurants, three

neg: Stratosphere Las Vegas many episodes of . Stratosphere Las Vegas The Stratosphere Las Vegas (formerly Vegas World) is a hotel, casino, and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The property's signature attraction is the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. It is the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the State of Nevada. The hotel is a separate

neg: Flamingo Las Vegas Flamingo Las Vegas Flamingo Las Vegas (formerly The Fabulous Flamingo and Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. The property includes a 72,300 square-foot casino along with 3,626 hotel rooms. The architectural theme is reminiscent of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style of Miami and South Beach. Staying true to its theme, the hotel includes a garden courtyard which serves as a wildlife habitat for flamingos. The hotel was the third resort to open on the Strip and remains

neg: Algiers Hotel the hotel's closure, the roadside sign was donated to Las Vegas' Neon Museum. During the 1990s, the hotel was featured in the films "Leaving Las Vegas" and "". In 2003, the hotel was photographed for the Italian edition of "Elle". Algiers Hotel The Algiers Hotel was an Arabian/Persian-themed hotel located at 2845 South Las Vegas Boulevard on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. The Algiers was opened in 1953, as a 110-room sister property to the adjacent Thunderbird hotel and casino. The Algiers was noted for mostly retaining its original design throughout its operation, giving it the appearance of

neg: Las Ramblas Resort W Las Vegas resort that was also cancelled. On March 11, 2005, Centra Properties announced that it had closed escrow on the 996-unit Harbor Island apartments, as well as 14 four-plex buildings, all located on 25 acres of land on Harmon Avenue, east of the Aladdin resort on the Las Vegas Strip and adjacent to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The cost of the property totaled $85 million. In partnership with The Related Companies, Centra also announced plans to demolish the buildings and replace them with a $2 billion resort complex consisting of high-rise condominiums and a boutique hotel,

neg: Delano Las Vegas "Mandalay Bay" letters at the top of the original tower. In 2011, the hotel became one of the few Las Vegas Strip hotel properties to allow dogs. Later that year, Travelocity included the hotel on its list of the top 10 hotels in Las Vegas, based on customer reviews. On August 6, 2012, MGM Resorts International announced the rebranding of THEhotel into the Delano Las Vegas as part of a partnership with Morgans Hotel Group. Through the deal, MGM would manage the hotel under a licensing agreement with Morgans Hotel Group, which owned the Delano brand. All of the suites

neg: Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas developer said Deutsche Bank AG would begin foreclosure proceedings. They bought the hotel for $1 billion during the summer and hired The Related Cos., developers of Time Warner Center in New York, to re-position the asset, manage the development process and assist in leasing the retail and restaurant collection. Related recommended many revisions, including bringing the casino entrance onto the strip. In June 2008, Hearst Corp filed a trademark suit against the owners of the casino. Hearst owns the trademark to "Cosmopolitan" magazine. In March 2010, the suit was settled, and the resort was renamed Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. In

neg: Alex Meruelo Bros within the Southern California area. The group also owns a bank, a spanish-language independent television station KWHY-TV, The Grand Sierra Resort, and other businesses. The SLS Las Vegas (formerly the Sahara Hotel and Casino) in Las Vegas, Nevada, was purchased by the Meruelo Group on June 2017. Alex Meruelo Alex Meruelo is a Cuban-American businessman. Meruelo was born in New York City and moved to Los Angeles, California. He attended the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, CA and received his B.S. from California State University, Long Beach. He began his career in his father's tuxedo business. In 1985

neg: California Hotel and Casino as low as $9.90. An estimated 80-90% of visitors to Las Vegas from Hawaii stay at a Boyd property. Boyd's Hawaiian marketing, which extended to the Fremont and Main Street Station with their later acquisitions, is credited with helping to build a large Hawaiian community in Las Vegas, which is sometimes called "the ninth island". In 1989, the hotel designated the term Golden Arm, after Stanley Fujitake rolled dice for three hours and six minutes in craps without losing. In 1994 an additional tower was added and the remainder of the hotel was remodeled. The property is connected to Main

neg: Stratosphere Las Vegas Stratosphere Las Vegas The Stratosphere Las Vegas (formerly Vegas World) is a hotel, casino, and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The property's signature attraction is the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. It is the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the State of Nevada. The hotel is a separate building with 24 stories,

neg: Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) the casino executives, who thought the project would be too financially risky. "Mystère" was very different from the typical material they were used to in a Las Vegas show. According to "Mystère" set designer Michel Crête, "Vegas... was still very influenced by Folies Bergère, with the scarves, feather boas, etc. There was a European culture already in place, oddly enough, not an American one. The people who opened the door for something new were Siegfried and Roy. They were the first to move away from the Folies Bergère thing." Treasure Island picked up the show three years later. "Mystère" was

neg: Hattie Canty income. Canty found work first as a janitor at Clark County School District and later as a maid in private homes. Eventually, she found work at Maxim Hotel and Casino (later the Westin Las Vegas), which provided her and her children with access to health insurance. It was during her employment at Maxim Hotel that she became involved in the union movement. She joined the Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and was elected to their executive board. In 1984, Canty was part of planning a walkout strike of Las Vegas casino workers who demanded improved conditions

neg: Westin Las Vegas brought Crescent Hotels & Resorts in to manage it. The hotel announced later that year that it would phase out its casino facilities and operate purely as a hotel. The casino closed in July 2017, to be replaced with a restaurant and expanded meeting spaces. Fortress sold the Westin in September 2018 for $196 million to hotel firm Highgate in partnership with Cerberus Capital Management. Westin Las Vegas The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa is a hotel and former casino near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Westin is owned by Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management, and

neg: Las Vegas Club Las Vegas Club Las Vegas Club was a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada established in 1930, and demolished in 2017. John Wisner originally bought the property on the corner of Main and Fremont where the Las Vegas Club now stands, at a 1905 land auction for $1,750 and built the Overland Hotel. In 1911 the Overland burnt to the ground and was rebuilt on the same location. The Overland briefly became Frank Donovan's Chatterbox Club and Talk of the Town Bar. The Las Vegas Club opened in 1930. The owner was J. Kell Houssels who installed the first neon sign

neg: Westin Las Vegas Westin Las Vegas The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa is a hotel and former casino near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Westin is owned by Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management, and uses the Westin brand under franchise from Marriott International. It is noteworthy for being one of the first Las Vegas resorts to prohibit smoking in almost all parts of the property. The property was originally opened on July 1, 1977 as the Maxim Hotel and Casino. It was built at a cost of $25 million by a group of ten Nevada businessmen, including the owners

neg: Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas (formerly Holiday Casino) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It has over 1,200 slot machines. The hotel offers 2,677 rooms with an attached casino providing of space. The hotel consists of two towers, Mardi Gras and Valley Towers (formerly named the Carnival Tower), the taller of which, Valley, has 35 stories. There is a Las Vegas Monorail stop, the Harrah's & The Linq station, at the rear of the property. A shuttle service to the

neg: Las Vegas Strip victims of a mass shooting at a concert held adjacent to the Strip. In 2005, Clark County renamed a section of Industrial Road (south of Twain Avenue) as Dean Martin Drive, also as a tribute to the famous Rat Pack singer, actor, and frequent Las Vegas entertainer. In an effort to attract families, resorts offered more attractions geared toward youth, but had limited success. The (current) MGM Grand opened in 1993 with MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park, but the park closed in 2000 due to lack of interest. Similarly, in 2003 Treasure Island closed its own video arcade and abandoned

neg: Scéno Plus 1985 and concentrated his efforts in designing aesthetic and functional theatres to enhance performer, technician and venue manager work conditions. Scéno Plus past realizations include among others venues like the two first permanent Cirque du Soleil theatre in Las Vegas: the Treasure Island Showroom in Las Vegas (hosting the show “Mystère”) and the Bellagio Theatre (hosting the show “O”) as well as the Cirque du Soleil Theatre at Walt Disney World’s West Side District in Orlando. The firm also designed The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for the Celine Dion mega production A New Day and created the Wynn Casino Showroom

neg: Las Vegas Strip at Treasure Island, "Zumanity" (for ages 18 and older) at New York-New York, "and "" at Mandalay Bay. Many notable artists have performed in Las Vegas, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Wayne Newton, Liza Minnelli, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liberace, and in more recent years Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Barry Manilow, Cher, Elton John, Bette Midler, Donny and Marie Osmond, Garth Brooks, Jennifer Lopez, Reba McEntire, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Criss Angel, Olivia Newton-John and Queen + Adam Lambert have had residencies in the various resorts on the Strip. The only movie theatre directly on the

neg: New Frontier Hotel and Casino $1.2 billion. El Ad, which also owns the Plaza Hotel in New York City, intended to demolish the New Frontier and replace it with a replica to be called the Las Vegas Plaza. The New Frontier closed its doors at midnight on July 16, 2007, and was demolished by implosion on November 13 (Clauss Construction and Controlled Demolition, Inc.). The Atrium Tower was imploded with over 1,000 pounds of explosives. The demolition and its preparation were filmed for the National Geographic Channel and a program called "Blowdown: Vegas Casino". The hotel's marquee remained standing until December 10, 2008, when it

neg: MGM Grand Las Vegas MGM Grand Las Vegas The MGM Grand Las Vegas (formerly Marina and MGM-Marina) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the largest single hotel in the United States with 6,852 rooms. It is also the third-largest hotel complex in the world by number of rooms and second-largest hotel resort complex in the United States behind the combined The Venetian and The Palazzo. When it opened in 1993, the MGM Grand was the largest hotel complex in the world. Owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, the 30-floor main building

neg: Bea Duran member to represent the 11th district (portions of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas) of the Nevada Assembly, to replace Olivia Diaz (who had resigned from her Assembly seat soon after winning re-election, to run for the Las Vegas City Council). Bea Duran Beatrice Angela Duran, known as "Bea" is a union grievance specialist and former waitress from Las Vegas, Nevada who has been appointed a member of the Nevada Assembly. In 1986, Duran, then a waitress at the Four Queens Hotel and Casino, became active in the Culinary Workers Union, the Las Vegas-based Local 226 of UNITE HERE, and

neg: Freddie Bell Big Mama Thornton). When performing the song in Las Vegas, they were seen by Elvis Presley, who was impressed and decided to record the song himself. Freddie Bell and the group became closely associated with Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s, performing regularly not only at The Sands, but the Desert Inn, the Sahara Hotel, the Flamingo Hotel and other venues. The group were later joined by Roberta Linn, who was married to Bell from 1961 to 1973. He continued to perform in Las Vegas into his later years after the demise of the group in the mid 1960s.

neg: The Vegas Strip War The Vegas Strip War The Vegas Strip Wars (also called The Las Vegas Strip Wars) is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by George Englund and starred Rock Hudson (his final television film), Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones and Pat Morita. The plot involves a charming Las Vegas hotel owner named Neil Chaine (Hudson) who gets fired by his superiors from the hotel-casino where he operates. Determined to seek revenge on his former employers in a subtle way, Chaine uses his severance pay to purchase a decaying casino next door to his former hotel to turn it into the

neg: Charlie Palmer Hotel in the best interest of making this project happen. This project was proposed as a hospitality project, a non-gaming hotel. The hospitality market right now in Las Vegas is struggling and is to experience some challenges in a few years to come." Kaufman said, "The idea of this hotel is to bring an experience that I don't think exists in Las Vegas, and really concentrating on the non-gaming person who comes to Las Vegas, whether it's for business or recreation or what have you." In March 2011, Kaufman said that the project would remain on hold because of the poor

neg: W Las Vegas W Las Vegas W Las Vegas was a planned condo-hotel and casino resort near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was announced in August 2005 as a joint venture between Edge Resorts and minority partner Starwood. The project was initially expected to cost $1.7 billion, and would include approximately 3,000 hotel, condo hotel, and residential units, as well as a casino, in addition to restaurants, nightclubs, and shopping. The project initially was to be built on located east of the Las Vegas Strip. The cost of the project ultimately increased to $2.5 billion. In June 2006, Edge Resorts

neg: Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas The Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, formerly the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, is a 47-story luxury hotel and condominium building in the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is managed by Hilton Worldwide as part of the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand. It is owned by Tiffany Lam and Andrew and Peggy Cherng. The hotel has 392 rooms and suites, decorated in an Eastern style. The hotel lobby is located on the 23rd floor. The Waldorf Astoria Residences have 225 condominium residences located on the building's upper floors, which had an