Vintage Las Vegas Hotel Matchbooks Unstruck

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6 Vintage Las Vegas Hotel Matchbooks Unstruck. Featuring hotels from the Glamorous Times. Many of these hotel no longer exist and reflect the exciting times. With this collection you will be able to have a little piece of history.
In 1941 the El Rancho Vegas resort opened just outside the city’s jurisdiction. Other hotel-casinos followed. This became known as “the Strip.”
In 1946, mobster
Bugsy Siegel
, backed by East Coast gangster Meyer Lansky opened the Flamingo, a swank resort embracing Hollywood.
During the 1950s and1960s, mobsters helped build the Sahara, the Sands, the New Frontier and the Riviera. Tourists flocked to the resorts spending 8 million a year by 1954. They featured big performers such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley.
In 1966 Howard Hughes checked into the penthouse of the Desert Inn and never left. He bought the hotel. He bought other hotels too about 0 million worth. This brought in an era in which mob interests were displaced by corporations.
In 1989 developer Steve Wynn opened the Mirage. Over the next two decades the old casinos were imploded to make room for new casinos.
Casinos and entertainment remains Las Vegas’ major employer. The city still receives nearly 43 million visitors annually.