VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Gambling Was Always Legal in Las Vegas
Though gambling was the dominant industry in Las Vegas from the 1940s through the early 2000s, it was outlawed here from 1909 until 1931, and heavily restricted before that. After...
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Though gambling was the dominant industry in Las Vegas from the 1940s through the early 2000s, it was outlawed here from 1909 until 1931, and heavily restricted before that. After...
The idea that Las Vegas was somehow part of Arizona until as recently as 1982 is a quirky myth that bubbles up in the occasional online forum and alternate history discussion. It p...
Las Vegas Strip, December 1982View from Caesars, by Bob Paluzzi, shooting with a vintage Cirkut camera. Temporary Formula One race track, lower left. Between the track and the Chev...
ALTLas Vegas, Nevada, 19432500x2034 px | National Archives
Silver Palace, Fremont & 1st, Las Vegas – March 14, 1962. Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau
Vegas Village Shopping Center, 1501 Las Vegas Blvd North, 1964. Photo near the corner of North Main & Foremaster, by Las Vegas News Bureau. Vegas Village was launched by a grou...
Las Vegas Strip, August 1971Adjacent to the Sands was the Carousel Motel, a motel-store property and perhaps the ugliest structure on the Strip. For over 50 years it was positioned...
360° view of Las Vegas from the tallest building in Nevada, June 1956Atop Fremont Hotel, photos by the father of
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada – September 1967
Fremont St & Casino Center, June 13, 1983Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau
Las Vegas Strip, September 1973. Set of ten photos.
The three-day event, put on by the Casino Collectibles Association, drew thousands of attendees and about 100 vendors, according to organizers.
In the decade that followed the NHL awarding Las Vegas its first professional sports franchise in June 2016, the city has rapidly made it mark as one of the premiere sports destina...
Fremont St, Las Vegas, c. 1966Diamond Jim’s Nevada Club on the Golden Nugget block, and Las Vegas PD motorcycle units at Pioneer Club, South 1st St. “Photos taken by my parents usi...
Fremont St, Las Vegas, 1986Views from Plaza Hotel. Photos by Blanton Owen, Nevada Arts Council, Folklife Archives.
Las Vegas Strip, January 1959. Miss Peggy Lee at the Desert Inn, Stardust panorama, Red Skelton and Lionel Hampton at the Riviera.
Bingo Palace, Las Vegas, 1981The beginning of Palace Station and Stations CasinosPalace Station started as “The Casino,” opened on 7/4/76 as an addition to the Mini Price Motor Inn...
Bonanza Square, Bonanza Rd & Eastern Ave, June 15, 1966Built by California for Las Vegas: Bonanza Square was developed by United Investment Co. of Oakland, California, designed...
Las Vegas locals casino giant Station Casinos started July 1, 1976, as The Casino, a 5,000-square-foot property with 100 slot machines and 90 employees.
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