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Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman performed there. Gladys Knight and Wayne Newton had residencies in its theatre. Magicians Siegfried & Roy made their Las Vegas debut there. And James Bond checked into room 831 after saying, 鈥淚 hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable鈥 in the movie 鈥淒iamonds are Forever.鈥
A look back at Tropicana鈥檚 six decades of legacy on the Las Vegas Strip.
The story of the Las Vegas Strip started more than 80 years ago this week on a ranch. More specifically, a Western-themed resort called El Rancho Vegas.
One of Las Vegas鈥 longest-standing Strip casinos is shuttering its doors for good. Tropicana Las Vegas is set to close Tuesday, just two days shy of its 67th anniversary. Once a crown jewel on the Strip, the aging property has struggled to stand out in recent decades amid a sea of megaresorts.
One of Las Vegas鈥 longest-standing Strip casinos is shuttering its doors for good. Tropicana Las Vegas is set to close Tuesday, just two days shy of its 67th anniversary. Once a crown jewel on the Strip, the aging property has struggled to stand out in recent decades amid a sea of megaresorts.
A legendary resort and casino has confirmed it will close permanently later this week. Guests at the Tropicana Las Vegas have only hours left to enjoy the property.
Las Vegas loses one of its classic casinos this week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with 黑料网 historian Michael Green about the glamor, gambling, and one-time mob connections of the Tropicana.
Speak to any pilot for long enough, and you鈥檒l eventually hear a variation of the same lament 鈥 鈥淭here鈥檚 a shortage.鈥 That shortage, as it turns out, has stubbornly persisted for more than a decade, though it鈥檚 ebbed and flowed in severity. Then, the pandemic happened.
The Tropicana will be closing two days shy of when it would have marked 67 years of business on the Las Vegas Strip.
B-boy sensation JD Rainey goes from leg braces to the Vegas stage of Magic Mike Live. Then he takes us backstage to meet the Lady performers and get their take on the show's empowering message. Explore the Sahara Casino's history at the Neon Museum. Meet Chuck Frommer, owner of John Mulls Meats and Road Kill Grill, tracing his family legacy from the Hoover Dam to BBQ fame.
Boeing has had a tumultuous several years after a pair of its signature 737s crashed in 2018 and 2019 in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Concerns about the safety of the plans have gotten worse in recent months after a door panel blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
Despite being known for its gaming industry and casinos, Nevada is one of five states without a statewide lottery. That鈥檚 by design. A statewide lottery is banned in Nevada鈥檚 159-year-old constitution. The constitution was written when lotteries were seen as corrupt and coincided with a series of national reforms, most famously abolition, that swept the United States in the 1800s.