2000-present
2008
- Palazzo
opens.
- Nevada Palace closes (to become Eastside
Cannery).
2007
- The New Frontier closes (and is imploded in
November). New casino is to be called The Plaza,
although there's already a competing casino
downtown with that name. (3120
LVB)
- The Aladdin becomes
Planet
Hollywood.
(April)
- The Stardust is imploded (to be replaced by
Echelon). (March)
2006
- The Stardust closes, and is imploded in 2007
(to be replaced by Echelon).
(Nov.)
- South Coast (off-strip) changed ownership,
and its name, to South Point.
(Oct.)
- Gold Spike (downtown) removes its table
games. RIP! (Spring)
- The Boardwalk is imploded (to be replaced by
City Center) (May)
- San Remo (next to Strip) becomes
Hooters.
- Lady Luck (downtown) closes.
2005
- Westward Ho closes (2900
LVB).
- The $2.7 billion
Wynn Las
Vegas opens, five years after Steve
Wynn purchased the old Desert Inn.
(April)
- The FTC approves the merger of MGM &
Mandalay, so now one company owns a whopping
nine strip casinos.
(Feb.)
- The Landmark (near the Strip) is imploded
(replaced by the Convention Center parking
lot).
- Key Largo (near the Strip) closes.
- The Stratosphere removes the High Roller
roller coaster, to make room for an outdoor
observation deck.
2004
- Mandalay Bay's second tower ("THEhotel")
opens.
- The Las Vegas Club changes its name to Vegas
Club but they don't change the sign
outside.
- Castaways (on Boulder Highway) closes.
2003. A tiger mauls
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy during their
performance, ending their run at the Mirage which
started in 1990.
2001
- The Desert Inn is imploded (to be replaced
by the Wynn).
- Wildfire
Casino (North Las Vegas) replaces
Ernie's Casino.
2000
- The rebuilt Aladdin opens.
- Showboat (on Boulder Highway) becomes
Castaways.
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1980's &
1990's
1999
- The
Venetian
opens.
- Paris
opens.
- Mandalay
Bay opens.
- The Flamingo Hilton becomes Flamingo Las
Vegas.
- Saraha adds a roller
coaster, Speed.
1998.
Bellagio opens,
on the site of the former Dunes.
1997
- New York New
York opens.
- The Aladdin closes and is imploded in 1998,
to be replaced by a newer version of the
Aladdin.
1996
- Monte
Carlo opens (replacing the Desert
Rose Motel). Magician Lance Burton has been the
featured performer since the opening.
- The
Stratosphere
opens. (formerly Vegas World, without the
tower.)
- The Sands closes and is imploded (to be
replaced by the Venetian in 1999).
- Hacienda closes and is imploded (to be
replaced by Mandalay Bay in 1999). The casino
had started in 1956.
1995. Vegas World closes (to be replaced
by the Stratosphere in 1996).
1993
- Treasure
Island opens.
- Luxor
opens.
- MGM
Grand opens (replacing Marina/MGM
Marina).
- The Dunes is imploded (to be replaced by
Bellagio).
1992
- Casino Royale opens in the space of the
former Nob Hill Casino. It buys the Travelodge
next door for hotel space.
- Holiday Casino becomes
Harrah's,
though the new carnival/party theme won't be
installed until 1997.
- El Rancho closes (and is imploded in 2000 to
make way for condos). This was not the original
El Rancho, which was on the SW corner of LVB
& Sahara.
1990
- Excalibur
opens.
- MGM Marina closes so the MGM Grand can be
constructed.
- Nob Hill closes (to reopen in 1992 as Casino
Royale).
- Siegfried & Roy begin their run at the
Mirage, which ends in 2003 when Roy
Horn is mauled by a tiger.
1989
- The
Mirage opens, launching the
megaresort era.
- Marina becomes MGM Marina.
1988. Imperial Palace adds an 18-story
hotel tower.
1987. Castaways closes, so the Mirage can
be constructed.
1985. The original MGM Grand becomes
Bally's. (The
MGM Grand would reopen at its current location in
1990.)
1980. A fire at the original MGM Grand
kills 87 people.
1980's. At some point, the Ambassador
became La
Mirage.
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1946 -
1979
1979
- Flamingo Capri (not to be confused with the
more well-known Flamingo) becomes
Imperial
Palace.
- Slots-a-Fun
opens, the smallest casino on the Strip (and the
only one without a hotel).
- Vegas World opens and runs until 1995 (to be
replaced by the Stratosphere in 1996).
1978. Nob Hill Casino opens on the former
site of Frank Musso's Restaurant and Joey's New
Yorker Nightclub, and the future site of Casino
Royale.
1975. The Marina Casino opens at what is
now the MGM Grand.
1974. The Fabulous Flamingo becomes The
Flamingo Hilton.
1973
- The original MGM Grand is constructed where
the Bonanza Casino used to be, and where Bally's
is now.
- Holiday Casino opens, later to become
Harrah's.
- The Ambassador opens (later La Mirage and
then Key Largo).
1968. Circus
Circus opens.
1966
- Caesars
Palace opens.
- Aladdin opens (formerly King's Crown, and
now Planet Hollywood).
1964. Tally-Ho becomes King's Crown, and
then closes soon afterward.
1963
- Westward Ho opens and runs until 2005.
- The Sans Souci Hotel becomes Castaways
Casino (not to be confused with the later
Castaways
on Boulder Highway), in the spot which would
later become the Mirage.
- Bonanza Casino opens at what would later be
Bally's.
- Tally-Ho opens on the site that would later
become Planet Hollywood.
1962. Ernie's Casino opens in North Las
Vegas, and lasts until 2001, when it's destroyed to
make way for Wildfire Casino.
1959. The Flamingo Capri, completely
unrelated to the more well-known Flamingo, opens
and runs until 1979, when it becomes Imperial
Palace.
1958. The Stardust opens, with the
largest casino and swimming pool in Nevada, and the
largest hotel in Las Vegas. It closes in 2006 and
is imploded in 2007.
1957
- The
Tropicana opens.
- Sans Souci Hotel (no casino) opens on the
space which would later become the Mirage.
1956. Hacienda opens (and lasts until
1996 when it's imploded to make way for Mandalay
Bay).
1955
- The
Riviera opens, the first high-rise on
the Strip.
- The Dunes opens and lasts until 1993, when
it is imploded to be replaced by Bellagio.
1954. Showboat Casino opens on Boulder
Highway (to become Castaways in 2000, and then
close in 2004).
1953. The Desert
Rose Motel opens, at what would later become
Monte Carlo.
1952.
- The
Sahara
opens.
- The Sands opens (on what would become the
Venetian in 1999).
1946. The
Flamingo opens as The Pink Flamingo,
built by notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel. It is the
first luxury hotel on the Strip, It would become
The Fabulous Flamingo in 1947 and The Flamingo
Hilton in 1974, and Flamingo Las Vegas in 1999.
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