2000-present
2009
2008
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to be replaced by a newer version of the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 open 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 Pink
Flamingo opens, built by notorious mobster
Bugsy Siegel. It is the first luxury hotel on the
Strip, It would become The Fabulous Flamingo in
1947, The Flamingo Hilton in 1974, and Flamingo Las
Vegas in 1999.
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