Gaming History - Week of May 04, 2025
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| 2025 - Sunday |
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| 1934 - Las Vegas, NV. Apache Casino opens at 124 E. Fremont, in the Apache Hotel, downtown Las Vegas. |
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| 1993 - Joliet, IL. Harrah's casino opens. |
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| 1999 - Las Vegas, NV. The Venetian Hotel & Casino opens at 3335 Las Vegas Blvd., on the Las Vegas Strip.The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a five-diamond luxury hotel and casino resort situated between Harrah's and The Palazzo on the east side of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. |
| Link to: The Venetian Website
Link to: The Venetian Wikipedia |
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| Artist rendering included in Pre-Opening package |
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| 2004 - Shreveport, LA. Sam's Town casino opens. |
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| 2015 - Las Vegas, NV. In February 2015, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority acquired the Riviera hotel and its associated land for $182.5 million. The property was leased back to its existing operators, Paragon Gaming, who officially closed the establishment on Monday, May 4, 2015. After winding down operations the hotel was closed and demolished to make way for a planned expansion of LVCVA's Las Vegas Global Business District exhibit and meeting center project.Due to its size, the Riviera was demolished through two separate implosions conducted in June and August 2016, while smaller demolition work took place during the summer. Much of the property was demolished during the first implosion. Asbestos was discovered in the hotel's Monte Carlo tower and was removed prior to the implosion. Demolition cost a total of $42 million.The first implosion took place at 2:35 am on June 14, 2016, taking down the 24-story Monaco tower. A firework display and countdown led up to the implosion.
On August 16, 2016 at 2:30 am, . |
| Link to: Riviera Wikipedia
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| May 5th |
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| 2025 - Monday |
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| 2001 - Hammond, IN. Empress casino closes, becomes Horseshoe casino. |
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| May 6th |
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| 2025 - Tuesday |
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| 1950 - Las Vegas, NV. The Westerner opens at 23 Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas. |
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| May 8th |
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| 2025 - Thursday |
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| 1892 - Reno, NV. Lew Hymers was born, in Reno, Nevada. Lew Hymers was an artist and caricaturist whose work was used on numerous casino ads, matchbooks, postcards and even a casino chip, in the 1940's and 1950's. |
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| An ad by Lew Hymers |
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| 1931 - Reno, NV. The New York Club opened at 224 North Center Street. The glamorous Club was designed to appeal to ladies, both local and those who were in town to establish the residency required to obtain a divorce. In 1935 the Greyhound Company bought the club, and established a bus depot at that location. |
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| 1940 - Reno, NV. Martin's Bar, at 22 East Commercial Row, was licensed for poker only. It closed less than eight months later. |
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| 1992 - Badsteben, Germany. Harold Smith, Jr. passed away at the age of 59, in a cancer clinic in Germany. |
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| May 9th |
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| 2025 - Friday |
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| 1994 - Tunica, MS. Treasure Bay Casino opens. |
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| 2006 - Las Vegas, NV. Boardwalk became a public corporation (Boardwalk Casino, Inc.) in 1994. The carnival facade was built the following year and a 15-floor, 451-room tower was finished in 1996. It was later acquired by Mirage Resorts in 1997. When MGM took ownership in 2000, the Holiday Inn name was dropped.The hotel and casino closed on January 9, 2006, and the main hotel tower was imploded on May 9, 2006. The property is now the location of CityCenter. |
| Link to: Boardwalk Implosion
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| May 10th |
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| 2025 - Saturday |
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| 1962 - Reno, NV. The United Club Room, 27 East Douglas Alley, was licensed for slots, blackjack and poker. It operated until October 21, 1964. |
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