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Black and white vintage ad showing a genie holding a glass bottle with the Dunes Hotel inside. Text promotes the grand opening night, featuring Vera-Ellen, in Las Vegas. Shows, reservation info, and hotel location are listed. Dunes Hotel and Casino
May 23, 2021 | Category: Casinos, History, Places

On 23 May 1955 the Dunes Hotel and Casino opened – the 10th resort on the Strip, and Las Vegas was booming! Two other casinos had opened in the previous month, the Riviera and Royal Nevada, and the off-Strip Moulin Rouge was planned for the following day.
The Dunes was themed on the stories of […]

Black and white illustration of the New Frontier Hotel with a tall tower and bold text reading “OUT OF THIS WORLD! NEW FRONTIER HOTEL.” A few small figures walk near the entrance. New Frontier Hotel and Casino
April 4, 2021 | Category: Casinos, History, Places
Postcard of the outside the New Frontier

On April 4th 1955 the newly renamed Hotel New Frontier opened its doors after a major refurbishment. Located opposite where the Encore now stands, it had originally opened as the Last Frontier on Highway 91 a year, where once the Pair O’Dice had sat.
Its […]