Las Vegas History Series - Tropicana Hotel & Casino
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Las Vegas History Series - Tropicana Hotel & Casino

In the year 1955 Ben Jaffe, a hotel executive from Miami Florida, arrived in Las Vegas and bought 40-acres of land on the (then) desolate corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Bond Road (now Tropicana ...
Las Vegas History Series - Four Queens Hotel & Casino
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Las Vegas History Series - Four Queens Hotel & Casino

Construction on what would become the Four Queens Hotel & Casino began in late 1964. The construction would take close to eighteen months and on June 2 of 1966, the same day the Surveyor 1space...
Evolution of a Casino from the Marina to the MGM Hotel & Casino
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Evolution of a Casino from the Marina to the MGM Hotel & Casino

From the Marina to the MGM The Marina Hotel and Casino opened in 1975 as a 714 room hotel and casino.In 1989 the Marina Hotel was purchased by the MGM along with the neighboring Tropicana Countr...
Casinos around the World
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Casinos around the World

With all the World Class casinos in Nevada and especially in Las Vegas it is easy to forget that Las Vegas doesn't have the monopoly on World Class casinos.     Outside of the United States people ...