Casino Gaming History and News

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...

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...

In 1989 the Majestic Realty Company owned by Ed Roski purchased an 80-acre parcel of land off the Las Vegas Strip along the west side of Interstate 15. This was originally intended to be an industr...

Desert Inn Hotel & Casino   The Desert Inn Hotel and Casino opened on April 24, 1950. The construction of the hotel started three years earlier in 1947, but Wilbur Clark and his brother quick...

Dunes Hotel & Casino The Dunes Hotel and Casino opened on the Las Vegas Strip on May 23, 1955.  During the first few years of operation the Dunes struggled to stay afloat.  The casino freque...

Hacienda Hotel & Casino Opened in October of 1956 costing $6 million dollars with 266 rooms and the largest swimming pool on the Las Vegas Strip when it opened. Less than one year after t...

Silver Palace Casino When the Silver Palace Casino opened its doors in June of 1956 this "ultra modern, million and a half dollar club" (1956 Las Vegas Sun) at its First Street and Fremont St. l...

Palace Station Hotel & Casino On July 1st, Palace Station celebrated its 40th Anniversary.      In 1976, Frank Fertitta, Jr., the former general manager at the Fremont, and his two partners ...

Sands Hotel & Casino The Sands hotel was established in 1952 by Jake Freedman, who had established restaurants in Las Vegas years earlier.  Construction began on Sands Hotel in early 1952, bui...