@_GrandPaD _GrandpaD__Old School Vegas✨
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Top assets mentioned Boyd Gaming Corporation (BYD)
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"OTD [----] Derek Stevens (probably) said "we gotta start generating some cash" so the casino and amenities of @CircaLasVegas opened in Downtown #LasVegas . The official GO of the entire #Vegas resort would be in December [----]. It was the first resort built Downtown since 1980"
X Link 2025-10-28T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] @NYNYVegas opened on the #LasVegas Strip. The heavily themed resort included a replica Statue of Liberty a photo of which inadvertantly became a US Postal Service Forever Stamp. Vici Properties became the owner in 2022"
X Link 2026-01-03T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""Scotty beam me up a Royal" Star Trek Experience at #LasVegas Hilton opened OTD [----]. It would close 2008"
X Link 2026-01-04T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Let's just travel back in time and look back at some wonderful ladies that brought you beverages ( ) while you're at the tables or playing slots in #LasVegas- Dunes - [----] Flamingo - [----] Hacienda - [----] Horseshoe - 1972"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"With the success of the Golden Nugget in '81 Steve Wynn started kicking tires on the #LasVegas Strip. "Victoria Bay" was first planned at the (now) Excalibur site. Then it was the Wet 'N Wild location. Eventually it was abandoned because of high costs. Maybe the Castaways site"
X Link 2026-01-31T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Hooters Hotel Casino opened for those #LasVegas visitors craving to eat chicken wings in bed. This was the 8th different hotel to occupy [---] East Tropicana Ave. It became Oyo Hotel & Casino in 2019"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:00Z [----] followers, 12K engagements
"Sad to hear Chuck Negron passed away. My first time in #LasVegas I was driving from Calif. to my new Navy duty station in Florida. I was in my new Datsun [----] coupe and jamming to my Three Dog Night 8-track.🎶joy to the world.🎶 Stayed at the Travelodge next to Circus Circus"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""Fun-Land" was an amusement park in the #LasVegas Valley in the mid-50s. It was on Boulder Hiway about where Sam's Town is now and cost $278k to build. A wooden roller coaster flat rides food roller skating.but well before it's time. It barely survived from 1954-56"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Ya gotta love #LasVegas history. OTD [----] Feds raided a bunch of places including the Arizona Club for prohibition violations. Caught up in the arrests was #Vegas Mayor J. Fred Hesse who bootlegged booze made in his own huge still. Hiz Honor dodged jail time and remained in office until [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019848573068931179 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019848573068931179"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"So the #WinterOlympics had Italian songstress Mariah Carey sing "Volare" in the opening ceremonies. They could have played this video of Dino Paul Crocetti and saved us the anguish. https://youtu.be/5JEQIQmQa-csi=klx3UK0iNIvL7Q0w https://youtu.be/5JEQIQmQa-csi=klx3UK0iNIvL7Q0w"
X Link 2026-02-07T02:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Locals knew that special occasions sometimes called for venturing away from the #LasVegas Strip and down W. Sahara to Phillips Supper House"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Thinking about making a few prop bets for the #SuperBowl so I'm heading to Caesars #Las Vegas Olympiad sports book. My luck I'll get the Raiders helmet seat and it'll collapse sometime in the 4th quarter"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The 80s Desert Inn #LasVegas is hoppin' Has anyone see Dan Tanna"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"You recall Sinatra at the Sands and Caesars but later he played all over Vegas. He was at the Golden Nugget from 1984-87 and then joined Dean and Sammy in rotation to play Bally's #LasVegas from 1987-90. He had a long list of stuff he wanted in his dressing room"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In December [----] businessman Don Barden purchased the bankrupt Fitzgerald's Hotel in Downtown #LasVegas. Barden would be the first African-American casino owner in #Vegas. He passed away in [----]. The property is now @theDlasvegas #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's #NationalPizzaDay 🍕 Let's hop in the car and head down the #LasVegas Strip to the Tower of Pizza. We can order a pie and a parlay from Jasper"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Welcome to the jungle OTD [----] The Reserve Hotel & Casino opened in Henderson southeast of #LasVegas. It suffered initially; finally making a profit a year later. Sold to Stations Casinos in [----] it became Fiesta Henderson. It was demolished in 2022"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the Lady Luck Hotel Casino Downtown #LasVegas closed. The property has started out as Honest John's in [----] and was renamed the Lady Luck in [----]. The site would reopen as Downtown Grand in 2013"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] Abe Fox opened Foxy's Deli at San Francisco (now Sahara) & #LasVegas Blvd. It was the 1st place on the Strip that served black entertainers & casino workers on the Strip. It would be almost a decade before other Strip locations would follow suit. #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the final episode of the "Las Vegas" TV series aired. Only [--] episodes (22 planned) were filmed at the time the show was cancelled. The final episode ended with a cliffhanger with many issues left unresolved. #LasVegas"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:00Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements
"OTD [----] Station Casinos opened Aliante Station north of #LasVegas . Stations went bankrupt in [----] and ownership was turned over to a group of creditors and it became Aliante Casino & Hotel. Boyd Gaming bought the place in 2016"
X Link 2025-11-11T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"About this date [----] Boyd Gaming reopened Main Street Station in Downtown #LasVegas as an addition to the "9th Island of Hawaii". Boyd bought the closed hotel of the same name in [----] and spent $45 million in renovations. Fascinating artifacts to view throughout the property"
X Link 2025-11-22T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] The Cosmopolitan opened on the #LasVegas Strip. The $3.9 billion resort would hold a Grand Opening celebration on New Year's Eve. Blackstone Group bought it in [----] ultimately selling to MGM Resorts in 2022"
X Link 2025-12-15T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Boyd Gaming opened @orleanscasino #LasVegas . Notably it hosted the final concert appearance of George Carlin in June [----]. And OTD [----] the folks in Henderson welcomed @GVRcasino "
X Link 2025-12-18T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy birthday to @goldcoastcasino opening OTD [----]. Built by Michael Gaughan it was the first casino to have a first-run movie theater in #LasVegas. It's now owned by Boyd Gaming"
X Link 2025-12-21T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy birthday to @southpointlv opening OTD [----] south of #LasVegas . It originally opened as South Coast. In [----] Michael Gaughan bought out partner Boyd Gaming and changed the name to South Point allegedly to save money on changing the letters on signage"
X Link 2025-12-22T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy birthday to The Cal and Boyd Gaming OTD [----] Sam Boyd's California Hotel and Casino opened in Downtown #LasVegas as the first Boyd Gaming location. Soon afterward @thecalcasino slowly began transforming into the foundation of making Vegas the 9th Hawaiian island"
X Link 2026-01-01T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hollywood comes to #LasVegas as the cast of "My Friend Irma Goes West" arrive to film at the Flamingo Hotel in early [----]. The Martin and Lewis film would makes it's world premiere in #Vegas later in the year"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""The World's largest motel" ("over a [----] rooms") right on the #LasVegas Strip. The Westward Ho opens it's first "casino" Nikel Nik's about [----] with "real old fashioned loose slots". The casino expanded in [----] and new signage and those lovely umbrellas appear in 1983"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Sure the #WinterOlympics ice skating competitions are beautiful but only in #LasVegas could you see beautiful ice skaters wearing watermelons.or nothing at all"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Steve Wynn kept much a secret but excitement was building for his new #LasVegas Strip resort - The Golden Nugget. Actually that was the project's "working' name. In December [----] Wynn officially announced it would be called The Mirage"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Proud Grandpa post Congratulations to my grandson Ryder for winning 🥇 in the State Wrestling Championships. Great way to wrap up a strong HS career"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"You think overpriced "specialty" drinks in #LasVegas are something new Back in [----] the Desert Inn created a gimmick cocktail for $50 (you can keep the glass). Today's money that's about $470. Care to make it a double"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"There were big ideas to build the Frontier Hotel #LasVegas site over the years- * The $1 billion "City by The Bay" * A $2 billion Swiss themed "Montreux" * "Plaza Las Vegas" from El Ad Properties. * "Alon Resort" from Crown Resorts * "Wynn West" - on hold"
X Link 2025-07-16T20:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] a bus boy set a fire in the #LasVegas Hilton. The fire killed [--] and injured over [---] people. The result was further strengthening of Clark County fire codes requiring all existing buildings to install fire sprinklers and other safety measures. The employee was sentenced to [--] consecutive life terms for murder and [--] years for arson"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] "Vegas Vacation" premiered as the Griswalds arrive in #LasVegas"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z [----] followers, 37.3K engagements
""I Love Vegas" - Dean Martin - recorded live in the Sands Copa Room. (Honestly I forgot about this.a fun song and arrangement) Happy #ValentinesDay #LasVegas ♥🌹❤"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's [----] and I'm hungry The buffet at the Holiday Casino #LasVegas looks mighty tempting and at a great price"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You'd be lucky to score some of these #FridayThe13th #LasVegas chips"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:00Z [----] followers, 14.2K engagements
"I hear that new Oasis casino at the Dunes Hotel #LasVegas is pretty cool. I have this fun book coupon so I might go check out the place"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Over the years #ValentinesDay was the day to open in #LasVegas In [----] @FashionShowLV opened on in the Strip In [----] Santa Fe Hotel & Casino opened in NW Vegas In [----] the @TheMobMuseum opened in Downtown"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Who doesn't love #LasVegas limited edition chips Be still my heart- here's some to love on #ValentinesDay "
X Link 2026-02-14T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If you're looking for me I'll be at the Horseshoe Downtown #LasVegas playing an [--] spot Keno ticket"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Spooky -The Tropicana #LasVegas once had a large Kalanui tiki mask that was a tradition to touch for good luck. After many reports of purple rashes purple haze in photographs and a multitude of paranormal experiences it was taken down for being too haunted. Where did it go"
X Link 2025-10-29T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"WW2 is underway but #LasVegas is gotta Vegas as OTD [----] the Last Frontier Hotel would become the 2nd resort to open on the (later) Strip. It stuck around until July [----] under various (Last New The) names. Wynn Resorts owns the vacant property now"
X Link 2025-10-30T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Life Magazine's Jon Brenneis snapped a poker game going on inside the Golden Nugget #LasVegas. It was [----] (before the NBA) so the players didn't worry about getting radiation sickness from an X-ray table"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Getting close to #Halloween in #LasVegas. A bit of trivia - "Elvira" aka Cassandra Peterson was at [--] Vegas' youngest showgirl performing in the Dunes show "Vive Les Girls". She later moved to Hollywood at the suggestion of Elvis"
X Link 2025-10-30T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Seventy years ago today the @GoldenGateVegas Casino opened on the ground floor of the Sal Sagev Hotel Downtown #LasVegas . Four years later they introduced "Las Vegas' Original Shrimp Cocktail". In '74 the entire property was renamed the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino"
X Link 2025-11-01T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It's time to unleash some Old School #LasVegas mojo Let's go #Dodgers #WorldSeries ⚾ (What the heck the Canadians aren't coming to Vegas anyway 😉)"
X Link 2025-11-01T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If I'm gonna have to turn my clock back then let me turn it all the way back to #LasVegas in the 60s so I can see these guys in person. (I know this clip isn't from Vegas but you get the idea)"
X Link 2025-11-02T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Vegas related -OTD [----] Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on it's lone flight. Hughes would start hanging out in Vegas in the 50s"
X Link 2025-11-03T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sometime this month in [----] "The Country's Newest Piano Sensational" made his #LasVegas debut at the Last Frontier Hotel. Liberace made $750 for his first week.the hotel doubled his salary the next. He'd sign for $50k a week in [----] to open the Riviera"
X Link 2025-11-03T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Liberace was certainly a showman and expert self-promoter. While making bank at the Riviera he drives down the #LasVegas Strip in his custom Caddy trolling the Desert Inn in their parking lot"
X Link 2025-11-03T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Since we're hanging out in Downtown #LasVegas what say we play a little [--] craps at the Pioneer Club"
X Link 2025-11-04T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"After introduction of the new Cybertruck fleet Metro continues to enhance their eco-friendly efforts in Downtown #LasVegas with new Parking enforcement transportation"
X Link 2025-11-04T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Siegfried and Roy broke out on their own with Beyond Belief at the Frontier Hotel #LasVegas making $125k a week. They first performed in Vegas at Tropicana's Folies Bergre in [----] for $700 a week. Steve Wynn later signed them for $57 million to play the Mirage "
X Link 2025-11-05T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"#LasVegas pulled out all the stops to promote the atomic bomb tests in the 50s & 60s. Those efforts must have spanned the universe as scientists are now saying UFOs came visiting too. https://interestingengineering.com/space/ufo-reports-nuclear-weapons-tests-link https://interestingengineering.com/space/ufo-reports-nuclear-weapons-tests-link"
X Link 2025-11-06T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A military parade down Fremont Street Downtown #LasVegas September [----]. A salute to my fellow Veterans on this #VeteransDay. Thank you for your service in keeping our country free. 🫡"
X Link 2025-11-11T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] TruTV showed a different side of #LasVegas with the premier of the reality series "Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel". The "T&A" series ran for (an unbelievable) [--] seasons. Gotta love pool season in #Vegas"
X Link 2025-11-11T18:00Z [----] followers, 10.7K engagements
"Happy birthday Demi Moore who got an "Indecent Proposal" in [----] at the #LasVegas Hilton"
X Link 2025-11-11T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"It wasn't until November [----] that #LasVegas had it's first regularly scheduled non-stop flight from Europe. Condor Airlines flew in from Cologne/Bonn once a week. Regularly scheduled flights from Asia began in 1998"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@VitalVegas You'd think with a psychic bracelet they would have seen that coming"
X Link 2025-11-12T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] The Frontier Hotel the last remaining Hughes owned #LasVegas Strip property was imploded. It was the second resort on the #LasVegas Strip opening in [----]. A few concepts for the site were planned but never happened. Wynn Resorts owns the land now"
X Link 2025-11-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's [----] and Mom is taking the girls to Downtown #LasVegas and showing them all the career opportunities that await them once they're out of school"
X Link 2025-11-13T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@LasVegasLocally Looks to me like it was more the just an ATM transaction- "Everi is proud to have the only ATM that allows patrons to convert an unsuccessful ATM withdrawal to a credit card cash advance.""
X Link 2025-11-13T20:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the 70s and 80s there was a tennis epidemic in #LasVegas. Every resort had at least a few courts with many having a big name teaching pro available for lessons. I think 70's Caesars might have gone a little overboard"
X Link 2025-11-14T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@VegasToCali1 I see [--] at Westgate. I recall Horseshoe (Bally's) were near the pool.they don't appear on Maps/Earth"
X Link 2025-11-15T00:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] the Palms Casino Resort opens in #LasVegas. It was "cool" for about [--] years then financials eventually led to a sale in [----] then another in [----] and yet another in [----]. It is the first Vegas resort owned by Native Americans"
X Link 2025-11-15T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"#OTD [----] in response to a national Arab oil embargo #LasVegas went (partially) dark. In a symbolic move most resort lights were turned off or dimmed to conserve energy. Things got brighter by April '74 and back to "normal" in Jan. '75"
X Link 2025-11-15T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Even before gas became scarce in [----] traffic on the #LasVegas Strip is rather light. Construction on the MGM Grand (center right) is continuing towards their December opening"
X Link 2025-11-15T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the official Grand Opening of Planet Hollywood #LasVegas took place. The name change from Aladdin had happened April [--] [----]. Harrah's took over ownership from Starwood in early [----]. 🎥 Mtankel"
X Link 2025-11-16T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] the St. Andrews and Palms Towers of the closed Desert Inn on the #Vegas Strip were imploded. The Augusta Tower had been imploded with little fanfare in October [----]. Wynn and Encore now occupy the site"
X Link 2025-11-16T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's [----] and checked into the Desert Inn for a few nights. Gonna catch a show in the Painted Desert Room. Prices for dinner + show seem reasonable. Maybe I'll buy a cocktail or [--] or 3"
X Link 2025-11-16T22:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Looking down on the north #LasVegas Strip on a wet night in [----]. Siegfried and Roy have yet to move into the Frontier. And the newly open Fashion Show will soon modify their marquee to let people know they're a mall"
X Link 2025-11-18T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Looking back at #LasVegas c. [----]. A lot of interior work going on inside the yet to open Mirage. And (center right side) NDOT is rebuilding the East and West Flamingo connection and I-15 interchange"
X Link 2025-11-19T18:00Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements
"A sad anniversary.OTD [----] [--] people perished in the MGM Grand fire on the #LasVegas Strip. The hotel was rebuilt in [--] months at a cost of $50 million with an extensive fire safety system. It became Bally's in [----] and renamed @HorseshoeVegas in 2023"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not into all this #LasVegasGP nonsense. But I feel a need.a need for speed. So I'm heading south on the #LasVegas Strip to the Hacienda and do some laps on their go-cart track 🏎"
X Link 2025-11-21T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If you don't know the circumstances of the [----] MGM Grand #LasVegas fire this article from earlier today is a good refresher. As noted Nevada had horribly lax fire codes. And owners despite urging from regulators and insurance co. didn't want to spend money to install sprinklers and other life safety systems. MGM refused to pay $192k for a full sprinkler system. It cost them hundreds of millions in lost revenue and to rebuild and settle lawsuits in the aftermath. https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/deadliest-fire-las-vegas-history-21169149.php"
X Link 2025-11-21T22:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A personal note- I worked with the Bally's life safety system for a short time 20-some years so. My training included the CCFD final report. The Chief Engineer at the time said - "read this. there'll never be another fire in this f-in building." He was there in 1980"
X Link 2025-11-21T23:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] a new era dawned in #LasVegas with the opening of Steve Wynn's The Mirage. The project went over budget costing about $630 million making it (at the time) the most expensive hotel-casino in history. It closed July '24. A Hard Rock Hotel is being built on the site"
X Link 2025-11-22T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Thirty years ago Martin Scorsese's "Casino" premiered. The [----] flick filmed largely in #LasVegas earned Sharon Stone a Golden Globe for Best Actress. At the time it had the most f-bombs spoken in a major motion picture with [---]. It's now ninth on the f-in list"
X Link 2025-11-22T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"OTD [----] Elmer Sherwin hit a $4.6 million Megabucks jackpot on opening day of the Mirage #LasVegas. Upon winning he dreamed to "hit again". Fast forward to [----] and he did.at The Cannery for $21.1 million. A short story - https://spinz.uk/elmer-sherwin/ https://spinz.uk/elmer-sherwin/"
X Link 2025-11-22T21:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Howard Hughes snuck into #LasVegas and set up shop in the Desert Inn. When he left #Vegas [--] years later he owned a bunch of hotels and a ton of land. @g_knapp with a @8NewsNow report from [--] years ago"
X Link 2025-11-25T00:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] the first iteration of the Aladdin Hotel #LasVegas closed. It had begun as the Tally Ho in [----]. The resort (except the Aladdin Theatre) was imploded in April [----]. A new version would open in 2000"
X Link 2025-11-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Just as quietly as he arrived OTD [----] Howard Hughes sneaks out of #LasVegas . In his wake he spent an estimated $300 million buying up a lot of the Strip and surrounding desert lands.and left behind a mountain of Baskin-Robbins banana nut ice cream"
X Link 2025-11-26T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@LieutenantNels1 https://www.mashed.com/673526/howard-hughes-couldnt-get-enough-of-this-baskin-robbins-flavor/ https://www.mashed.com/673526/howard-hughes-couldnt-get-enough-of-this-baskin-robbins-flavor/"
X Link 2025-11-27T03:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Back in [----] you did your Christmas shopping in Downtown #LasVegas. How convenient Sears and JC Penney right across the street from the @ElCortezLV . I'll take one those $1.95 steak dinners please"
X Link 2025-11-28T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"#OTD [----] ABC TV broadcast "Las Vegas -An All Star 75th Anniversary". The 2-hour special featured a plethora of old school #LasVegas stars celebrating the city's birthday. A [--] minute compilation- https://youtu.be/-ug-EXWckGMfeature=shared https://youtu.be/-ug-EXWckGMfeature=shared"
X Link 2025-11-29T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@VitalVegas Just insure the proper arrangement is provided"
X Link 2025-11-29T23:49Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements
"It was #OnThisDate [----] that Frank Rosenthal was placed in the Nevada "Black Book". Legal wrangling by his #LasVegas lawyer (take a wild guess) got it reversed. But saner minds prevailed and the NV Supreme Court made it permanent in 1991"
X Link 2025-11-30T19:00Z [----] followers, 23.8K engagements
"Too funny. The A's post a mockup of their #LasVegas digs with the video boards showing a fan wearing a Houston Astros jersey. They just be counting on a lot of out-of-town fans. The giant video boards show a fan at the As ballpark wearing a T-shirt of Nick Kurtz Brent Rooker Jacob Wilson Jose Altuve The giant video boards show a fan at the As ballpark wearing a T-shirt of Nick Kurtz Brent Rooker Jacob Wilson Jose Altuve"
X Link 2025-12-02T23:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It was business as usual in #LasVegas [----] except at the Stardust where OTD the Nevada Gaming Control Board suspended their gaming license for skimming. Dozens of Gaming agents took control of the casino that day. It was sold to Boyd in 1985"
X Link 2025-12-04T19:00Z [----] followers, 25.1K engagements
"It's an '80s weekend in #LasVegas and I'm gonna show my lady a great time celebrating our anniversary Booked this suite at the Maxim"
X Link 2025-12-06T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The heck with those phoney baloney #LasVegas department store Santas. it's the '50s and I'm heading south on Hiway [--] to Santa Claus Arizona and see the real guy🎅"
X Link 2025-12-06T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Cowboy up #Vegas 🤠 #OTD [----] the National Finals Rodeo moved to #LasVegas from Oklahoma City. Over [------] attended the inaugural event held at @ThomasAndMack Dec. 7-15"
X Link 2025-12-07T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Happy Birthday Sammy Sammy Davis Jr. was born on this day [----]. He's celebrating at the New Frontier #LasVegas with William Bendix & the Venus Room showgirls [----]. 🎥Getty Images"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In the '50s and '60s #LasVegas was lounge act heaven It's standing room only as Count Basie performs at the Flamingo Hotel #LasVegas Stage Bar in 1959"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"#OnThisDate [----] Barry Levinson's film "Bugsy" opened nationwide. The Golden Globe winning film while entertaining contributed a lot of misconceptions and myths about Siegel #LasVegas and the Flamingo. @TheMobMuseum clears the air - https://themobmuseum.org/blog/hollywoods-bugsy-is-entertaining-but-plays-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts/ https://themobmuseum.org/blog/hollywoods-bugsy-is-entertaining-but-plays-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts/"
X Link 2025-12-10T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The lovely Jean Gardner from the '50s Flamingo Hotel #LasVegas reminding you to step up your #Christmas shopping game"
X Link 2025-12-11T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] Elvis Presley would perform what would be his last #LasVegas show at the Hilton. From 1969-1976 he performed [---] consecutive sold-out concerts. Elvis died August [--] 1977"
X Link 2025-12-12T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] @fblasvegas opened. The $3.7 billion project was first announced in [----] and underwent numerous owners/names/delays. The star-studded opening featured numerous celebrities including Justin Timberlake (and it's first PR fopaux)"
X Link 2025-12-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the Maloof Family opened The Fiesta. The first casino in North #LasVegas would be purchased by Stations Casinos and renamed Fiesta Rancho in [----]. It was closed by the COVID-19 mandate in March [----] and never reopened. Demolished in 2023"
X Link 2025-12-14T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] @ThomasAndMack Center on the campus of UNLV #LasVegas celebrated it's Gala Grand Opening with Diana Ross a last minute sub for ailing Sammy Davis. Two nights later it hosted it's 1st rock concert starring Loverboy"
X Link 2025-12-16T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"OTD [----] #LasVegas was in the spotlight with the release of the James Bond thriller "Diamonds Are Forever". The movie was number one at the box office for [--] straight weeks"
X Link 2025-12-17T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tis the time is the season 🎄 to visit 🎅 at the North Pole @ExcaliburVegas (1994)"
X Link 2025-12-17T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Right about this day [----] Studio [--] opened at the MGM Grand #LasVegas. Twenty bucks got you into a 2-story [-----] sq. ft. party. It stayed around until [----]. It wasn't long before all the other resorts got into the act"
X Link 2025-12-21T20:00Z [----] followers, 12.5K engagements
"OTD [----] the #LasVegas Strip got an early Christmas present with the opening of @EncoreLasVegas . Originally to be "Encore Suites at Wynn" owner Steve Wynn opted to make it a full resort so he could do another ad on top of a building"
X Link 2025-12-22T19:00Z [----] followers, 30.9K engagements
"Merry Christmas #LasVegas and to all of you that follow"
X Link 2025-12-24T23:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] #LasVegas legend Benny Binion passed away at age [--] of heart failure. Binion and family moved to #Vegas in [----]. He was partners in the Las Vegas Club and Westerner before opening @BinionsLV Horseshoe in [----]. He created the World Series of Poker in 1971"
X Link 2025-12-25T17:00Z [----] followers, 60.3K engagements
"Remembering the @kingofcool #LasVegas icon Dean Martin who passed away OTD [----]. On December [--] the lights of the #Vegas Strip were dimmed for [--] days in his honor"
X Link 2025-12-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the mobbed up @FlamingoVegas opened on the #LasVegas Strip. The opening was meh. It had no hotel rooms it rained invited celebs stayed away in droves and the casino lost $700k its first [--] days. It closed early Feb. and reopened March [----] with a finished resort"
X Link 2025-12-26T18:00Z [----] followers, 60.5K engagements
"It's December [----] and I'm checking out the new Flamingo Hotel #LasVegas. The hotel rooms aren't ready and the weather outside is horrible. I won a few bucks at the tables so maybe I'll have dinner in the Flamingo Room. A bit pricey but what the heck"
X Link 2025-12-26T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"To take advantage of the throngs invading #LasVegas for New Years the Palazzo #LasVegas held a soft opening of their casino OTD [----]. A few days later they had a float in the Rose Bowl Parade. The official opening would happen next month"
X Link 2025-12-30T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tiger Woods turns [--] today. He was [--] when he won his first PGA Tournament at the #LasVegas Invitational ⛳"
X Link 2025-12-30T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] #LasVegas comedy legend Shecky Greene died at age [--]. Greene first appeared in Vegas in [----] opening for Dorothy Shay at the Last Frontier. He performed as a headliner up and down the Strip for decades"
X Link 2025-12-31T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"While I'm in Downtown #LasVegas I think I'll hop into Coin Castle and grab a footlong and a beer"
X Link 2026-01-02T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] the #LasVegas Hilton was no more.it became the (uncreatively named) "LVH - Las Vegas Hotel". That would last until 2014"
X Link 2026-01-03T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"There's a party goin' on inside the original Las Vegas Club Downtown #LasVegas. It's the '30's gaming has just been legalized and the place is packed. Sorry guy we're not taking questions at the moment"
X Link 2026-01-05T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Getting the hungrys back in the 50s.looks like that new Silver Slipper on the #LasVegas Strip has some good deals. And the Last Frontier Village looks interesting"
X Link 2026-01-05T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sammy Davis Jr. (Morris Fenderbaum) getting in on the Cannonball Run action with Jimmy The Greek filmed inside Gary Austin's on the #LasVegas Strip [----]. Star ego trivia - Don Rickles was offered the part but turned it down because Dom DeLuise was to get higher billing"
X Link 2026-01-06T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A #LasVegas history footnote - OTD [----] under pressure from the U.S. Army to close Block [--] saloons and brothels the infamous Arizona Club effectively was shut down losing it's gaming and liquor licenses. It had been around since [----] and survived countless fines owners and closings. The building was later demolished. Binions parking garage is there now. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008629648012558832 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008629648012558832"
X Link 2026-01-06T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Headed to #LasVegas in [----]. I hear a lot about that new hotel Howard Hughes owns. It looks pretty cool and the rates seem reasonable"
X Link 2026-01-07T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] after 50-plus years Binion's Horseshoe was shut down by Federal agents. The agents were enforcing a court order against the property which owed about $1.5m in pension and health-insurance benefits for [---] union employees. The #LasVegas casino reopened in April '04 under new ownership. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009686610938380354 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009686610938380354"
X Link 2026-01-09T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hang on #LasVegas.lemme see if I can win enough for a couple of rib eyes"
X Link 2026-01-09T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ribzoftiktok A similar version.sans his "tool".is served at Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen"
X Link 2026-01-10T23:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RIP Bob Weir. The Grateful Dead made their first #LasVegas appearance at the Ice Palace in [----]. They didn't return until [----] when they performed at the Aladdin. In April [----] they sold out Sam Boyd Stadium"
X Link 2026-01-11T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@DadsSeasonings @grok post the recipe"
X Link 2026-01-13T01:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [---] years ago John F. Miller opened the Hotel Nevada at [--] Fremont St. #LasVegas. In early '32 it was renamed Hotel Sal Sagev. In '74 it become the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. Contrary to an urban myth it's not the oldest casino in town; the casino was added on the first floor in 1955"
X Link 2026-01-13T18:00Z [----] followers, 15.7K engagements
"@JerseyJoe50 I believe the rocking letters stopped sometime in [----]. I recall seeing a @VitalVegas post where the owners said the cost to restore and maintain the mechanism was prohibitive. That sign is [--] years old"
X Link 2026-01-13T19:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] Diana Ross & The Supremes performed their last concert at The Frontier Hotel #LasVegas. Diana began her solo career & Jean Terrell joined the Supremes as lead singer"
X Link 2026-01-14T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Penn and Teller made their #LasVegas debut in the Bally's Celebrity Room. Since [----] the duo have performed at the @RioVegas "
X Link 2026-01-14T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] #LasVegas welcomed the Brazilian themed Rio All-Suites Hotel. The property had [---] suites and a [-----] sq ft casino. Harrah's (now Caesars) bought it in [----] & sold it to Dreamscape Companies LLC in 2019"
X Link 2026-01-15T18:00Z [----] followers, 10K engagements
"In January [----] [--] years after Rio All-Suites opened they debuted (IMHO) the best buffet in #LasVegas - the Carnival World Buffet. It featured innovative serving "islands" dishing up specific cuisines: American Mexican Italian pizza Chinese steak and Vegas' first Mongolian grill. Tasty"
X Link 2026-01-15T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"OTD [----] Carole Lombard became Hollywood's 1st WW2 casualty dying in a plane crash outside of #LasVegas . She was returning home from a highly successful war bond tour. Grieving husband Clark Gable stayed at the El Rancho Vegas until her remains were recovered"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Since "2026 is the new 2016" trend is happening on social media (why) here's some stuff that happened in #LasVegas #2016 - *T-Mobile Arena opened *NHL awarded a Vegas expansion franchise *Seven Magic Mountains opened *Caesars turned [--] years old *Marijuana was legalized for recreational use *Riviera towers were the last Strip implosions *All time record visitation of [----] million visitors https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012600814972400056 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012600814972400056"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The heck with this looking back [--] years stuff.let's go back [---] years to 1926.when #LasVegas paved it's first street. that was the OG Fremont Street Experience"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"OTD [----] @Palazzo #LasVegas held it's official Grand Opening. It had soft opened Dec. [--] [----] & the hotel opened Jan. [--] [----]. Apollo Mgt now operates the Vici owned resort"
X Link 2026-01-17T20:00Z [----] followers, 12.3K engagements
"OTD [----] "The Summit at the Sands" convened in #LasVegas. Sands Hotel PR man Al Freeman conceived the idea for a mega show to coincide with the filming of Oceans [--]. Don Sherman wrote the tightly scripted show. The rest is #Vegas history. (And they weren't called The Rat Pack) The nightly show was originally scheduled for [--] week run but was extended to [--] weeks with over [-----] requests for tickets and lodging. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013672876617187425 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013672876617187425"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@LasVegasLocally Best screen shot of the day. The President boasting how well the economy is doing with the -800+ Dow ticker on the screen"
X Link 2026-01-20T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being it's Telly Savalas' birthday. let's check in on Kojak in #LasVegas with a very weird interrogation of Liberace"
X Link 2026-01-22T00:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I'm gonna skip the big #LasVegas resorts this trip and stay at the El Morocco. Looks pretty nice and if it's good enough for Muhammad Ali it's good enough for me"
X Link 2026-01-22T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Going back in time when every table in the Holiday Casino #LasVegas coffee shop had a couple of little crayons"
X Link 2026-01-22T20:00Z [----] followers, 23.3K engagements
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions called sheriffs a "critical part" of the "Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement"
X Link 2018-02-12T22:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
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