# ![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::140536045.png) @_GrandPaD _GrandpaD__Old School Vegas✨

_GrandpaD__Old School Vegas✨ posts on X about vegas, in the, casino, gaming the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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**Social topic influence**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@HistoryNevada I'm fairly certain it was always advertised as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. There was a "Vegas Grand Prix" in [----] that ran a Downtown circuit. There were also different races at the Motor Speedway; one titled Grand Prix of Las Vegas""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1184966891183448064)  2019-10-17T22:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@LasVegasLocally Prima designed & built Louis Prima's Fairway to the Stars golf course on E. Warm Springs Rd in '70. Legend has it that the course (it closed in the 70's) was measured by Prima and his drummer with rope. It was also called Warm Springs Country Club. Sign 📷Courtney Newman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1224402126379671555)  2020-02-03T18:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Hats off to the men & women that keep the #Vegas Strip safe @ClarkCountyFD Station [--] is the busiest station located in the middle of City Center. It was built and equipped by MGM Resorts opening [----]. 🚒🚑 📷Bernie Dayo CCFD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1226922177276137477)  2020-02-10T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] Willam Bennett and Circus Circus Enterprises opened (at the time) the largest hotel in the world - @ExcaliburVegas on the #Vegas Strip. MGM Resorts purchased the property in 2005"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1274031885736448004)  2020-06-19T17:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Looking back on a part of the #Vegas Strip where Rusty Griswold won a car.a postcard of the original O'Shea's and neighboring Imperial Palace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1276206187193733120)  2020-06-25T17:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] Downtown #Vegas welcomed The Mint Hotel Casino. The hotel tower was added in [----]. It was sold to Benny Binion in [----] and became part of the Horseshoe. b&w 📷 @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1282004492498722816)  2020-07-11T17:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Postcard of Emprey's Desert Villa motel that was adjacent to the Flamingo on the #Vegas Strip. It operated from 1958-1974. It was briefly the Times Square Motel in [----] closed and set empty until the lot became the Barbary Coast. The lot is now The Cromwell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1313169708431142915)  2020-10-05T17:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"On this #PearlHarborDay a salute to the "unsinkable" USS Nevada. She survived the attack on Pearl Harbor WW2 battles and two post-war atomic bomb tests without sinking. The ship's bell at the Nevada State Museum Carson City. #LasVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1336000394246418440)  2020-12-07T17:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Elvis adding some Christmas lights to the #Vegas glitter #LasVegas Hilton [----]. 🎶I'll have a blue Christmas without you.🎶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1342179496208818178)  2020-12-24T18:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] Excalibur Hotel and Casino opened on the #LasVegas Strip. At the time it was the largest hotel in the world with [----] rooms. @ExcaliburVegas is now the 7th largest in #Vegas. MGM Resorts purchased it in [----]. 📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1406295859717984260)  2021-06-19T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] at the stroke of midnight the #LasVegas Strip welcomed the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. It sits on a portion of the former Dunes Hotel golf course. In [----] MGM Resorts renovated and rebranded the resort as @parkmgm #Vegas "  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1407020721033908230)  2021-06-21T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I had no idea Spirit Airlines served #Afghanistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1427748321465151499)  2021-08-17T21:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] Terry Benedict Steve Wynn opened the [----] @Bellagio on the #LasVegas Strip. Built on the site of the Dunes Hotel #Vegas it added the [---] room Spa Tower in [----]. MGM Resorts sold it to Blackstone Group for $4.5b in 2019"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1449065111155585026)  2021-10-15T17:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] the first building in MGM Resorts' City Center complex on the #LasVegas Strip opened. Two days later Crystals retail district opened in the #Vegas complex followed by the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Dec 4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1466104809816150020)  2021-12-01T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VitalVegas @CaesarsPalace Awaiting the first review - "They're ok.but nuttin' to Cro about.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1583567190430650368)  2022-10-21T21:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"No matter the year (this pic is from 1971) the #LasVegas Strip always looks awesome. At the time Buddy Hackett was a Vice President of the Sahara-Nevada Corp. as a talent consultant for the Sahara"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1617582945094574084)  2023-01-23T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Apparently if you want to sell a [----] Cadillac- [--]. Pay Dean Martin an enormous fee [--]. A picture of Dean Martin [--]. A picture of the car [--]. Use Dean's old jokes as the ad copy. #LasVegas related"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1629263867225292801)  2023-02-24T23:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The original MGM Grand #LasVegas in the 70s. It was named after the [----] movie "Grand Hotel" and opened with [----] rooms. It's now @HorseshoeV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1678086612998307842)  2023-07-10T02:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I bought a Powerball ticket. I'd never bothered to read the back of the ticket before. Maybe I'll stick to gambling in #LasVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1678101710911459328)  2023-07-09T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you need to cool off I believe "Slick" had the right idea. It was a "Vega$" thing at the DI #LasVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1681740693343989765)  2023-07-19T23:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@VitalVegas It depends if they take the lump sum vs annuity. For tonight's $720m MegaMillions the lump sum is $233m after Fed. taxes or $454.7m after Fed taxes paid out over [--] years. So basically the IRS will win $487m without buying a ticket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1682522907262451713)  2023-07-21T22:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RIP #PeeWeeHerman . Hopefully some tequila shots flow in tribute in #LasVegas tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1686134465674788864)  2023-08-01T18:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""Rush Hour 2" opened in theaters Aug. [--] [----]. The Desert Inn #LasVegas wearing full make-up made an appearance in the movie climax as the Red Dragon resort. (Spoiler - the stars escaped a top floor explosion by repealing down lantern decorations)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1687584197765120005)  2023-08-05T06:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Jay Sarno must have liked this date.because OTD [----] he opened Slots-A-Fun on the #LasVegas Strip. Phil Ruffin bought it with Circus Circus stating his 1st priority was upgrading the small casino. Priorities must have changed. Exterior 📷 @summacorp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1687901288191725570)  2023-08-05T19:00Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Driving down the 60's Fremont Street #LasVegas via Getty Images"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1688958249813389318)  2023-08-08T17:00Z [----] followers, 76.9K engagements


"Just hanging out in front of the Riviera on the #LasVegas Strip back in [----]. The Ho is offering a tempting plethora of dining deals that may be hard to pass up. 📸 Andr Corboz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1689320637037256726)  2023-08-09T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There's some high fashion roulette happening at the original MGM Grand #LasVegas in the 70s. Bonus for the dealer flipping off the table. Site is now @HorseshoeVegas . 📸 @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1689350837238378498)  2023-08-09T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Dunes Hotel on the #LasVegas Strip had just about completed their "Emerald Green" golf course in the early 60s. That's the Royal Palms motel between the Dunes and the new driving range. Vacant lot across the street is now @HorseshoeV 📸 @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1690075615683313668)  2023-08-11T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ladies in dresses men in coats and ties.yep this is what #LasVegas used to be. I'm guessing maybe a slot tournament or the show just let out from the Painted Desert Room in the Desert Inn [----]. 📸 @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1690800389031940096)  2023-08-13T19:00Z [----] followers, 31.1K engagements


"OTD [----] Benny Binion opened The Horseshoe in Downtown #LasVegas . The first real gambling hall and casino in downtown Benny offered "Good Food. Good Whiskey. Good Gamble." Happy birthday @BinionsLV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1691132574716891136)  2023-08-14T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In the early 60s @BinionsLV spent some serious remodeling coin. In [----] they completely wrapped their building with "the world's largest electric sign" and installed air curtains. And in [----] they build #LasVegas' first multilevel parking garage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1691162777010987008)  2023-08-14T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Gramps and Nana set off to explore the #LasVegas Strip in [----]. They were convinced the Sands wasn't that far away. Pretty sure they didn't make it. The Riata became Silver City a year or so later.📸 Michael Ochs Archives via @summacorp "  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1691494966554505226)  2023-08-15T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's early 1940s in Downtown #LasVegas with a beautiful color photo from The National World War II Museum New Orleans. The Kiva Bar was replaced by the Golden Nugget in 1946"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1691525163022520321)  2023-08-15T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's [----] and we're on Paradise avoiding the traffic on the #LasVegas Strip. The Landmark is in bankruptcy to be bought by Howard Hughes later in the year. It'll open in July [----] along with the International. 📷 Bettmann/Getty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1691887551811039245)  2023-08-16T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Aladdin Hotel on the #LasVegas Strip reopens for the last time. Like the previous versions it was plagued with financial issues almost from the get-go. It was sold in bankruptcy in [----] and became @PHVegas in [----]. 📸 @reviewjournal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1692219742432403477)  2023-08-17T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's [----] and Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery arrives in #LasVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1692249943333908712)  2023-08-17T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The @LVNewsBureau captured a portion of Downtown #LasVegas in [----]. All those cool cars are parked in front of what now is the @GoldenNuggetLV . Vegas Vic is about [--] years old in this pic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1692582128301785566)  2023-08-18T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Who's hungry One of those Ho gut bomb dogs can help you make it through a #LasVegas night. And guys that "actual size" joke is getting old. Deli 📷 @classiclasvegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1692657624641073450)  2023-08-18T22:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Staying old school showgirls let's a brief look at the exciting Folies Bergere at the Tropicana #LasVegas back in [----]. Even in black and white the production still looks awesome. 🎦 my"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1692974718851350636)  2023-08-19T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The #LasVegas Strip [----]. It was the first year Nevada gaming revenue topped $1 billion. That year #Vegas casino revenue was 58% F&B 24% and rooms 14%. The pits made 80% of the take with slots at 18%. Times sure have changed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1693337105915654350)  2023-08-20T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A postcard pic looking down at 2nd (Casino Center) and Fremont Downtown #LasVegas in the early-ish 50s. Vegas Vic is new and Joe Brown hasn't added his name to the @binionslv Horseshoe neon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1693669292892434875)  2023-08-21T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A colorized (via [----] @LVNewsBureau photo of the #LasVegas Riviera Hotel casino floor. I'm estimating 10-20 cans of AquaNet were used in making this pic. The ozone is still recovering"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1694031684021186824)  2023-08-22T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Circus Circus opened Grand Slam Canyon on the #LasVegas Strip. The 5-acre indoor amusement park cost $90 million and included eight large animatronic dinosaurs. After a few remodels/refreshes the Canyon Blaster roller coaster is the only original ride remaining"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1694394073807814734)  2023-08-23T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Sands Hotel #LasVegas certainly did bring the stars to #LasVegas as shown in this [----] ad. You might notice one star is missing -Frank Sinatra. After losing a couple of front caps courtesy of Sands Casino Manager Carl Cohen Frank took his music charts to Caesars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1694756459513614776)  2023-08-24T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I have an idea.lets grab some rolls of nickles a coin cup and travel back in time to Downtown #LasVegas [----]. (Watermark credit)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1695149041796235615)  2023-08-25T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Hanging out above 1970s Fremont Street Downtown #LasVegas in this Vintage Images photo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1695843619779850368)  2023-08-27T17:00Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements


"In [----] the style was "big hair". Here's neatly coiffed Steve Wynn in an ad for his newly remodeled Golden Nugget.making #LasVegas famous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1696953429782863976)  2023-08-30T18:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We all remember the umbrellas the neon the champagne fountain.but the Westward Ho #LasVegas also had over [---] motel rooms. Here's their '85 rate card. Also I came across this matchbook cover. No idea Rip Taylor played there in the 80s. Probably short-lived"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1697293173855240369)  2023-08-31T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's just a fact of life in #LasVegas . you're gonna get floods. Although it was much worse back in the day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1698112487931904404)  2023-09-02T23:15Z [----] followers, 123.3K engagements


"OTD [----] the Showboat the first* resort within #LasVegas city limits opened. After a few years it became successful as a "locals" casino with inexpensive food & other promotions. "The Boat" was successful until the 90s. It became the Castaways in [----] & closed in 2004"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1698380333392027839)  2023-09-03T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A nice evening to stroll Downtown #LasVegas c. [----]. The Lucky Strike Club was a fixture from 1954-63 owned by Milton Prell. It was later absorbed into the Golden Nugget. Very old school- Men in suits and ties on Fremont Street 📷 R Krubner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1699135306967179411)  2023-09-05T19:00Z [----] followers, 49.6K engagements


"Playing video poker in #LasVegas .there is nothing more annoying than inserting your players card and depositing cash.only to find half the buttons and/or the touch screen on the machine don't work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1699476558254334231)  2023-09-06T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Flying into #LasVegas thru McCarran Field in the early 60s. The new terminal off Paradise opened in March [----]. It would become "International" in [----]. The 1st jet service were United Boeing 720s in late 1960"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1699829886821757224)  2023-09-07T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dustinofholland @BreezeAirways They found that out.either that or they unplugged the plane and rebooted. @BreezeAirways did complete a good flight after we finally got off the ground. Cudos to the Captain and crew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1700377070193328389)  2023-09-09T05:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"(2/2) Sept [--] [----] Sinatra is performing at Caesars #LasVegas . He demands more credit playing baccarat. Refused. Temper tantrum and threats. Casino Manager Sandy Waterman ends it by pulling out his .38. All charges were later dropped. Sinatra "retired" from #Vegas until '74"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1700917802419532187)  2023-09-10T17:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's [----] in Downtown #LasVegas. Even back then people were clueless behind the wheel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1701279437717643400)  2023-09-11T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's [----] and the cast of Riviera Hotel #LasVegas "Crazy Girls" just left the Stardust after placing a bet on [--] to [--] shot "Kill The Ozone" in the 4th race at Santa Anita"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1701309637566316963)  2023-09-11T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Imagine stepping out of the Union Pacific train station ( @PlazaLasVegas stands there now) on your first trip to #LasVegas and this is what you see.😲 📸 Union Pacific @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1702004210617958498)  2023-09-13T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VitalVegas It appears they've already filed the 8-K. Other interesting items in this article.i.e. credit rating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1702116003268694453)  2023-09-14T00:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Driving from SoCal to #LasVegas before I-15 (mid-60s) was an arduous [---] mile+ journey especially in the no-AC-in-the-car summer. Sometimes you stayed overnight in Barstow.or made it to Mt. Pass before giving up for the night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1702728992057638942)  2023-09-15T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The whole MGM hack began with a simple phone call. Is Danny Ocean back in #LasVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1702743858444988604)  2023-09-15T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Packed house and the joint is jumpin' inside The Riviera on the #LasVegas Strip . Loomis Dean captured the 50s fun for Life Magazine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1702774286887399641)  2023-09-15T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Alan Cash captured a bit of the [----] #LasVegas Strip. The good ol' days of $1.99 steak & eggs breakfasts dinner shows lounge acts free parking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1703136672819323317)  2023-09-16T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VitalVegas I was looking at the number of likes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1703203432230785270)  2023-09-17T00:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nothing to see here.just a couple of guys leaving the [----] Stardust Hotel #LasVegas with a few large briefca$e$ in the trunk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1704178542098141445)  2023-09-19T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Dan Tanna hits the streets of #LasVegas ABC aired the regular season premier of "Vega$" following Charlie's Angels. The series would run for [--] seasons until June 1981"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1704540930672316732)  2023-09-20T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🎶 Do you remember a 60's day in September.🎶 Dave Gelinas scanned a pic of a beautiful day in Downtown #LasVegas . Gotta love that spiffy hat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1704903318919647428)  2023-09-21T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] a new resort (somewhere) on the #LasVegas Strip appeared - The Montecito Resort and Casino. The "Las Vegas" TV series premiered and ran [--] seasons until 2008"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1705265706881724642)  2023-09-22T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OTD [----] the second (and last) season of the TV series Crime Story premiered as it moved to #LasVegas. Dennis Farina chases down a mob guy overseeing casinos in Sin City. Cool visuals in a series from Michael Mann"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1705311006446977264)  2023-09-22T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@KilgusJim Yep. [--] year old Julia Roberts made her film/TV debut in a [----] "Crime Story" episode "The Survivor""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1705569319592051020)  2023-09-23T13:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Just hanging out in front of the Dunes Hotel soon after opening back in [----]. About this time Kirk Kerkorian bought a [--] percent interest in the new resort his first #LasVegas investment. Original 📸 Bettman/Getty colorized http://palette.fm http://palette.fm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1705990482772303879)  2023-09-24T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] all eyes were on the El Portal Theater Downtown #LasVegas for the star-studded world premiere of "The Joker is Wild". The high rated movie stars Frank Sinatra. Premiere footage via soapbxprod on YouTube"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1707077640908087749)  2023-09-27T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JacobsVegasLife Since all these drivers (taxi Uber & Lyft) have to deal with the Fed up construction - they should stage a race on the Fed up circuit during race weekend. Two or [--] drivers from each company. I'd pay to watch that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1707528355547955593)  2023-09-28T22:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Looking down at the Stardust #LasVegas back in [----]. Three Lions took the picture. Aku Aku restaurant left center. A lot of cars in the parking lot and a lot of empty desert in the background"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1707802434691805256)  2023-09-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Congrats to my hometown @NorfolkTides - AAA affiliate of the Baltimore @Orioles - International League Champs playing in the AAA Championship Saturday in #LasVegas . Good luck #Tides"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1707832616999858313)  2023-09-29T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's October [----] on the #LasVegas Strip. Verrrrrry interesting- It would be [--] months before Rowan and Martin would debut "Laugh-In" on NBC. You bet your sweet bippy I was watching 📺. Opening for the comedy duo is Dean's daughter - Gail.📸 @summacorp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1708527195218452943)  2023-10-01T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] "CSI:Crime Scene Investigation" premiered on CBS TV & run for [--] seasons. The investigators were employed by the " #LasVegas Police Department". Then OTD [----] "CSI:Vegas" would premiere. It's been renewed for '23-'24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1710339132671873237)  2023-10-06T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Watching the #Dodgers game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1710835247728738673)  2023-10-08T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A day and night view looking down on the #LasVegas Strip from atop the recently topped out @stratvegas in [----]. @SAHARALasVegas & Wet 'n Wild in the lower left. The Stratosphere tower was topped in November and opened in April 1996"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1711788689867899114)  2023-10-10T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] #LasVegas comedy legend Redd Foxx passed away. Foxx first played #Vegas in the early 60s at the Castaways and then up and down the Strip for decades. He was laid to rest in the Palm Eastern Cemetery Las Vegas. Hacienda 📸 @summacorp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1712151081281868293)  2023-10-11T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal passed away. He moved to #LasVegas in [----] and began working at the Stardust in [----]. He left about [--] months after he survived a car bomb in 1982"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1712890954976260242)  2023-10-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] Caesars Palace Grand Prix weekend began in #LasVegas with a F1 race in their parking lot and adjacent land. F1 would return in [----]. Photo shows track layout over existing buildings. Bonus - Paul Newman was race chairman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1713238235919384801)  2023-10-14T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] The Luxor Las Vegas opened on the #Vegas Strip. The [----] room resort cost $375 million complete with a Nile River ride and talking camels. Also pictured is the original hotel registration area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1713600628784873822)  2023-10-15T17:00Z [----] followers, 67.4K engagements


"OTD [----] Terry Benedict Steve Wynn opened the [----] room @Bellagio on the #LasVegas Strip. Built on the site of the Dunes Hotel #Vegas it added the [---] room Spa Tower in [----]. MGM Resorts sold it to Blackstone Group for $4.5b in 2019"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1713608174111207902)  2023-10-15T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday @CircusVegas OTD [----] Jay Sarno opened Circus Circus on the #Vegas Strip. The $15m property opened as a casino only property. When the first hotel tower was added in [----] it even had a clown shaped pool. The resort is now owned by Phil Ruffin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1714687791974465697)  2023-10-18T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We're enjoying a night on the town in Downtown #LasVegas back in [----]. It wouldn't be a picture of Vegas without a Cadillac"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1715820253618291108)  2023-10-21T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I could use a Mai Tai and a Pu Pu tray right now. Too bad Aku Aku isn't still on the #LasVegas Strip. The Polynesian restaurant opened at the Stardust in [----] and sailed off into the sunset in 1980"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1716137338538262829)  2023-10-22T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@VitalVegas According to @summacorp archives the elephant was made for Disneyland (Disney World didn't exist in the 50s) and Walt passed so the motel owners bought it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1716960937226142108)  2023-10-24T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the $480m Treasure Island opened on the #LasVegas Strip. The pirate themed resort included The Battle of Buccaneer Bay show (later Sirens of TI). The giant Skull marquee was taken down in [----] with the Hotel phasing out the pirate theme. It's now @NeonMuseum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1717586895478125010)  2023-10-26T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RIP Matthew Perry ( "Chandler") - "The One in Vegas" - gone at 54.way too young"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1718450800240791564)  2023-10-29T02:12Z [----] followers, 51.2K engagements


"The [--] year old Last Frontier Hotel with a special #Halloween dinner. Looks like comic Red Skelton performed in the showroom as #LasVegas and the world celebrate the end of WW2 and the return to normalcy. Menu via @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1719413937140302040)  2023-10-31T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] at high noon the Stardust Hotel and Casino on the #LasVegas Strip closed its doors forever. It had a good run; operating from July [----]. It will be imploded in March 2007"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1719746125920706988)  2023-11-01T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Flamingo Capri was officially renamed the Imperial Palace on the #LasVegas Strip with the opening of a new casino building. It went thru multiple expansions and renovations throughout the years. Harrah's purchased it in [----]. It is now the Linq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1719791417021583793)  2023-11-01T19:00Z [----] followers, 99.9K 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](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1720123608423436319)  2023-11-02T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Frank Sinatra walking through the casino at the Sands Hotel #LasVegas looking for someone to punch. (actually stills from the original Oceans 11)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1720485996314161584)  2023-11-03T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Martians upset about the increasing costs of #LasVegas resort fees showed their displeasure by imploding the already closed Landmark Hotel. The Landmark had been closed since Aug. [----]. Resort fees still exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1721980848222900418)  2023-11-07T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Driving down Fremont Street Downtown #LasVegas on a lovely late 50s Spring day via Getty Images"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1722313035073925559)  2023-11-08T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the (New Last etc.) Frontier Hotel was imploded on the #LasVegas Strip. The iconic marquee would be removed in December [----]. Wynn Resorts bought the vacant lot in 2018"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1724124976671002756)  2023-11-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Palms Casino Resort opens in #LasVegas. It was originally owned by the Maloof family with Stations Casinos and Greenspun Corp. as minority owners. It is now owned by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1724849749386485762)  2023-11-15T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's almost Thanksgiving #LasVegas . Last Frontier Hotel late 40s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1726329499413795306)  2023-11-19T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday to #LasVegas icon Lester Ben (Benny) Binion born OTD [----]. Benny moved to Las Vegas in the mid 40s and made his mark on downtown Vegas. Stop in @BinionsLV and say "Benny sent me". won't get you anything but hey still fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1726661687447556221)  2023-11-20T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD at [--] Noon [----] Steve Wynn's The Mirage opened a new era in #LasVegas history as the first megaresort on the Strip. It was the world's most expensive resort completed at a cost of $630 million. It is now owned by Vici Properties and operated by Hard Rock International"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1727386466584760546)  2023-11-22T18:00Z [----] followers, 44.6K engagements


"Happy Birthday to #Vegas legend @RodneyNoRespect Dangerfield born OTD [----]. He played all the big showrooms and owned Rodney's Place in the El Rancho. FYI Bally's ad (📷 @pennjillette ) includes Penn & Teller's 1st #LasVegas booking 1973"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1727431769748599052)  2023-11-22T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"About this date [----] the Boyd Corp. (re)opened Main Street Station in Downtown #LasVegas. Boyd bought the closed resort (that had the same name) in [----] and made extensive renovations. It had previously been Holiday International and Park Hotel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1727779053984190717)  2023-11-23T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the first iteration of the Aladdin Hotel closed. It had begun as the Tally Ho Hotel in [----]. A liquidation sale began March [----] and the resort (except the Aladdin Theatre) was imploded in April [----]. A new version would open in 2000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1728473626519732290)  2023-11-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Howard Hughes is secreted out of #LasVegas never to return. In his wake he bought a bunch of casinos and 1000s of acres of land. He also left behind gallons of Baskins-Robins banana nut ice cream"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1728866211612537227)  2023-11-26T20:00Z [----] followers, 57.8K engagements


"A colorized look at Fremont Street #LasVegas in the 30s as legalized gambling takes a foothold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729198408655945757)  2023-11-27T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In an article/story by Stephen Fischer "Flamingo the First Years" it was Siegal that started developing plans for the "Flamingo Club". "The earliest references to the Flamingo Hotel in the newspaper articles of [----] and [----] referred to it as the Club - It became the Flamingo Hotel for licensing purposes in late 1945.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729291208990613791)  2023-11-28T00:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is a very touching wonderful [--] minute film about [--] best friends . two comedic geniuses.that graced #LasVegas showrooms for decades. Well worth your time. @VitalVegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729317811413995684)  2023-11-28T01:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@maxhocom @NeonMuseum @mickakers @VitalVegas You might want to catch up on Vegas news. Las Vegas Sands Corp. owns/operates resorts in Asia. They sold all of their US holdings including the Venetian/Palazzo which was finalized in 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729941005305020479)  2023-11-29T19:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@maxhocom @NeonMuseum @mickakers @VitalVegas The Sands Hotel and Casino was owned by Las Vegas Sands Corporation when it was imploded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729943858539045263)  2023-11-29T19:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Re: McDonald's at the D. What kind of deal does the Arches have on that location In this [----] pic (Steve Bibby via @summacorp ) they had a storefront on the block that is now The D (previously Sundance and Fitzgerald's). They must have been one heck of a contract/lease from someone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1729945497685692605)  2023-11-29T19:28Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements


"In November [----] the Sands Hotel brought Baccarat to the #LasVegas Strip. A lot of glitz & glamour (Sinatra included) with a rough ending - the Sands lost 1/4 million bucks. Eventually they turned a profit and the new game stayed. 📷s @unlvsc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1730315766120009809)  2023-11-30T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JeffinOKC By the color of the sign it looks to be the San Remo which opened in '89. Previously it was the Polynesian which was (as I recall) a darker background marquee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1730335101978816759)  2023-11-30T21:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Lots of folks in #LasVegas are doing that Christmas Tree decorating thing. 🎄"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1731402926986310092)  2023-12-03T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"No daubers.no lucky troll dolls.but there's bingo going on inside the 30s Frontier Club Downtown #LasVegas . Colorized interior 📸 @unlvsc . Marquee 📸Getty Images"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1732097510855016831)  2023-12-05T18:00Z [----] 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](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1735751583978467459)  2023-12-15T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Grab a shrimp cocktail #LasVegas .it's Rusty Ryan Brad Pitt's birthday. He turns [--] (feeling old) today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1736901656904876107)  2023-12-19T00:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""Alright ladies.one.two.Tree click The Copa Girls from the Sands Hotel #LasVegas with some Christmas cheer in [--] festive pics back in the 50s. 📷s @unlvsc ✨🎄✨"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1737170935332114543)  2023-12-19T18:00Z [----] 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](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1737910810914226407)  2023-12-21T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Pretty quiet in #LasVegas showrooms just before Xmas [----]. But check out the Sands Hotel- After sweeping the NY Yankees members of the World Series champion @Dodgers performed in the Copa Room with Joey Bishop. #Dodgers 📷s @unlvsc via @reviewjournal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1738650685787578854)  2023-12-23T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@le14981328 Yeah those 50s trees were something else. We didn't have a lot of money so the tinsel was carefully removed and reused the next year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1739477901387374703)  2023-12-26T02:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VitalVegas Here's the Ho on Industrial/Sammy Davis. It also had a gas station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739813904409047523)  2023-12-27T01:02Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"RIP to legendary #LasVegas comic Shecky Green who passed away today at [--]. Green was a fixture in Vegas lounges and showrooms up and down the Strip for decades. He was on the bill when Elvis premiered at the New Frontier in 1956"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741548194952040450)  2023-12-31T19:53Z [--] followers, 48.8K engagements


"I know how much you love sports @VitalVegas .what about the "Henderson A's" BREAKING: The A's have set their sights off the Las Vegadstrip as it is proving to be logistically too expensive. There is a leaked rendering of a proposed site next to I-95 in Henderson [--] mile away from the Raiders training facility. https://t.co/uFUzgS7Wdy BREAKING: The A's have set their sights off the Las Vegadstrip as it is proving to be logistically too expensive. There is a leaked rendering of a proposed site next to I-95 in Henderson [--] mile away from the Raiders training facility. https://t.co/uFUzgS7Wdy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1741609746073890942)  2023-12-31T23:58Z [----] followers, 94.2K engagements


"Speaking of Star Trek - Downtown #LasVegas was almost going to be home to a full-size Starship Enterprise. In [----] city leaders wanted something to save Downtown. The $150m project almost happened until the CEO of Paramount (owner of the franchise rights) killed the idea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742984240063795206)  2024-01-04T19:00Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"A visit to Downtown #LasVegas just wasn't complete until you scored some beads (and maybe a deep fried Twinkie). #LaBayou #Mermaids"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743331532121555242)  2024-01-05T18:00Z [--] followers, 38K engagements


"RIP to David Soul (aka Kenneth Hutch Hutchinson) from the TV series "Starsky and Hutch" who passed away today at [--]. Pictured with @RealLyndaCarter in 2-part "The Las Vegas Strangler" S&H episode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1743356611618370016)  2024-01-05T19:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fun compilation of Starsky and Hutch in #LasVegas with @RealLyndaCarter and some guy from Memphis. #RIP David Soul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1743359310883586526)  2024-01-05T19:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Who loves ya baby Telly Savalas pitching Players Club inside the "all new" Riviera Hotel #LasVegas back in [----]. He pitched the card for years on late-nite TV. Players opened a casino "Players Island Resort" in Mesquite in [----]. It's now CasaBlanca Resort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1743693914744459743)  2024-01-06T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""Who loves Vegas baby" Riding on his Kojak fame Telly Savalas did a song-and-dance show at the Sahara Hotel #LasVegas in [----]. And he appeared around town into the 90s playing in the WSOP and golfing in the LV Invitational"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743709017606656266)  2024-01-06T19:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Happy birthday to Nicolas Cage who turns [--] today. He's been in quite a few #LasVegas movies but his off-screen Vegas adventures may be worthy of their own movie. Good luck tonight on the #GoldenGlobes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1744086502710141135)  2024-01-07T20:00Z [----] followers, 33.4K engagements


"If it's in print it gotta be true - The Imperial Palace #LasVegas "has it all". Mostly I'm impressed with the amount of food that couple in the hot tub are planning to consume. It's now @TheLINQ "  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1744418691364901151)  2024-01-08T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Federal agents raided Binion's Horseshoe. The agents were enforcing a court order against the property which owned about $1.5m in pension and health-insurance benefits for [---] union employees. The #LasVegas casino reopened in April '04 under new ownership"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1744781083227697192)  2024-01-09T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Castaways Hotel Casino in #LasVegas was imploded. Formerly the Showboat the resort had operated since [----]. Years went by before the lot was subdivided and now hosts a Wildfire Casino"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1745505859797491919)  2024-01-11T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday to the @GoldenGateVegas opened OTD [----] as the Hotel Nevada. The first rooms were abt [--] sq feet and cost $1 a day (with no resort fees). The infamous [--] shrimp cocktail was introduced in [----] but sadly it's just a memory today. 🦐"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1746230630202114065)  2024-01-13T18:00Z [----] 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. 📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746593019388629453)  2024-01-14T18:00Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@John_Mehaffey Once again the RJ shows their "excellence" in journalism. The hotel was the "Gold Strike". And this picture is via the RJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1746683262506766841)  2024-01-14T23:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] Rio Suites opens as the first all-suite hotel in #LasVegas. It was sold to Harrah's (now Caesars Entertainment) in [----]. Dreamscape purchased it in [----] with Caesars leasing until Oct. [----]. Dreamscape is undertaking an extensive remodel at this time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1746955411247297013)  2024-01-15T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Back in in 90s you'd see me doing a conga down Flamingo to the Rio Suites #LasVegas Carnival World Buffet. GrowinupinSinCity81 saved this pretty pricy production TV ad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1746970414364893546)  2024-01-15T18:59Z [----] followers, 30.5K engagements


"Can't get enough of the original Stardust facade on the #LasVegas Strip. Designed by Kermit Wayne of YESCO it was [---] ft long & 27ft tall. When installed in [----] it required [-----] ft of wiring [-----] lamps and [----] ft of #Vegas neon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1749129733026300370)  2024-01-21T18:00Z [--] followers, 42.5K engagements


"Since we're at the Stardust #LasVegas might as well wager on today's games. The world famous race and sports book opened in 1975.the "Stardust Line" radio show began airing in [----]. In the early days the Centel pay phones outside the entrance were very busy. 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1749159933621235941)  2024-01-21T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Remembering #LasVegas and late night TV legend Johnny Carson who passed away OTD [----] at [--]. Carson started playing Vegas at the Sahara Hotel [----]. He also owned @FOX5Vegas KVVU from mid 70s to 1985"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1749854515791028522)  2024-01-23T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday to Neil Diamond born OTD [----]. In his first #LasVegas appearance he was paid $650K ($3.5M today) to open the Aladdin Theater For the Performing Arts (now Bakkt Theater) July 2-5 [----]. He sold out the [----] seat theater each night with an added show on the 5th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1750247102637351386)  2024-01-24T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] the iconic Dunes Hotel #LasVegas closed forever. It had opened in [----] and was sold to Steve Wynn for $75m in late [----]. It would be imploded in October [----]. @Bellagio now occupies the site"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1750941674740543723)  2024-01-26T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Remembering one of the last true "movie stars" Paul Newman born OTD [----]. He wed Joanne Woodward at the El Rancho Vegas Jan. [--] [----]. He was chairman of the Caesars Grand Prix in [----] and attended races at the #LasVegas Motor Speedway. He passed in 2008"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1750971871015694835)  2024-01-26T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Taking a little stroll down the #LasVegas Strip in the early 60s. I might stop in the Flamingo before I head over to the Dunes. The iconic Dunes pylon sign we all know and love would appear in November 1964"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1751666449146593667)  2024-01-28T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Let's go back to [----] on a hot summer night in Downtown #LasVegas with our old friends Vegas Vic and Vegas Vickie and have a few 🍻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751698266763251987)  2024-01-28T20:06Z [----] followers, 51.3K engagements


"Heading back in time to Fremont Street Downtown #LasVegas [----] - the Golden Nugget Lucky Strike and Vegas Vic givin' you a big ol' "Howdy Pardner" 📷George Tate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1752391226534355258)  2024-01-30T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Liberace passed away. One of #LasVegas iconic figures he was the headliner for the [----] Riviera Hotel opening making $50k a week. He was "Mr. Showmanship"; a "one man Disneyland" playing at the LV Hilton for $300k a week in the 70s-80s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1754203167812899252)  2024-02-04T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"To my wonderful #LasVegas followers. I'm not one for drama but I've something to share- I'm currently in ICU after a heart attack. I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow with some awesome doctors. I'm feeling ok just tired like I pulled an all nighter at a VP machine. I've got my fingers crossed I'll be able to resume shortly. In the interim we've got awesome old school pics pre scheduled to hold you over. I want to thank you all for the follow. It's been a fun ride. And dammit this frickin' ride is gonna continue See ya soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1754231440118550645)  2024-02-04T19:52Z [----] followers, 71.8K engagements


"Remembering the first #LasVegas professional football team - The Las Vegas Cowboys of the Continental Football League 1968-69"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1756407691348472197)  2024-02-10T20:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"After the LV Cowboys folded in '69 the 2nd #LasVegas pro football team was the Las Vegas Posse of the Canadian Football League in [----]. They only lasted one season and they practiced on the grounds of the Riviera Hotel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1756754980533412118)  2024-02-11T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ok.Kevin Hart is slowly creeping into the "overexposed" territory. #SuperBowlAds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1756811303576842277)  2024-02-11T22:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] Howard Hughes premiered his movie "The Las Vegas Story" in Downtown #LasVegas. Here's the trailer -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1757132470518968643)  2024-02-12T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] "Vegas Vacation" premiered. From the movie among many things I learned you can win car(s) without getting a W-2G that "Wayniacs" are a thing and Cousin Eddie was one of the first #LasVegas "influencers""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1757842144537022737)  2024-02-14T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Something's a bit suspicious in this original MGM Grand #LasVegas postcard from the early/mid 70s. The pool decks are jammed packed yet not one person in the water Photoshop wasn't around until the 80s but there's some photo magic happening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1758189429322318285)  2024-02-15T18:00Z [----] followers, 17.9K engagements


"It's February [----] in #LasVegas . Work continues on Michael Gaughan's Barbary Coast. Artist rendering of the completed project. The property was formally Empey's Desert Villa and (briefly) Times Square Motel. 📷 LV Sun - YESCO Rendering"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1758914206575824986)  2024-02-17T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sigh.the beautiful Stardust marquee on the #LasVegas Strip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1760363764140953816)  2024-02-21T18:00Z [----] followers, 40.8K engagements


"It's [----] and Wayne Newton is "home" at the Sands. Harrah's still has their neon-y showboat facade docked on the #LasVegas Strip and the decades old Denny's still serving up those Grand Slams"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1761813310834679856)  2024-02-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@VitalVegas Funny funny guy. Co-starred in Leaving Las Vegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1762955344693567926)  2024-02-28T21:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Happy Birthday @MandalayBay opening OTD [----] on the #LasVegas Strip. Built on the site of the Hacienda Hotel by Circus Circus Enterprises it was originally referred to as "Project Paradise""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1764002739678310826)  2024-03-02T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Let's catch a show in #LasVegas March 1979"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1765074803986186375)  2024-03-05T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Above the #LasVegas Strip [----]. The Riviera is hosting a stage version of the hit TV show "Solid Gold" starring Andy Gibb. Gibb would pass away OTD [----] at age 30"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1766901838660386818)  2024-03-10T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Quite a few #Oscars nominations for #LasVegas movies over the years but not a lot of statues. Two biggies- A brief stop at a Caesars Palace helped Dustin Hoffman win Best Actor in [----]. Off and on #Vegas resident Nicolas Cage scored a Best Actor statue for 1995s Leaving Las Vegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1766969785332490517)  2024-03-10T23:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] the iconic downtown #LasVegas casino was officially named Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel. Harrah's had purchased the "Horseshoe" name as well as the World Series of Poker the previous year. @BinionsLV is owned by TLC Casino Enterprises"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1767234033526669798)  2024-03-11T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] BOOM Down goes another #LasVegas hotel icon. The legendary Stardust Hotel was turned to dust to make way for Echelon (Place).which never happened. @ResortsWorldLV now occupies the land"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1767958807567597752)  2024-03-13T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Boyd Gaming's Echelon Place was to replace the Stardust #LasVegas and originally budgeted for $4 billion. Work started in July [----] and ceased in August [----]. Boyd finally gave up and sold to Genting Group in [----]. It's now @ResortsWorldLV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1767973910228910496)  2024-03-13T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles hit the largest ever Megabucks jackpot at Excalibur #LasVegas - $39713982.25. The winner opted to remain anonymous. IGT has a [--] year annuity payout which works out to about (before taxes) $1588559.29 annually"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1770857912099102889)  2024-03-21T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It would be kind of cool to see a river boat docked on the #LasVegas Strip again. 📷 Carol High Smith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1771220293920723335)  2024-03-22T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If y'all don't remember the riverboat on the #LasVegas Strip it's because Harrah's demolished the theme in [----]. It first "docked" in [----] as the Holiday Casino. It became Harrah's in 1992"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1771267816047460513)  2024-03-22T20:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's [----] in #LasVegas and a couple enjoying a walk to the Stardust. Odds are he slows to admire that pink Cadillac. 📷 N Nehring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1771582688056483902)  2024-03-23T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The coolest #LasVegas swimming pool you didn't know existed. The airplane shaped pool at the (now gone) Sky Rider Motel North Las Vegas Airport [----]. The airport itself had opened Dec. [--] [----] as Sky Haven Airport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1771612880049496087)  2024-03-23T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Gotta love pictures of Downtown #LasVegas back in the 60s. Miles of glorious neon tubes sidewalks crowded with fun seekers and the obligatory Cadillac cruising Fremont"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1772307461023613410)  2024-03-25T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Howard Hughes buys the operating company lease for the Desert Inn #LasVegas from Moe Dalitz. Hughes would go on a buying spree and grab the Sands Frontier Landmark North Las Vegas airport and more. He already owned 25k acres of desert that would become Summerlin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1773032232388821313)  2024-03-27T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A unique first look at the casino floor of the new Sands Hotel on the #LasVegas Strip prior to opening December [----] . Imagine the #Vegas history that'll unfold in this legendary resort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1773757008149467315)  2024-03-29T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Baseball season is underway and over the years #LasVegas has pretty much been a #Dodgers town. Resorts jumped on their bandwagon in the 60s and 70s with ads and special promotions. Some of the Dodgers even performed at the Sands with Joey Bishop in 1963"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1774119396006674750)  2024-03-30T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Mel Exber was President of the #LasVegas Club Downtown #Vegas from 1962-2002. Exber loved sports especially the #Dodgers. The coffee shop was The Dugout with specials named after Dodgers stars. In '75 a new facade was installed inspired by Ebbets Field the Dodgers former home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1774134501146284398)  2024-03-30T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"No #AprilFools. OTD [----] Boyd Gaming would open one of the first "locals" casino in the #LasVegas Valley Sam's Town. You know was a big deal when Sam Boyd brought to town Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. #HappyTrails 📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1774844176997208536)  2024-04-01T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"About this date [----] the Westward Ho on the #LasVegas Strip added a casino to their motel replacing a small slot arcade called Nikel Nik's. I wonder what was in that "Super Fun Package" 📷 from the vast @summacorp collection"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1775236763293974555)  2024-04-02T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] one of the first resorts on the #LasVegas Strip facing new competition opening in the weeks ahead modernized and expanded to become the New Frontier Hotel and Casino"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1775946439769915726)  2024-04-04T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The world and #LasVegas lost a comedy icon OTD [----] with the passing of "Mr. Warmth" @DonRickles . @ClarkCountyNV needs to recognize Mr. Rickles with a street named in his honor. 📸s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1776656112164737426)  2024-04-06T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LasVegasLocally Uhm. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gibson-wahlberg-non-woke-production/utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1712248163-1 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gibson-wahlberg-non-woke-production/utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1712248163-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1776769194039681341)  2024-04-07T00:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Happy birthday to #JamesGarner born OTD [----]. Garner was a frequent #LasVegas visitor playing in the WSOP racing in the Mint [---] and (as Rockford) solving a crime or two. @MavrocksGirl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1777018501838049638)  2024-04-07T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Summer [----] and they're working hard to complete the Mirage #LasVegas . 📷 via @summacorp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1777743278559150349)  2024-04-09T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Long before slot clubs #LasVegas casinos tried anything to bait customers. In [----] @fremont tried to lure them in with a fishing tournament"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1778105666722562337)  2024-04-10T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@VitalVegas @vegas_visual $GLPI first qtr earnings release after market close April 25; conference call to discuss next morning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1778892375558865365)  2024-04-12T21:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Happy birthday 71st birthday to Rick Moranis.who showed us the #1 reason NOT to bring your kids to #LasVegas "  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1781034970141856256)  2024-04-18T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After the Royal Nevada went under a final time the Stardust #LasVegas absorbed the resort in [----]. The casino showroom and restaurant were converted into convention space called Stardust Auditorium. The rooms and pool were added the inventory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1781397354584895786)  2024-04-19T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Riviera Hotel Casino opened on the #LasVegas Strip. Originally to be named Casa Blanca it was the first high-rise hotel in the Strip. Liberace cut the opening ribbon. [--] months later the hotel went bankrupt and new mob owners were enlisted to run the place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1781729546376777997)  2024-04-20T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Elvis Presley began a [--] week engagement at the New Frontier on the #LasVegas Strip. Elvis was paid $7500 a week for [--] shows nightly. The 50s #Vegas crowd "weren't ready" the young rock-n-roller. 📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1782816713022791739)  2024-04-23T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Just prior to opening in #LasVegas Elvis appeared on the Milton Berle Show on April [--] [----]. Berle's TV show was broadcasting live from the USS Hancock docked at the San Diego Naval Station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1782831806573867227)  2024-04-23T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] "Speed - The Ride" opened at the Sahara Hotel on the #LasVegas Strip. Premier Rides built the coaster as part of the NASCAR Caf addition. The ride reached 70mph with a g-force of [---]. It closed May [--] [----] and eventually sold for scrap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1784658843932279057)  2024-04-28T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] the Stratosphere Hotel opened in #LasVegas . The 1149ft observation tower is the tallest in the United States. The initial [----] hotel rooms would open a week later. It was renamed The Strat in [----]. @stratvegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1785353423367635211)  2024-04-30T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] the Marina Hotel opened on the #LasVegas Strip. For a while it was part of the Argent Corp 4-casino scim. It was sold to Kirk Kerkorian in [----] and renamed MGM Marina Hotel and Casino. The building is now the West Wing of the @MGMGrand "  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1785715812134760500)  2024-05-01T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OTD [----] Major Riddle opened the Silver City Casino on the #LasVegas Strip. Circus Circus Enterprises would buy it in [----] and totally refurbish it. In [----] it became the strip's first casino to ban cigarette smoking. It would close in 1999"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1785730915228061972)  2024-05-01T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Growing up in the 60s (yep I'm old) I recall that college campus protests led to the release of an uncomfortable level of folk music.🎸"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1786167599492927740)  2024-05-02T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OTD [----] at Noon the lights of the Riviera Hotel were dimmed as the iconic #LasVegas resort closed forever. A last ditch effort by Jason Bourne to turn it into a drive-thru casino didn't work and it would be imploded in 2016"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1786833170517680255)  2024-05-04T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On #CincoDeMayo we salute Rafael Rivera who discovered the #LasVegas Valley in [----] while searching for water. Mexican traders called the valley "Las Vegas" (The Meadows) for the fertile land and springs. A statue of Rivera is at the Rivera Center on E. Stewart Ave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1787150259673604402)  2024-05-05T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The 2nd edition of the Aladdin #LasVegas in the late 70s. The Theater of the Performing Arts has carried different names over the years - "PH Live (2012)" "The AXIS (2013)" and "Zappos Theater (2018)". It's now the Bakkt Theater"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_GrandPaD/status/1787527747155165608)  2024-05-06T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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