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[@_GrandPaD](/creator/twitter/_GrandPaD)
"#OnTheDay 1953 KLAS-TV began broadcasting becoming the first commercial TV station in #LasVegas. Howard Hughes wanted the station to air more movies he liked and stay on the air XX hours. When the station balked Hughes bought it in 1968. @8NewsNow"  
![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::140536045.png) [@_GrandPaD](/creator/x/_GrandPaD) on [X](/post/tweet/1947733388770652638) 2025-07-22 19:00:01 UTC 4105 followers, XXX engagements


"There were big ideas to build the Frontier Hotel #LasVegas site over the years- * The $X billion "City by The Bay" * A $X billion Swiss themed "Montreux" * "Plaza Las Vegas" from El Ad Properties. * "Alon Resort" from Crown Resorts * "Wynn West" - on hold"  
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"OTD 1956 Downtown #Vegas welcomed the tallest (at the time) building in Nevada the Hotel Fremont. @Fremont opened with XXX rooms at a cost of $X million. Boyd Gaming bought it in 1983"  
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"OTD 1999 Mandalay Bay opened on the #LasVegas Strip. Circus Circus Enterprises built the resort on the site of the Hacienda Hotel. Vici Properties now owns the property with MGM Resorts managing"  
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"Tempting fate crossing #LasVegas Blvd when the Westward Ho "hot dog & beer for 99" is beckoning"  
![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::140536045.png) [@_GrandPaD](/creator/x/_GrandPaD) on [X](/post/tweet/1947008610829316209) 2025-07-20 19:00:01 UTC 4102 followers, 15.5K engagements


"#OnThisDay 1984 Jay Sarno dies at Caesars Palace while on a gambling vacation. Sarno had developed Caesars Palace and Circus Circus #LasVegas. He remained frustrated not to be able to build his super resort "Grandissimo""  
![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::140536045.png) [@_GrandPaD](/creator/x/_GrandPaD) on [X](/post/tweet/1947340805439726068) 2025-07-21 17:00:02 UTC 4103 followers, 21.3K engagements


"About this time 1967 Howard Hughes bought the Sands Hotel #LasVegas for $XX million. Within the year he bought the Castaways and Frontier. He added the Silver Slipper and Landmark the next year. All totaled he owned over XX% of the rooms in Vegas and was the largest single land owner"  
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"OTD 1996 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 2018 MGM Resorts renovated and rebranded the resort as @parkmgm #Vegas"  
![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::140536045.png) [@_GrandPaD](/creator/x/_GrandPaD) on [X](/post/tweet/1936469166183297187) 2025-06-21 17:00:01 UTC 4104 followers, 6263 engagements


"Thrill seekers headed to @CircusVegas #OTD 1992 when Bungee Masters opened a bungee jump in #LasVegas. The 201ft tower was created adding to the old Strata-Flite tower that closed in '71. Jumpers paid $XXX to drop 171ft into (almost) a swimming pool. It closed in 2005"  
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"OTD 1990 Excalibur Hotel and Casino opened on the #LasVegas Strip. At the time it was the largest hotel in the world with 4000 rooms. @ExcaliburVegas is now the 7th largest in #Vegas. Vici Properties owns the property leasing to operator MGM Resorts. 📷s @LVNewsBureau"  
![@_GrandPaD Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::140536045.png) [@_GrandPaD](/creator/x/_GrandPaD) on [X](/post/tweet/1935744390208594266) 2025-06-19 17:00:01 UTC 4102 followers, 10.7K engagements