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E-474: Overbuilt

E-474: Overbuilt

From360 Vegas


E-474: Overbuilt

From360 Vegas

ratings:
Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Random Vegas
After a 4 month remodeling and a rebranding, in 1963, Lucky Casino, formerly known as Lucky strike, reopened with the largest sign in the city of Las Vegas at 160 feet tall.  It held that titled until it was surpassed in 1964 by the Dunes turret marquee towering 180 feet tall.  Lucky Casino is now the middle part of Golden Nugget Fremont St frontage.
Twitpic of the week

So much development goodness in this picture it’s not hard to see why @summacorp shared it.  Set in what looks like 1993 based on the various projects in various states of progress.  Front and center, we see the massive MGM Grand theme park and Grand Garden Arena under construction.  Beyond that we can see Luxor is also still under construction.  Noticeably missing from the landscape is NYNY and Mandalay Bay.  Here we still see Hacienda occupying the space Mandalay Bay would one day call home.
News
Tropicana Closing
Fontainebleau Problems
Flamingo Restoration
Fontainebleau Signage 
Released:
Feb 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Las Vegas News, Reviews and our Vintage Vegas feature segments that look at the people, resorts and events in history that make Las Vegas the greatest