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LOST VEGAS: ‘Tony The Ant’ Spilotro’s Circus Circus Gift Shop
When people talk about the mob running Las Vegas, they’re not referring to the gift shop at Circus Circus. But that’s exactly what Anthony Spilotro, the high-ranking Chicago Outfit member who inspired...
LOST VEGAS: The Hoover-Damned Town of St. Thomas
The human remains uncovered by the receding waters of Lake Mead claim the headlines, and rightly so. But they're not the only secrets that climate change has forced the nation’s largest reservoir...
LOST VEGAS: 1969 West Las Vegas Riots
Google “West Las Vegas Riots” and you'll be shown stories about an uprising that erupted in the historically Black part of Las Vegas -- in response to the Rodney King verdict in...
LOST VEGAS: The Original Las Vegas That No One Knows About
Las Vegas wasn’t even the first Las Vegas in Las Vegas.?A thriving community of 2,000-3,000, also called Las Vegas, was established before the railroad that supposedly built Las Vegas even got there....
LOST VEGAS: The Lucky Strike Prospector Statues
When the Lucky Strike Club casino opened in 1954 at 117 Fremont St. in downtown Las Vegas, two 12-foot prospectors stood guard from the top of its rooftop sign. Seventy years later,...
LOST VEGAS: Las Vegas Park Horse Track Stood Where Elvis AND The Beatles Would Perform
Las Vegas Park opened 70 years ago this week. And you can easily be forgiven for never having heard of the one-mile horse track that was located on the site of today’s...
LOST VEGAS: Raquel Welch’s Cabaret Show
Raquel Welch – who died February 15 at age 82 after a brief illness – was known for her film and TV roles. But few remember that the ‘60s sex symbol also...
LOST VEGAS: Liberty’s Last Stand Was Not What It Seemed
It’s appropriate that the hottest bar to open in Las Vegas in 1931 opened on April Fool’s Day. More on that in a moment. Liberty’s Last Stand, located at 10 Stewart Ave....
LOST VEGAS: Ronald Reagan Had a Las Vegas Lounge Act
Yes, a future US president once sang and danced on the Las Vegas Strip. And you want to know something stranger? Ronald Reagan was, by most accounts, all right at it. Reagan,...
LOST VEGAS: Quickie Divorce Tourism and Hoot Gibson’s D4C Casino Ranch
Today, getting an uncontested, no-fault divorce is no problem in any US state. But in the first half of the 20th century, most state laws actively discouraged civil disunions. In New York,...