Alternative History
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The following is a list of casinos past and present operating in Las Vegas, Nevada or the general vicinity.

Las Vegas Strip[]

All casinos on the Las Vegas Strip listed north-to-south by geographic side of strip.

West Side[]

[TBD]

Timeshare

Circus Circus

Asiana Resort and Casino

Las Vegas Plaza

Fashion Show Mall

Treasure Island

The Mirage

Caesar's Palace

Lisboa

Playboy Resort and Casino

CityCenter Las Vegas

Taj Mahal Resort and Casino

New York-New York

Camelot

Luxor

Montezuma Resort and Casino

East Side[]

Tangiers Hotel and Casino

One of the oldest casinos remaining on the Strip, the Tangiers was built in 1973 and previously was legendary for its connections to the Mafia. Located at the northermost point of the Strip, at the southeast intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tangiers Avenue, it has a Moroccan theme, which was dramatically emphasized in the 1990s during the "theme era" of Las Vegas. Built over several expansions, by the mid-2000s the Tangier had 1700 rooms and was considered dilapidated. Crown Resorts bought the property in 2007 as well as the abandoned Wet n' Wild park next door and debated imploding the Tangiers until it decided instead, during a glut of construction on the Strip and then the 2010-11 economic downturn, to expand the Tangiers, keep its original name, and dramatically update it while it waited for the market to turn around on the Strip. It tore down the oldest and smallest hotel tower to expand the pool deck and built on the north part of the property a new, glass 500-foot Sultan Tower and renovated the remaining structures, rooms, casino and pool in stages between 2009 and 2014, deemphasizing the Moroccan theme for a more modern, contemporary Middle Eastern look, and the rebuilt hotel how has a full complement of 2900 rooms. The Tangiers, along with the Crown Las Vegas next door and the Fontainebleu, are all members of the Crown Resorts Royalty program.

Crown Las Vegas

On the site of the former Wet n' Wild Water Park, the Crown Las Vegas was announced in November of 2012 and was completed in June of 2016 and two years of construction. Owned by Crown Resorts of Oceania, the Crown Las Vegas was originally meant to be a supertall condo-hotel that would rise 1800 feet on that same location and was proposed in 2007. However, FAA opposition and a glut of construction projects on the Strip led to the project being reduced in scope and then finally cancelled. Crown owned the property, however, and in 2012 announced a less ambitious project - a single 675' tower with 58 floors and 3100 rooms, 1500 of which were suites and another 800 of which were condo-hotel units. It would also have an 80,000 sq foot casino, 100,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 sq foot convention center, and a 50,000 sq foot spa. The Crown also debuted at the base of the tower, on both sides, its now famous "Infiniti Suites," each with a private infinity pool directed attached to the room, and both a pool deck on the casino roof as well as a private day club pool called Cumulus on the rooftop.

Fontainebleu Las Vegas

Riviera Resort and Casino

The Majestic Las Vegas

Royal Resort and Time Share

Desert Kingdom Resort and Casino

Shogun Hotel and Casino

[TBD Between Shogun and TBD]

[TBD Between TBD and Flamingo]

Flamingo Hotel

The Flamingo was the original casino on the Strip, opened in 1946.

Hollywood Resort and Casino

Founded by executives of the Edison Film Company on the 50th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1961, the Hollywoodland is one of the oldest casinos still in operation in the Las Vegas strip. When Edison Films was acquired by Dooley Brothers in 1979 the staff of the casino managed to spin off the casino into the Hollywoodland Corporation. The casino is themed after the Golden Age of Hollywood, with a life-size replica of the iconic Hollywood sign in its earliest incarnation. It is located on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road.

The Metropolitan Las Vegas

Aladdin Hotel and Casino

The Aladdin located at the northeast intersection of Harmon Avenue and the Strip. With 2,500 rooms, it has an Arabian theme and has an attached mall known as the Grand Bazaar. Operated separately, but attached to the resort, is the 2,200 room Elara Timeshare Resort, giving the full complex a room total of 4,700 keys. The Aladdin replaced a previous resort with the same name in 2000.

[TBD]

Atlantis Resort and Casino

Tropicana

Boulevard Music Grounds

London Las Vegas

Opened in 2003, the London Las Vegas is the last resort on the Strip before the famous Welcome to Las Vegas Sign. London features an outdoor Piccadilly Circus shopping experience, a life-size replica of the Big Ben clock tower, and a 500-foot observation wheel on the north end of the property featuring one of the world's largest LED displays. The London directly adjoins Las Vegas-Mills International Airport to its east. The casino resort's hotel tower is 600 feet tall and contains 2,560 hotel rooms.

Resort Corridor and Downtown[]

Harmon Corridor[]

The Harmon Corridor runs along Harmon Street east of the main Strip, towards UNLV. Beginning in the mid-2000s, it emerged as a "mini-Strip" with new resorts and shopping opportunities.

W Las Vegas

[TBD]

Desert Place

Alexis Park

[Hard Rock Equivalent]

Midtown[]

The Midtown refers to the stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard running from Tangiers Avenue, regarding as the northern boundary of the Strip, to Charleston Street, generally regarded as the southern boundary of Downtown.

Sky Las Vegas

Opened in 1999 by Echelon Resorts as the Sky High Resort, it featured two 620-foot twin hotel towers connected by a cantilevered deck spanning the two buildings with a rooftop pool. At the time of construction it was the tallest habitable building in Las Vegas and the second tallest in the Valley behind only the adjacent Stratosphere. Located on the northwest corner of Tangiers and Las Vegas Boulevard, it is the closest Midtown property to the Strip. With 2,500 hotel rooms including 980 suites, Sky High was the largest off-strip resort and had a 80,000 square foot casino as well as two additional pools. The SkyPool, as it was called, also featured a miniature rooftop amusement park that included a bungee jump attraction. The entire resort had a 1960s Space Age theme.

The demolition of several North Strip resorts in the mid-2000s and a shift towards condominium developments in its general area, as well as the quick dating of its theme, led to the Sky High's rapid decline and the bankruptcy of Echelon Resorts. The hotel was purchased by Resorts International in 2008 and refurbished, rebranded instead as "Sky Las Vegas" with a hotel, timeshare and condominium component and with the SkyPool area remade into an infinity pool as well as rooftop nightclub. Several projects in the Valley have since surpassed the Sky in height.

Stratosphere Las Vegas

The Stratosphere is located north of the Sky, and is a 1,100-foot tall observation tower along with a casino. It is the tallest structure in Nevada and the second-tallest freestanding tower in the United States after the 1,800-foot Huron Tower in Yorktown. It also has a hotel component at its base, the former Canyons Resort, with a 2,400 room hotel and a 80,000 sq foot casino area.

Luso Las Vegas

The tallest habitable building in Las Vegas, the Luso is a luxury condominium building on the northeast corner of Tangiers and Las Vegas Boulevard, across the Strip from Sky and across Tangiers from the namesake hotel. The Luso stands 945 feet and 73 stories, and includes a $35 million penthouse at the top. Construction began in 2006 and opened in 2009. It is the most expensive single building built in the valley upon construction and it took six years for it to fill all of its units.

Off-Strip[]

El Dorado

Palms

Downtown Entertainment District[]

Former Casinos[]

Desert Hotel and Casino[]

Small World Hotel and Casino[]

Canyons Hotel and Casino[]

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