Hvad var det første hotel bygget i las vegas?
El Rancho Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
Det første casino, der blev bygget på Highway 91, var Pair-o-Dice Club i 1931, men det første resort på det nuværende Strip var El Rancho Vegas, der åbnede den 3. april 1941 med 63 værelser. Dette casino/resort stod i næsten 20 år, før det blev ødelagt af en brand i 1960. Dets succes gav anledning til et andet hotel på det, der senere skulle blive til Strip, Hotel Last Frontier i 1942. Personer fra den organiserede kriminalitet, såsom Bugsy Siegel fra New York, interesserede sig for det voksende spillecenter, hvilket førte til andre resorts såsom Flamingo, der åbnede i 1946, og Desert Inn, der åbnede i 1950. Finansieringen af mange projekter blev tilvejebragt gennem American National Insurance Company, som havde base i det dengang berygtede spilleimperium Galveston, Texas.
El Rancho Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
The first casino to be built on Highway 91 was the Pair-o-Dice Club in 1931, but the first resort on what is currently the Strip was the El Rancho Vegas, opening on April 3, 1941, with 63 rooms. That casino/ resort stood for almost 20 years before being destroyed by a fire in 1960. Its success spawned a second hotel on what would become the Strip, the Hotel Last Frontier in 1942. Organized crime figures such as New York's Bugsy Siegel took interest in the growing gaming center leading to other resorts such as the Flamingo, which opened in 1946, and the Desert Inn, which opened in 1950. The funding for many projects was provided through the American National Insurance Company, which was based in the then notorious gambling empire of Galveston, Texas.
Las Vegas Strip