What casino on the Las Vegas Strip hosted Frank Marino playing his drag character Joan Rivers?
Frank Marino (female impersonator) Frank Marino (born November 20, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a female impersonator dubbed "Ms. Las Vegas" for his longtime starring role as Joan Rivers in the Las Vegas drag revue "Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas", playing at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino (now The Linq) on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ralph Engelstad Ralph Louis Engelstad (January 28, 1930 – November 26, 2002) was the multi-millionaire owner of the Imperial Palace casino-hotels in Las Vegas and in Biloxi, Mississippi. He also owned the Kona Kai motel in Las Vegas, which later became the Klondike Hotel & Casino. He was also the donor for the construction of the $104 million Ralph Engelstad Arena for his "alma mater", the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and another arena bearing his name in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Engelstad was also a co-developer of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Engelstad was one of the very few independent casino-hotel owners in Las Vegas.