Las Vegas Strip, September 1979
Photographer Ned Paynter walked the strip from Aladdin to the motels north of Sahara Ave. Below are photos of the Sands, a billboard for Fashion Show Mall (opened in '81), Frontier, Stardust, Desert Inn, La Concha and El Morocco Motels, Circus Circus, Silverbird, and an empty lot on the southwest corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Sahara Ave. The final photo is Vegas Holiday Motel and Chapel of the Bells.
Photo circa Sep. 1st, by Ned Paynter © Friends of San Diego Architecture.
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Holiday Inn prior to opening, Nov. 1971. Photos by Hank DeLespinasse.
Timeline of Holiday Inn, Holiday Casino, and Harrah's
Holiday Inn and Holiday Casino were originally separate entities, built in partnership on the same property with Holiday Queen Land Corp (Norbert “Norm” Jansen, Shelby & Claudine Williams) as landlord. Holiday Casino (Riverboat Inc) was owned by Shelby & Claudine Williams and partners. Names planned for the casino, “River Boat,” “Holiday Queen,” and “River Queen Casino,” were changed before casino opening. Early casino chips, ads, and ephemera were printed under abandoned names.
'69: Proposed hotel and casino plans with Holiday Queen Land Corp (N. Jansen, Williams) as landlord owning "90% of the land."
'70: Hotel groundbreaking Apr 2nd (RJ 4/3/70, 4/5/70).
'72: Hotel opens in Feb (RJ 2/3/72) with 15-story tower (Mountain tower south).
'73: Holiday Casino opens Jul. 2. Pyramids Motel acquired by the land corp, demolished, and used for casino parking.
'81: Opening of 23-story tower (Mountain tower north) and showroom in Oct. (RJ 5/24/81, 10/2/81)
'83: Holiday Inns Inc buys Holiday Casino and the two are merged (RJ 11/9/82); Holiday Inn "Great Sign" replaced.
'90: Opening of 35-story tower (Carnival/Valley Tower) and remodeling of the riverboat facade.
'92: Rebranded Harrah’s in Jul.
'97: Renovation into the Mardi Gras theme, design by H. Conversano Associates; opening of 35-floor tower (Valley tower north); "grand opening" held Oct. 23 (RJ 7/23/96, 9/23/96, 10/23/97).
'19: Removal of the Mardi Gras theme.
Sources. “New Hotel Planned for Strip.” Review-Journal, 3/23/69; UPI. “Strip’s Holiday Casino passes prelims.” Review-Journal, 6/14/73; “Judge gives okay to seize Strip land.” Review-Journal, 10/17/74; Norbert Jansen obituary, Review-Journal, 1/8/97; Claudine Williams Papers (MS-00094), UNLV Special Collections & Archives.
Photos, below: (1) Casino under construction, and hotel open in 1972. Las Vegas News Bureau via Nevada State Museum. (2) Casino open in 1973. Hank DeLespinasse.
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