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Posted by on Mar 20, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Remembering Norm Clarke

 

 

Very sad to hear of Norm Clarke’s death. For many years, Norm was a “must-read” daily columnist — first with the Associated Press, then the Rocky Mountain News, and for the last three decades in the LVRJ when it was once a diverse newspaper with an independent voice. He knew everybody in town and often was the first to break big local news. When the phone rang and you saw “Norm Clarke” was calling, that was a mandatory pick up.

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Posted by on Oct 8, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The End of the Tropicana

 

 

I woke up this morning and wrote this article in remembrance of the Tropicana for casinos.com. The famous now defunct casino will be imploded tonight on what’s known as the graveyard shift. How appropriate.

When it comes to Las Vegas and history, not much remains of the grid of famous boulevards and their original landmark locations that continue to blur the increasingly impersonal and dehumanizing latticework of where we live, work, and play.

The Hacienda — gone.
The Aladdin — gone.
The Sands — gone.
The Desert Inn — gone.

Now, those names are just congested streets.

And late tonight, the Tropicana too shall bite the dust, its crashing fall taking our memories along with it to be carried away by the wind.

Thanks to casinos.com for the platform to remember and share. And thanks to the Tropicana for serving as the host of so many memories.

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Posted by on Apr 1, 2024 in Blog | 2 comments

Every Picture Tells a Story: Imperial Palace — Las Vegas (1997)

 

 

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY:
IMPERIAL PALACE CASINO / THE AUTO COLLECTION — LAS VEGAS (1997)

The Imperial Palace has an fascinating, albeit scandalous past. A construction mogul named Ralph Engelstad bought the property in 1971 which included a small hotel called the Flamingo Capri. He invested his own money, expanded the hotel to 19 stories, added a casino, opened up an antique car museum, and ignited multiple firestorms later in his life when he was exposed as….yes really, it’s true….a Nazi admirer.

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Posted by on Mar 30, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The Tropicana Gets the Moe Greene Treatment

 

 

THE TROPICANA IS ABOUT TO GET MOE GREENE’D

The Tropicana (Las Vegas) is about to get the Moe Green treatment. It’s scheduled to close this week. At some point it will be imploded. Keep an eye out for the breaking news.

The Tropicana, which first opened in 1955, has a legendary role in cinema. It was Moe Greene’s hotel in (the original) The Godfather. (1972)

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