LAS VEGAS — The Desert Inn resort, a Las Vegas Strip icon that opened in 1950, ... With only 300 rooms still operating, the casino nearly was deserted on its last weekend. More to Read .

He’s said to be taking a short hop over to the Desert Inn. “He’ll always be the figurehead of Las Vegas and the gaming industry,” said Marc Falcone, a casino industry analyst at Bear Stearns.

After the war, he worked as a hotel contractor and builder in Palm Beach, Fla., before moving to Las Vegas in 1949, where he joined Dalitz, Wilbur Clark and others in developing the Desert Inn.

The Landmark Hotel is seen in the distance of the Desert Inn in this 1963 photo. (Las Vegas News Bureau) ... $26 minibar water bottle at Strip casino-hotel sparks social media outrage.

But is the sudden surge in generosity part of the typical summer marketing strategy by an industry trying to lure people into ...

A big Las Vegas kaboom with hotel-casino implosion. By John M. Glionna. Feb. 9, 2015 11:42 AM PT . ... The Desert Inn, once home to Howard Hughes, tumbled in 2001 to pave way for the Wynn.

The last remaining buildings of the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino will be imploded in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. ... Desert Inn, Aladdin and Stardust. “What Las Vegas has done, ...