In Las Vegas, Mickey Rooney loved the ladies ... In 1955 Rooney spilt his performance time between the Dunes and Riviera hotels. On the Jan. 14, 1962, ...

Today was the end for the infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas’ first high-rise and one of Sin City’s most notorious mobster-owned properties.

It’s the best free show in Las Vegas, and it’s happening early Tuesday. After a nine-year gap, a once-famous resort along the Strip is about to come tumbling down. The 24-story Monaco Tower at ...

The Riviera Hotel and Casino — the Las Vegas Strip's first high-rise that was as famous for its ties to organized crime as its Hollywood personification of Sin City's mobster past — exited the ...

It's the end of an era in Las Vegas. After 60 years, the iconic Riviera Hotel & Casino closed its doors on Monday at noon. The 2,000-room hotel was the first high-rise on the Las Vegas Strip. When ...

The last tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino came tumbling down early Tuesday morning. The implosion of the Monte Carlo tower took place at 2:30 a.m.

The Riviera Hotel and Casino — the Las Vegas Strip's first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City's mobster past — will officially exit ...

The Riviera, built in 1955 as one of the first hotels along what’s now the Strip, was, in its heyday, a playground for both ordinary citizens and celebrities. It closed in May 2015, just weeks ...

The shuttered casino's owners, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, spent $42 million to level the 13-building campus. Officials said the Monte Carlo Tower will be imploded in August.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An iconic hotel on the Las Vegas strip was reduced to rubble overnight. This was the last part of the iconic riviera hotel that was demolished. The hotel and casino closed ...