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LOST VEGAS: The Dark Secret Behind Mr. Sy’s Casino of Fun
Never has a gambling hall been more inaccurately named than Mr. Sy’s Casino of Fun. Fun just wasn't one of the experiences on offer at this sleazy slot joint, which operated in...
LOST VEGAS: First Documented ‘Trick Roll’ by a Prostitute
The “trick roll” is one of the most lucrative crimes on the Las Vegas Strip. It’s also probably the most popular, though no one can say for sure because it’s the crime...
LOST VEGAS: Redd Foxx’s Fred G Sanford Store
For about a year sandwiched between 1990 and 1991, fans of Redd Foxx had the rare opportunity not only to meet the comedy legend, but to see him basically live out the...
LOST VEGAS: The Frank Rosenthal Show
“The Frank Rosenthal Show” has gained legendary status since airing on local Las Vegas TV from 1977-79. In fact, the mind boggles that there was ever such a thing as “The Frank...
LOST VEGAS: The Foster Brooks Robot at MGM Grand
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man were the figures guests expected to see while following the yellow brick road through the MGM Grand beginning in December 1993. That’s when Kirk Kekorian’s...
LOST VEGAS: What Happened to the Art from the Silver Slipper Casino
On April 30, 1968, Howard Hughes purchased the Silver Slipper for $5.4 million from an investment group led by Maurice Friedman, T.W. Richardson, and Shelby Williams. (Yes, all had ties to organized...
LOST VEGAS: Hidden Relics of Sin City’s Past You Can Still See
The history of Las Vegas has an unusual adversary: The people who own its landmarks. Every time Las Vegas explodes, it seems, it implodes first. Virtually nothing from the Strip's early history...
LOST VEGAS: Block 16, Sin City’s Only Official Red-Light District
Google “Block 16” and “Las Vegas” and you may think this article is about an expensive food hall at the Cosmopolitan on the Strip. It is about the human appetite for expensive...
LOST VEGAS: The Strip’s First Fountain Show
“Carmen Miranda, Danny Thomas, and other big entertainers here are being upstaged by a new star that dances, is pretty, but has no sex appeal,” read a wire story by United Press...
LOST VEGAS: ‘Tony The Ant’ Spilotro’s Circus Circus Gift Shop
When people talk about the mob running Las Vegas, they’re not referring to the gift shop at Circus Circus. But that’s exactly what Anthony Spilotro, the high-ranking Chicago Outfit member who inspired...