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On This Date: May 4, 2015 The Riviera Closes its doors

May 4, 2017
The Riviera Closes after 60 years

The Riviera Closes after 60 years

After barely 60 years on the Las Vegas Strip the classic Riviera Hotel and Casino will close forever today on May 4, 2015.  The hotel opened on April 20, 1955.  It was the first high-rise of 9 stories to open on the Las Vegas Strip.  The Riviera opened its doors on April 20th, 1955.  Liberace and his brother, George were the headliners and actress Joan Crawford was the official hostess.

The hotel had over 2,100 rooms and 110,000 sq. ft. casinoof gaming space.

In February of 2015, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority acquired the Riviera hotel and its land for $182.5 million. The hotel will be demolished to make way for a planned expansion of LVCVA’s Las Vegas Global Business District exhibit and meeting center project.

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Wall sized photo in the entrance of the hotel

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Front of the Riviera side from the Las Vegas Strip

 

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“No Ifs and or butts

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Valet entrance from Las Vegas Blvd.

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The Entrance of the Riviera from the Strip

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The Pool at the Riviera

 

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South side of the Riviera stretching from Las Vegas Blvd. to Paradise Rd.

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The Riviera having its 60th Anniversary

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Looking at the north end of the hotel from the Las Vegas Strip heading south

Photos by: LasVegas360.com
Date Taken: May 2, 2015

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On This Date: April 20, 1955 The Riviera Hotel & Casino opened on the Las Vegas Strip

April 20, 2017
Riviera Hotel & Casino

Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip

The Riviera opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise and the ninth resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The Riviera is one of the oldest and most famous casino resorts in Las Vegas.
The Riviera closed in May 4, 2015 and is currently own by the Las Vegas Convention authority which who paid $182.5 million to acquire. Here are some photos of it’s last operational day on May 4, 2015.

Photo by: LasVegas360.com

 

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Daily Neon: Riviera Hotel & Casino

June 13, 2016
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The Riviera Hotel & Casino sign above the entrance to valet parking

 

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Date taken: 10/2011 – 2015

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Daily Neon: The Riviera Hotel & Casino ‘The Riv’

May 4, 2016
Riviera Hotel & Casino

Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip

The Riviera opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise and the ninth resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The Riviera is one of the oldest and most famous casino resorts in Las Vegas. Home of famous Crazy Girls show.

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Photo date: 10-11-2011

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Daily Neon: The Riviera at night

October 16, 2012
Riviera Hotel & Casino

Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip

The Riviera or ‘The Riv’, opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise and the ninth resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The Riviera is one of the oldest and most famous casino resorts in Las Vegas. Home of famous Crazy Girls show.

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The funniest and most incredible stories that have ever happened in a Las Vegas casino

September 28, 2020
Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada

Loved by some, reviled by others and perceived with suspicion by many. This is how best payout online casinos for quick withdrawal are, those spaces where emotions are at their peak and where you can experience all kinds of sensations, although the fun is usually present. And it is that the chance is capricious and sometimes it offers situations so rocky that they have entered the annals of the history of this type of establishments, whose mecca continues being Las Vegas, but that have been internationalized offering a possibility of leisure in very varied environments. Incredible losses, epic gains, curious misunderstandings and remarkable eccentricities season this compendium of anecdotes that can summarize the things that can come to live in a casino and offer a portrait of all its aspects.

To begin with, nothing better than going back to 1950 and going to Las Vegas, the center of the world of this sector. In the middle of the Cold War, the American army installed a program of nuclear bombs tests just 112 kilometers away from the city. The detonations could be heard and, above all, seen with total clarity from the city, being channeled this dangerous fact as one more tourist attraction that the festive tourists of Las Vegas enjoyed. Fixed schedules of the detonations were even established so that visitors could see them. 

Entering into the matter of chance, some of the stories of Kerry Packer, an Australian multimillionaire and gambling enthusiast, who on one of his great nights came to ruin a casino, were left for posterity. A week after her visit, the Aspinalls Club in London declared bankruptcy because Packer had pocketed $300,000. Another legend of the casino is Ashley Revell, whose lack of responsibility and madness about gambling led her to sell her house, car and other personal items to bet everything on red in roulette. Her win caused stupor, but it is the clear example of how far a human being with pathological gambling behavior can go.

On July 14, 2000, one of the most curious anecdotes occurred when the number 7 came up six times in a row in roulette. The mathematical probability of this happening is 1 in 3 billion, so it left everyone present astonished. But the history of casinos is not only made up of great victories or tragic defeats, but also of curiosities. For example, haven’t you ever wondered which is the smallest casino in the world? It’s located in a cab! Yes, you read right. A London cab located in Birmingham offers the possibility to play with a table, a croupier and a web server to slot machines, being used to transport clients to Grosvenor Casino, so it stands as a kind of warm-up.

Another curious location of a casino is that of a prison. From 1932 to 1967 the Nevada State Prison had among its facilities a poker room, blackjack, dice and other elements. It was never able to operate with a license because it was denied over and over again, but informally acted as such and the profits went to improve the conditions of the prisoners. It’s simply incredible that something like this could happen for so long. And finally, what many may not know is that the FedEx courier company experienced a turning point in its history thanks to the casinos. 

The biggest jackpot known to date

Slot machines are the favorite game of many, and with good reason, since slots, as they are also known, can amuse us for hours and hours, no matter if we are veterans or complete beginners. There are two types of these machines: programmed and random. The programmed machines are those that have to be played a number of certain games for the machine to deliver a prize. These are generally found in bars. On the other hand, slot machines are ruled by the RNG (Random Number Generator) that makes the combinations always random and you have the same possibilities of winning in each round you play, this type of machines are the norm in casinos.

Some might think that winning a lot of money in slot machines is impossible. However, this is false. A gambler can testify that he won the biggest jackpot known to date. This happened in 2003 in a casino in Las Vegas, where a person won $39 million in one of the machines. And since then many people continue to win at the slot machines.

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