Las Vegas City Hall opened on February 21, 2012

The New Las Vegas City Hall at Night

On February 21, 2012, The new Las Vegas City Hall opened after years of planning and construction. The project came in at a cool $146 million in a state-of-the-art facility on Main St. downtown Las Vegas.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Author, Hunter S. Thompson, Died on February 20, 2005

On February 20 2005, Hunter S. Thompson (b.1937), gonzo journalist, committed suicide in Aspen, Colo. Thompson inserted himself into his accounts of America’s underbelly and popularized a first-person form of journalism in books such as “The Rum Diary” (1998) and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1972).

Considered the father and pioneer of Gonzo journalism, regard his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as the greatest work of the late follower. The book, which is about a wildly psychedelic and crazy adventure of a journalist and a lawyer in Las Vegas, cemented its place in American literature as a critical insight into the failed counter-cultural movement of the 1960’s. It was adapted into a movie in 1998 starring Johnny Depp, who is a close friend of Thompson, and Benicio del Toro. To many fans, revisiting the savage journey of the two characters is the ultimate immersion in the book.

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Planet Hollywood Resort on the Las Vegas Strip Looking South

Caesars Entertainment Corp officially acquired Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on February 19, 2010 from Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Planet Hollywood currently has 2,600 rooms and a 100,000 sq. ft. casino area and features the Miracle Mile Shops.

Former hotels at this location include: Tally-Ho (1963), King’s Crown (1965), Aladdin (1966), New Aladdin (2000).

Photo By: Adam Kliczek / Wikipedia, licence: CC-BY-SA-3.0
Photo Taken : April 20, 2012