In The News: Department of History
The Las Vegas Strip has been the heart of gambling in the US for decades. But gambling is no longer the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Over the last 30 years, casino profits have slowly shifted to non-gambling sources.
For many the stories from the Walking Box Ranch near Searchlight are a window into the golden age of silent films in Hollywood. The sprawling ranch was owned by silent film stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow beginning in the 1930s.
Some UNLV history students and professors hosted a free public tour at Walking Box Ranch on Saturday.
Silent film stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow built it in 1931 and hosted friends including Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Errol Flynn and Lionel Barrymore. Now, Walking Box Ranch is open for public tours for the first time in a decade. Students and professors with UNLV’s public history program will host the free event.
In the summer of 2011, Amy Raymer stood outside the Sahara Las Vegas, waiting for a chance to own a piece of history. It was an end of an era. The Sahara, one of the oldest properties on the Strip, was closing its doors. Raymer, a Las Vegas resident, was one of the hundreds to show up for its liquidation sale – despite the 100-plus-degree heat.
The beginning came at the end. The grand porte cochère became one of the last major renovation projects at the new Sahara Las Vegas, the iconic Strip casino resort that reclaimed its original name three years ago. And although the gaming floor, hotel lobby, pool, main lounge and several restaurant spaces had been entirely refreshed, the striking new entrance reframed the entire property upon completion in July.
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Academic presses struggling to keep up with the demand for once-obscure books about war-torn nation
A ” We Need to Talk” panel discussion on critical race theory at UNLV’s Greenspun Hall Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.
It’s not an uncommon sight at Wind Creek Bethlehem — bus loads of tourists from the New York City area disembark for a day of gambling and dining at the casino in the city’s South Side.
Party dresses are coming back after a long time of being forgotten. The dress model appeared a lot on the fashion catwalk.
Reports of a deal reached after 20 hours of negotiations Wednesday between railroad unions and federal labor officials relieved fears of a nationwide strike for a country already weary of supply chain problems. The strike would have cost an estimated $2 billion a day.