In The News: Special Collections and Archives
While one Strip resort is doubling down on families, more are going 21+ and the city has a message for parents.
An exhibit celebrating more than 100 years of the electric sign company YESCO in Las Vegas will be on the move.
In late ‘79, Ceasars Palace coordinated a Frank Sinatra residency to celebrate the singer’s 40 years in show business with the newly remodeled resort.
The original rooftop sign seen here was changed by the time of the second grand opening 3/3/47.
On the grounds of Hotel Last Frontier, the Strip’s first theme resort, Bill Moore opened an actual theme park, a re-creation of old west town populated with artifacts from the collection of “Doby Doc” Caudill, souvenir shops, contemporary retail, casino, restaurant, and banquet hall.
Carole Vilardo, the longtime head of the Nevada Taxpayers Association known for her incisive critiques of tax proposals and eye-catching hat collection, died in Las Vegas on Sunday. She was 80.
Hughes’ Las Vegas businesses became Summa Corp. when he sold Hughes Tool Company in ‘72.
Arizona Club, 221 N. 1st Street, one of Las Vegas’ first permanent buildings, was still standing years after the old red light district of Block 16 was closed.
Western Airlines had an office in El Cortez in ‘46/47, but the sign doesn’t appear in any other photos we’ve seen.
The hate speech directed at Nevada first lady Kathy Sisolak happened a few months ago and she’s still hurt.
It’s not often Las Vegas — sometimes referred to as Sin City — is talked about in the same breath as a Catholic saint.
Tom Hawley, a longtime traffic and news reporter in Las Vegas for KSNV-TV, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer, the station reported Friday. He was 60.