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  2. El Rancho Hotel and Casino - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 36°8′15″N 115°9′32″W. /  36.13750°N 115.15889°W  / 36.13750; -115.15889. The El Rancho Hotel and Casino (formerly known as the Thunderbird and Silverbird) was a hotel and casino that operated on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It originally opened on September 2, 1948, as the Navajo -themed Thunderbird.

  3. The Venetian Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian Las Vegas is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Apollo Global Management. It was developed by businessman Sheldon Adelson through his company, Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian was built on the former site of the Sands Hotel ...

  4. University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .unlv .edu. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( UNLV) is a public land-grant [a] research university in Paradise, Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) [5] campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969.

  5. KTNV-TV - Wikipedia

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    KTNV-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Laughlin -licensed independent station KMCC (channel 34). The two stations share studios on South Valley View Boulevard in the nearby unincorporated community of Paradise (though with a Las ...

  6. The Strat - Wikipedia

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    The Strat Hotel & Casino & Tower [a] (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a 1,149 ft (350.2 m) observation tower, the tallest in the United States. It is also the second-tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.

  7. KPVM-LD - Wikipedia

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    KPVM-LD. Movies! KPVM-LD is a television station based in Pahrump, Nevada, United States, serving the Las Vegas television market. The station is owned by Vernon Van Winkle, and is available locally on CenturyLink Cable channel 12 in Pahrump, streaming on KPVM.TV and on IPTV VCC [clarify]. It operates with an independent station format (branded ...

  8. Las Vegas in the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    Vegas Vic of 1951 redone. The 1950s was a time of considerable change for Las Vegas. By the 1950s, there were 44,600 living in the Las Vegas Valley. [1] Over 8 million people were visiting Las Vegas annually in 1954, pumping $200 million into casinos, which consolidated its image as "wild, full of late-night, exotic entertainment". [2]

  9. MGM Grand Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.The resort was developed by Kirk Kerkorian through his company, MGM Grand, Inc. Kerkorian had previously developed another MGM Grand, opened on the Strip in 1973 and renamed Bally's in 1986.