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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
are there any places in las vegas that were huge back in the day that never renovated? so when you're staying there you get that same feel?
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The LVH is pretty close. It still feels like you are in a SUPER nice 1970's era hotel/casino
All the most famous ones of the "modern" strip era have either been imploded or completely renovated (The Flamingo and The Tropicana for instance are still there but have been completely rebuilt and renovated).
The Riviera is still pretty much the same. Just getting shabby. When it opened in the 1950's it was the tallest hotel in Vegas and the finest one too.
When you go there you can still see that. It's not the same feel now...but if you imagine yourself back in the 1950's with the beautiful Riviera Hotel/Casino filled with Hollywood movie stars and very rich clientele all flown in to gamble you start to get the idea.
I'll go there and get the penthouse suite and look out the floor to ceiling windows and just imagine what it was like back in the day.
Just desert outside the window. A small 2 lane road out front (las vegas blvd today). And nothing but desert between you and the Sahara (now gone) on one side and The Desert Inn and Flamingo off in the distance on the other side.
It was a grand sight back then.