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Las Vegas Entertainment Boom Shapes Decade
A sweeping look at Las Vegas from 1960 to 1969 highlights growth in shows and lounges, with hundreds of acts in main rooms and lounges, rising prices, and casino corporate consolidation. Notable stars and venues, Howard Hughes era impact, and shifts from lounge to showroom stardom are detailed alongside economic trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino de Paris
Tab
Suzie Wong
The
Riviera
Caésars Palace
Aladdin
Circus Circus
Caesars Palace
Geisha
Casino Theatre
the Flamingo
Lady Luck
Desert Inn
Sahara
Casbar
Tower
Landmark
Thunderbird
Hacienda
Barry Ashton
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Mammoth
MGM Grand
Bernie Rothkopf
Dick Lane
Hilton
Stardust
Stan Irwin
Don Rickles
the Franklins
Rickles
Shecky Greene
Wayne Newton
Howard Hughes
Frontier
Music Hall
Louis Puma
Keely Smith
Las Vegas
Kefauver
Joe Delaney
Nevada
Hughes
IRS
Sun
Delaney
Arkath
Argent
Hacienda Fremont
Marina Casino
Recrion
Fremont
Parvin- Dohrmann
Fred Harvey Inc
AMRAC
Marina
Hyatt
Four Queens
del Webb Hotels International
At.t.s
American International Travel Inc
Caesars World
Aladdin Corp
Aladdin Hotel
the Dunes
M&a Investment Co
DBA Dunes Hotel and Country Club
Continental Connector Corp
Summa
Sands
Frontier Landmark
Castaways
Tropicana
Nevada Gaming Commission
Tropicana Hotel Corp
Conquistador Inc
Jack Entratter
Brouhaha
Fearl Cohen
Frank
Law
Martin
Ed Torres
Davis
the Sands