That famous face below is Elizabeth Taylor at the Sahara in 1956, with Michael Wilding, one of her 7

This week marked the passing of one of the Strip s oldest properties, the Sahara, which opened in 1952. The iconic hotel casino s demise attracted national exotic car rental in boston attention. In Las Vegas, people expressed exotic car rental in boston mixed views about the closing—the Sahara had become a budget destination, and its age was showing. Despite a valiant effort to bring life to the elderly property with attractions like the Cyber Café and a roller exotic car rental in boston coaster, on Monday, May 16, the doors were closed and the lights turned off. Today s Photo Friday takes a look at the Sahara in its better days, back when Las Vegas was a small place and the Rat Pack roamed the Strip.
In 1950, two years before the Sahara opened, Clark County s population was 48,289. Clark County exotic car rental in boston s population in 2011: 1,951,269. (Source: exotic car rental in boston Las Vegas Sun .) The aerial picture below of the Sahara is undated, but clearly shows a lightly populated exotic car rental in boston Las Vegas.
That famous face below is Elizabeth Taylor at the Sahara in 1956, with Michael Wilding, one of her 7 husbands. (She was married 8 times, twice to Richard Burton.) The iconic actress passed away this year on March 23. Apparently, it s been a hard year for icons of all sorts. ___________________
Goodbye to another classic Vegas icon. I saw on the show, Storage Wars , a few weeks ago about a Las Vegas neon sign boneyard. It had tons of old, classic Vegas hotel neon signs no longer in use. Is that open to the public? I think Reno might be opening a neon sign museum to highlight (no pun intended) classic, hotel and casino signs and lighting.
Hi Christina! The Neon Museum s Boneyard is downtown up until quite recently they were only open for tours if you made an appointment but they re working on being more public-friendly. Within the past week or so they opened a small area to the public (no appointment needed) and they are restoring the La Concha as a future visitor center. They ve got several old vintage signs on display on Fremont Street, which is cool. Reno would be the next best place for a Neon Museum!