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@deadcolletti @FSELV I don't have an accurate date for this photo and cannot find Harris' performance date, but it's from a postcard, one of which is stamp-dated Dec 79. I think that Z28 is '79, no? — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 27, 2024

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'Lucky the Clown' is now 48 years old. YESCO completed the sign at Circus Circus in Sep. '76. https://t.co/OhczlNhjOW — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 26, 2024

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@DanGriesbaumJr Not yet. There was blueberry chaos until Mr. Rosenthal's tenure in the 1970s. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 25, 2024

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When the Stardust opened 34% of guests left without paying and stole "blankets, Kleenex, and everything that wasn't nailed down." @8NewsNow, 1999. https://t.co/yN2nCqTebd — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 25, 2024

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"See you at the Stardust" 1963 https://t.co/Ajjzkc2mz9 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 24, 2024

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@_GrandPaD @ElCortezLV When Maya Angelou was performing — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 24, 2024

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@hospitaleety Ramada Inns bought the Tropicana in 1979. Here’s a timeline. https://t.co/mUFCyoijbh — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 21, 2024

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@mexicanwilddog Good question. I've found it's hard to get clear answers to questions like these because the people with the info are always the ones also selling the new tech. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 21, 2024

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@hospitaleety Tower 2 opened in 1986, it’s just out of frame in the opening of this film. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 21, 2024

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https://t.co/IBqIZwitAQ — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 20, 2024

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Over the Strip, September 1988. Video by Bob Patrick’s The Production Company. https://t.co/75Fpt4WSwN — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 20, 2024

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@vegasfootdoc Summa Corp was the name of crazy Howard Hughes' Las Vegas holding company. (a)vintagelasvegas was already taken by someone who tweets once a year. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 20, 2024

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@vegasfootdoc Buffets started quite a while before Showboat opened https://t.co/fG7jupOjdP — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 19, 2024

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Showboat now has escalators (1980) https://t.co/6h09AYXPo0 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 19, 2024

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@heartadarkness Valerie Perrine (in the photo) was with Lido de Paris 1968-1969. This film is April 1970. https://t.co/FlX1qy9Ipr — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 18, 2024

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Showgirl outtakes, 1970. Clips made for a credit sequence of a Stardust Lido de Paris film. https://t.co/gqavVlSDhE — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 18, 2024

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History of Desert Villa Motel (1958), Barbary Coast (1979), Bill's Gamblin' Hall (2007), and The Cromewell (2014). https://t.co/QZKHc9NlNT https://t.co/6iZXnzSsi6 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 17, 2024

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Barbary Coast, 1986 https://t.co/GjbSNVD5bx — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 17, 2024

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View from the Riviera, 1955 & 1970. https://t.co/ek1p106rcX — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 15, 2024

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1957 https://t.co/im7VO5fg4k — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Sep 14, 2024