The Strip, Fall 1999. Frontier, Stardust, Riviera, and Desert Inn on the scene. El Rancho closed for 7 years, still a year from demolition. Venetian is a few months old. Photo by Jeremy Woodson.
Las Vegas Park opened 70 years ago, Sept. 1953. This horse racing track went bankrupt after just 13 days. It was located at the present site of Westgate hotel & Las Vegas Country Club. (Film from Ryan Lee Price)
Las Vegas Strip, 1946, filming from the 2nd floor balcony at Hotel Last Frontier. We're looking east over Hwy 91, the future site of Desert Inn, today's Encore & Wynn.
Looking south over the Strip, late 1994. Empty lots on the right where NYNY, Monte Carlo, and Bellagio will be built. Former Dunes golf course further to the right.
Fremont St, 1963. Stock film from the Kino Library. This was filmed for a Pan-Am Airlines travelogue in '63, and recycled for the opening credits of Viva Las Vegas in '64.
The Strip – Nov. 1975. Dirty Sally's was located on the corner of what is now Wynn, Maggie's Coffee Shop and the motel on the far right were on the corner of what is now Palazzo.
Caesars Palace construction, March 1966. Dunes golf course on the left. Not much in Spring Valley. Recently opened I-15, which did not yet go all the way downtown. New Shell station under construction, lower right. Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau.