Vegas Shit By aauahghahag Jan 13, 1906 Golden Gate opens Period: 1920 to 1933 Goldie begins bootlegging alcohol during prohibition for money Period: 1929 to 1933 Great Depression Mar 3, 1941 El Rancho Vegas opens Nov 7, 1941 El Cortez opens Apr 12, 1942 Pioneer Club opens Aug 30, 1946 Golden Nugget opens Dec 26, 1946 The Flamingo opens Sep 2, 1948 Thunderbird opens Period: 1950 to 1970 First major casino boom Apr 24, 1950 Desert Inn opens Sep 22, 1950 Silver Slipper opens Aug 14, 1951 Binion's Horseshoe Club opens Period: 1952 to 1982 Mafia years Jun 13, 1952 Sands opens Jul 11, 1952 The Mint opens Oct 7, 1952 Sahara Opens Nov 25, 1953 Algiers opens Sep 3, 1954 The Showboat opens Apr 20, 1955 The Riviera opened May 23, 1955 Dunes Opens Oct 17, 1956 Hacienda opens Jul 2, 1958 The Stardust opens Jun 17, 1960 El Rancho Vegas burns down Mar 21, 1961 Lady Luck Opens Mar 31, 1962 The Aladdin opens Jun 2, 1966 Four Queens opens Aug 5, 1966 Caesars Palace opens Period: 1967 to 1979 Dusty's addiction Jul 30, 1967 Frontier opens Oct 18, 1968 Circus Circus opens Jul 1, 1969 The Landmark opens Jul 2, 1971 Union Plaza opens Feb 3, 1972 Holiday Hotel and Casino opens Dec 5, 1973 MGM Grand Opens Period: 1974 to 1980 Maria fucks shit up Jul 4, 1975 Golden Goose opens Jan 1, 1977 Thunderbird closes, Silverbird opens Nov 7, 1979 Imperial Palace opens Period: 1980 to 2000 Secondary casino boom Oct 1, 1980 Glitter Gulch opens Nov 21, 1980 MGM Fire MGM catches fire. Maria dies during this. Aug 31, 1982 Silverbird is demolished, El Rancho opens Oct 16, 1987 Fitzgerald's opens Jul 1, 1988 The Mint is closed, absorbed by Binion's Nov 28, 1988 Silver Slipper is demolished Jan 15, 1990 Rio opens Jun 19, 1990 Excalibur opens Period: 1992 to 2011 Goldie is in partial or full isolation Jan 26, 1993 Sands is demolished Oct 15, 1993 Luxor opens Oct 27, 1993 Dunes is demolished Dec 18, 1993 New MGM Grand opens 1995 Pioneer Club closes, replaced by gift shop Nov 7, 1995 The Landmark is demolished Oct 27, 1996 The Neon Museum is founded Dec 31, 1996 Hacienda is demolished Jan 3, 1997 New York New York Opens Nov 25, 1997 The Aladdin is demolished 2000 El Rancho is demolished Jul 3, 2000 Lloyd Courthouse opens Aug 28, 2000 Desert Inn is demolished 2005 Algiers is demolished Apr 28, 2005 Wynn Las Vegas opens Mar 13, 2007 Stardust Casino is demolished Nov 13, 2007 Frontier is demolished May 1, 2008 The Ogden Apartments opens Dec 22, 2008 Encore at the Wynn opens 2011 Fitzgerald's closes, replaced by The D May 16, 2011 Sahara is demolished Aug 16, 2016 The Riviera is demolished 2017 Glitter Gulch, Las Vegas Club and Mermaid's demolished Jul 31, 2020 Allegiant Stadium Opens Oct 28, 2020 Circa opens