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Aug 19, 2020 · This decade saw the city being virtually torn down and rebuilt from scratch in an entirely new image that was more reflective of the emerging values of the time that continue to dominate our culture. Read on to find out exactly how the 1980s changed Las Vegas forever.
Feb 1, 2024 · From the big bands of 1950s and '60s, the punk kids of the '80s, to the record-label darlings of the 2000s, there’s always been a Las Vegas music scene. And to this day, local musicians...
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May 17, 2024 · Las Vegas-based death-doom band Goatlord made a profound impact on Nevada's extreme metal scene during their tenure in the late '80s and early '90s. With a sound that combined the slow, crushing rhythms of doom metal with the aggressive intensity of death metal, Goatlord helped define the genre known as death-doom.
Dec 6, 2023 · This trip through the history of show business takes us on an enthralling investigation of the 50 Most Famous Las Vegas Singers of All Time, exploring the voices that have reverberated through concert halls and casino hallways.
- A Billionaire Paves The Way
- Crackdown
- An Economic Downturn
- Rebirth
Ever since 1931, when gambling was again legalized in the state of Nevada, organized crime had been deeply involved in whatever happened in Las Vegas. The legendary hotels that were built during the city’s first great boom — the Sahara, Sands, Desert Inn, Riviera, Dunes, Tropicana, Stardust, and others — were inseparably tied to the underworld. A t...
In the mid-1970s, both the federal government and state of Nevada became less willing to tolerate mob activity in Las Vegas. They turned their attention to two men in particular who were placed in Vegas by high-ranking mob members in Chicago. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal ran the hotel scene, while Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro was in charge of street racke...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, for the first time since the end of WWII, Las Vegas went into a bit of an economic slump. Several factors contributed to this: the legalization of gambling in Atlantic City in 1976, the energy crisis, and TWA’s canceling of its nonstop flight service from New York in 1983. Although the city didn’t suffer significa...
Stephen Allan Wynn was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1942. His father ran a chain of east-coast bingo parlors, and Wynn took over the business in 1963. But in 1967, he bought a small stake in a Las Vegas hotel and moved his young family west. Wynn worked in the hospitality and real estate industries in Vegas for the next 20 years. Meanwhile, h...
Oct 25, 2023 · It might have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, but Sin City is "the most punk city in the U.S." GRAMMY.com spoke with a variety of hardcore and legendary punks about the voracious vibe in Vegas that lends itself to punk spirit.
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Apr 26, 2023 · Go back a few decades and remember your favorite music, games, shows, movies, and a great meal at this 80s-themed restaurant in Las Vegas.
