Las Vegas Weekly
A casino executive mysteriously disappears. Hikers find a body in the desert. An ignition key sets off a car bomb.
Fortunately, these are stories from Las Vegas
’ past, not its present. But mob-related murders some solved, others enduring mysteries still loom large.
“There
’s a lot of mythology surrounding organized crime,
” says Geoff Schumacher, vice president of exhibits and programs at the Mob Museum in Downtown Las Vegas.
“One of the reasons for that is it can be hard to know exactly what happened; the mob was not very good at keeping notes
. … A lot of things transpired behind closed doors or in this underworld of crime.
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In Las Vegas, this hot dog cart is one of the few things that s sacred
At the end of this pilgrimage is a delicious relic of Old Vegas: The cheap hot dog.
Steamed in Budweiser until red and plump, stuck in a fresh, soft bun and topped with your favorite fixings or served plain, these Vienna Beef dogs cost $1.25.
In Las Vegas, few things are sacred. The hot dog cart inside South Point Hotel and Casino is one of them.
A Vegas staple is born
Every Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and on weekends from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., gambling patrons or hungry locals visit the cart near the sportsbook.
Reno Gazette Journal
LAS VEGAS – To stay at the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is to travel back in time, reports the Reno Gazette Journal, a USA TODAY Network publication.
In a city known to implode the old in spectacular fashion to make way for the new, this downtown property is celebrating a rare milestone – its 115th birthday.
Opened in 1906, the hotel-casino was the first to welcome guests to the famed Fremont Street corridor. Its address tells that precise story: 1 Fremont Street.
Step inside the hotel-casino, and you’ll find other relics that were also firsts in Las Vegas history. Behind glass in the hotel lobby is a replica of the first telephone installed in Las Vegas. The number? “Ring 1.”