One of the last of the Rat Pack era Las Vegas hotels closes today.

[sufrommich]

The storied Riviera hotel, a fixture on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip for 60 years, closed its doors today.

The 23-story hotel, the first high-rise resort on the Strip, was purchased in February by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for $182.5 million and the property will some day become the front door to a revamped convention center complex, the $2.3 billion Las Vegas Global Business District.

The hotel was scheduled to close at noon, and state Gaming Control Board officials were expected to be on the site this morning for final preparations of the shut-down.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/riviera-hotel-closed-its-doors-today


This was the first Vegas hotel I ever stayed at, so long ago that I remember that Sammy Davis Jr. was headlining somewhere on the strip.

[jberryhill]

1. I had a very strange night there at a tech conference back in the 80's

...and that's all I'm allowed to say about that by mutual agreement of everyone involved.

[panader0]

3. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...

[jberryhill]

4. It sure did

[Sherman A1]

2. Same here

I stayed there once many years ago (1980's?) and it was a very nice hotel although most of my visits to LV were at the Tropicana for a trade show each year. The first year was the Imperial Palace and that was interesting.

[SoCalDem]

5. I stay where I get comped suites.. I am a greedy snob

But then I bring hundreds of bowlers for our yearly tournament, so I am treated well ..free food, free suite..free gambling chits

We go to South Point..and avoid the strip like the plague