![]() ![]() ![]() “I was the first one in, so I wanted to be the last one out,”said the 90-year-old who retired 10 years ago. Royalty and the rich teed off on its golf course- the only one remaining on the Las Vegas Strip.Īfter 50 years, the Desert Inn closed its doors today,marking the end for one of the Strip’s most storied resort casinos.ĭespite its glamorous past, the relatively small 715-room resorthas struggled in recent years to compete with the billion-dollarmegaresorts springing up down the Strip.ĭeveloper Steve Wynn, former owner of Mirage Resorts Inc.purchased the ailing property in April and plans to replace theDesert Inn with a massive new resort, complete with two 59-storyhotel towers.Īs the final guests trickled out today, Jack Butler, a formeremployee who helped open its doors as a bell captain April 24,1950, stood in the valet area saying good-bye to the place he hascalled home for the past half-century. Billionaire Howard Hughes slept there, thenbought the place when management tried to make him vacate his roomfor high-rollers. 28 - Frank Sinatra and Edgar Bergen played itsCrystal Showroom.
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