Every Las Vegas Strip Hotel Ever Explained (1941

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An Old Fashioned, some red lipstick and a black dress…sigh, there’s just something undeniable about a good ol’ classic. The beloved Vegas showgirl may be an endangered species these days (insert tear), but “VEGAS! THE SHOW” preserved those feather-clad beauties and the likes of an era when everything was flashier and dripping with sophistication. What’s that you ask? Can a show filled with gorgeous and talented women a la Rat Pack era really exist in the here and now? Oh yes my friend, it sure can and all we have to say is raise that curtain and let the good times roll. With a little song, a lot of dance and that certain sultry allure that only old timey Vegas could pull off, this is a trip down memory lane and, well, it’s pretty legit. The costumes are fun, funky, sexy and so real. Ok, well maybe not the candy-themed costumes but hell, their Sammy Davis Jr. sure had us pining for an autograph. For a city that was built on pure, raw talent and obviously dolla dolla bills, this show celebrates iconic moments from the city's rich entertainment history through the decades that made the Vegas we know and love today. And we’ll tip our top hats to that.

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Published Nov 3, 2026

Every hotel that has ever stood on the Las Vegas Strip, in order, from the El Rancho Vegas in 1941 to the Hard Rock rising today. 87 names, 85 years, one street.

This is the full history of the Strip, hotel by hotel: who built each one, what made it special, how it changed hands, and what stands on that ground now. From Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo and the Rat Pack's Sands, through Howard Hughes buying up the Boulevard, the 1993 boom that brought the Luxor, Treasure Island and the MGM Grand, the Bellagio and the Venetian, all the way to the Fontainebleau and the hotels still being built.

Plenty of buildings on the Strip have worn 3 or 4 different signs. The Flamingo Capri became the Imperial Palace, then the Quad, then the LINQ. The Barbary Coast became Bill's, then the Cromwell, then the Vanderpump. This video counts every name.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro: how the Las Vegas Strip began
0:45 #1 El Rancho Vegas (1941)
1:20 #2 The Last Frontier (1942)
2:22 #3 The Flamingo (1946)
3:08 #4 The Thunderbird (1948)
3:48 #5 The Desert Inn (1950)
4:19 #6 The Sahara (1952)
4:38 #7 The Sands (1952)
5:20 #8 The New Frontier (1955)
5:38 #9 The Royal Nevada (1955)
6:05 #10 The Riviera (1955)
6:32 #11 The Dunes (1955)
7:12 #12 The Sans Souci (1955)
7:36 #13 The Hacienda (1956)
8:02 #14 The Tropicana (1957)
8:47 #15 The Stardust (1958)
9:19 #16 Flamingo Capri (1959)
10:15 #17 La Concha (1961)
10:44 #18 Kona Kai (1962)
11:06 #19 The Tallyho (1962)
11:30 #20 Castaways (1963)
11:49 #21 King's Crown Tallyho (1963)
12:11 #22 Westward Ho (1963)
12:39 #23 Caravan Motor Hotel (1964)
12:53 #24 El Morocco (1964)
13:26 #25 The Aladdin (1966)
13:54 #26 Caesars Palace (1966)
14:34 #27 Holiday Inn (1966)
15:19 #28 The Bonanza (1967)
15:33 #29 The Frontier (1967)
16:03 #30 Caravan Travelodge (1968)
16:24 #31 Circus Circus (1968)
16:56 #32 Holiday Casino (1973)
17:25 #33 Original MGM Grand (1973)
18:38 #34 The Marina Hotel (1975)
18:57 #35 The Klondike (1976)
19:21 #36 The Silverbird (1977)
19:43 #37 Nob Hill (1978)
20:08 #38 Barbary Coast (1979)
20:44 #39 Vegas World (1979)
21:13 #40 Imperial Palace (1979)
22:30 #41 El Rancho (1982)
23:00 #42 Viscount Hotel (1985)
23:19 #43 Bally's (1986)
23:55 #44 The Boardwalk (1989)
24:23 #45 The Mirage (1989)
25:13 #46 The Excalibur (1990)
25:35 #47 Vacation Village (1990)
25:49 #48 Casino Royale (1992)
26:11 #49 Harrah's Las Vegas (1992)
26:33 #50 The Luxor (1993)
27:09 #51 Treasure Island (1993)
27:59 #52 The MGM Grand (1993)
28:44 #53 The Stratosphere (1996)
29:22 #54 The Monte Carlo (1996)
30:26 #55 New York-New York (1997)
30:48 #56 The New Frontier (1998)
31:12 #57 The Bellagio (1998)
32:01 #58 Mandalay Bay (1999)
32:33 #59 The Venetian (1999)
33:11 #60 Paris Las Vegas (1999)
33:43 #61 The Aladdin (2000)
34:05 #62 THEhotel at Mandalay Bay (2003)
34:39 #63 Wynn Las Vegas (2005)
35:00 #64 The Signature at MGM Grand (2006)
35:43 #65 Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon (2007)
36:14 #66 Planet Hollywood (2007)
36:31 #67 The Palazzo (2007)
36:54 #68 Encore Las Vegas (2008)
37:12 #69 Vdara (2009)
37:38 #70 Mandarin Oriental (2009)
37:56 #71 Aria (2009)
38:25 #72 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (2010)
39:09 #73 The Quad (2012)
39:33 #74 The Cromwell (2014)
39:54 #75 SLS Las Vegas (2014)
40:14 #76 Delano Las Vegas (2014)
40:31 #77 The LINQ (2014)
41:00 #78 Park MGM (2018)
41:13 #79 Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas (2018)
41:32 #80 Sahara (2019)
41:50 #81 The STRAT (2020)
42:10 #82 Resorts World Las Vegas (2021)
42:33 #83 Horseshoe Las Vegas (2022)
42:51 #84 Fontainebleau Las Vegas (2023)
43:40 #85 W Las Vegas (2024)
43:58 #86 The Vanderpump Hotel (2026)
44:19 #87 Hard Rock Las Vegas (2027)
44:58 Honorable mentions
46:13 87 names, 85 years: what it all means

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