Every Las Vegas Strip Hotel Ever Explained (1941–2027)
“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 If you love Vegas history, subscribe for more deep dives into the Strip, its hotels, and the people who built it. #LasVegas #LasVegasStrip #VegasHistory”
