VEGAS TIME MACHINE PRESENTS
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
NOTHINGLASTSFOREVER.
A CITY. A DREAM. A REINVENTION.
From railroad town to neon capital of the world. Scroll through the moments that kept Las Vegas reinventing itself.
START THE JOURNEYA CITY BUILT TO REINVENT ITSELF.
THE VANISHED ICONS OF LAS VEGAS
THE HOTELS
WE LOST
01 — SANDS 1952 → 1996
SANDS
This wasn't simply another hotel.
For a generation, the Sands was Las Vegas.
On this stretch of desert, Las Vegas learned how to become a stage for the entire world.
02 — DUNES 1955 → 1993
DUNES
VEGAS DREAMED
IN Technicolor.
CASINO DE PARIS
Vegas wasn't trying to look like anywhere else anymore.
03 — DESERT INN 1950 → 2000
WILBUR CLARK'S
DESERT
INN
Before the megaresort, there was the resort.
For half a century, the Desert Inn represented a quieter kind of Las Vegas glamour.
04 — STARDUST 1958 → 2006
STARDUST
The Stardust didn't whisper.
It announced itself to the desert.
A LITTLE PIECE OF A PLACE THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.A BUILDING
CAN DISAPPEAR.
A MEMORY
LEAVES THINGS BEHIND.
05 — RIVIERA 1955 → 2015
RIVIERA
60 years on the Strip.
Generations arrived in Las Vegas with the Riviera already waiting for them.
06 — TROPICANA 1957 → 2024
TROPICANA
APRIL 4, 1957
A LITTLE
HAVANA
IN THE DESERT.
67 YEARS.
07 — MIRAGE 1989 → 2024
NOVEMBER 22, 1989
MIRAGE
Las Vegas changed overnight.
The volcano erupted.
The Strip watched.
And the next version of Las Vegas began.
08 — EPILOGUE THE AFTERLIFE
VEGAS
DESTROYS
BUILDINGS.
MEMORY
IS HARDER
TO IMPLODE.
LAS VEGAS
IS ALWAYS
BECOMING
SOMETHING ELSE.
But if you know where to look, the old city is still here.
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