Abstract
UNLV Libraries Collection of Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino Promotional Materials includes clippings, press releases, press kits, and promotional materials for the Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, dating from 1989 to 1997.
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Scope and Contents Note
UNLV Libraries Collection of Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino Promotional Materials includes clippings, press releases, press kits, and promotional materials for the Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, dating from 1989 to 1997. This collection contains items previously described as "Promotional and publicity material: Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino."
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Michael Gaughan opened the Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 2, 1979. The property was located next to the Flamingo, sharing a corner of the Las Vegas Strip with the original MGM Grand, the Dunes, and Caesars Palace. The Barbary Coast cost $11.5 million to open, and ownership changed over its 28 years of operation from Gaughan's Coast Casinos Inc., then to Boyd Gaming, and finally to Harrah's Entertainment. On February 27, 2007, the Barbary Coast closed and reopened a few days later on March 2. It was renamed Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon after Bill Harrah. Caesars Entertainment, formally Harrah's Entertainment, closed Bill's on February 4, 2013, after six years of continuous operation. After a complete renovation of the property it reopened as a luxury boutique hotel named The Cromwell on April 21, 2014, to invited guests, with hotel rooms becoming available on May 21, 2014.
Sources:
Stutz, Howard. "The Cromwell on the Strip Will Open May 21." Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 23, 2017. Accessed June 13, 2019. https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/the-cromwell-on-the-strip-will-open-may-21/.
Sylvester, Ron. "From Barbary to Bill's: Sun Sets Today on Las Vegas Relic." Las Vegas Sun. February 04, 2013. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/feb/04/barbary-bills-sun-sets-today-strip-relic/.
Preferred Citation
UNLV Libraries Collection of Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino Promotional Materials, 1989-1997. MS-00933. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were acquired periodically by UNLV Special Collections and Archives from a variety of sources; accession number 2019-046.
Processing Note
In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Miguel Dominguez, Autumn Bassett, and Nia Banks compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged material, and wrote the finding aid.