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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008. That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion.

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Interection of Las Vegas Strip at Flamingo Road at night, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Traffic lights blur in this long exposure photograph of the Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road intersection as see from Caesars Palace.

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Window washers on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian walkway, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Description

Window washers clean the glass on a pedestrian walkway between Planet Hollywood and the Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos above the Las Vegas Strip.

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LVLWC Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power systems at Las Vegas, Nevada (2 of 2)

Date

1934 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

Mixed Content

Video, Las Vegas Senior Lifeline, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and Channel 3, 2006

Date

2006-04-11

Archival Collection

Description

Studio-produced segment from Channel 3 (Las Vegas, Nev.) with Beth Fisher about the senior and retiree population in Las Vegas, and the Senior Lifeline program of the UJC-Jewish Federation. Senior Lifeline provides services such as meal delivery, home services, and installation of safety devices.

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Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection

Identifier

MS-00251

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Collection documents the social and political activities of Las Vegas, Nevada's LGBTQ community from 1955 to 2020. The collection includes hundreds of newspaper articles about LGBTQ issues, ranging from AIDS to Nevada legislation. The collection also documents the presence of the LGBTQ community in Las Vegas, including material from gay bars, nightclubs, social clubs, advocacy and political organizations, entertainers, and student groups. Previously known as the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Collection.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Raiders flag at Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

A Raiders flag flies near the Las Vegas Stadium project site roughly bordered by Russel Road, Polaris Avenue, West Hacienda Avenue, and Dean Martin Drive. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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Raiders flag at Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

A Raiders flag flies near the Las Vegas Stadium project site roughly bordered by Russel Road, Polaris Avenue, West Hacienda Avenue, and Dean Martin Drive. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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