|
|
Entertainment, along with gambling, built Las Vegas' reputation as a playland getaway of the world.
When the El Rancho egas was the only resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 1941, singers, comedians, strippers, instrumentalists, dancers and a wide ariety of performers were booked to entertain hotel guests in the resort's small, intimate showroom.
The hotel-casinos that followed copied the successful star format for a number of years.
The Stardust was the first hotel to break with the star policy by debuting a stage spectacular as its main entertainment feature. The resort imported the Lido de Paris from France. It was acclaimed by critics as a more spectacular ersion than the Paris original. The Lido had a 31-year run at the Stardust Hotel. It was replaced in 1991 with the current new spectacular entitled Enter The Night.
The success of Lido encouraged other resorts to adopt a production show policy. The Dunes, which dvisappeared from the skyline in a fiery, dusty staged implosion in 1993, engaged Minsky's Follies in 1957, the first time that topless showgirls debuted on the Las Vegas Strip. |
During the 50s and 60s, casino lounges also proided continuous entertainment from dusk to dawn at no charge to the customer except the cost of a drink. These lounges, which became major entertainment attractions in their own right, spawned the names of Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett, Shecky Grevene, Alan King, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, the Mary Kaye Trio and many others.
egas
Brief History
Mormon Influence
Famous strip starts
Building boom
Entertainment is Las Vegas
No holds barred
Dawn of
mega resorts
Downtown
A Century |
Las Vegas
travel guide
 Tours
Shows
Hotels
acation
Rental
 Restaurants
Madame Tussauds
Wax Museum
Tips from egas
locals
 Nightlife
Kids
Car rental
Babysitter
proisions @ hotels
Pools
Spas
Attractions
Buffets
Bars and Lounges
 egas
Golf
|
|
