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\n\tRivera pool, then and now<\/p>\n
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\n\tRivera pool, then and now<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe Riviera opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise on the Las Vegas strip. <\/p>\n
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\n\tLiberace headlined the first night, and continued for years following.<\/p>\n
\tHoward Stutz and Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal \u00b7<\/p>\n
\tIs the Riviera about to join the Dunes, New Frontier, Stardust and others in the Las Vegas history pages?<\/p>\n
\tReal estate, gaming and tourism sources, all speaking on background, have said the 60-year-old Strip resort will be purchased and demolished by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, with the site being used for planned convention center expansion activities. No time frame has been given.<\/p>\n
\tA spokesman for Starwood Capital Group in Connecticut, which owns the Riviera, declined comment. Paragon Gaming, which operates the Riviera under a management contract that expires in June, has not responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
\tOn Tuesday LVCVA President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter said, \u201cno comment\u201d when asked about the Riviera. An agency representative echoed that statement at the end of the week, as well.<\/p>\n
\tThe Riviera, which opened in April 1955, has been in and out bankruptcy three times over 50 years.<\/p>\n
\tThe authority board has approved several land acquisitions for the planned $2.3 billion Las Vegas Global Business District, but most of that property has been south of the existing Las Vegas Convention Center campus off Sierra Vista Drive.<\/p>\n
\tThe Global Business District proposal, a plan to refurbish the 3.2 million square-feet of convention halls to maintain the city\u2019s lead as the nation\u2019s top trade show destination, includes a transportation component that community leaders have been discussing for nearly a year.<\/p>\n
\tThe Riviera site could be a coveted location for that transportation center because the hotel-casino is on the doorstep of Las Vegas Boulevard, midway between the south end of the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\tGreenwich-based Starwood took over primary ownership of the resort after it filed for bankruptcy in July 2010.<\/p>\n
\tParagon Gaming, headed by Dianna Bennett \u2014 daughter of the late Las Vegas gaming pioneer William Bennett \u2014 began managing the Riviera in June 2013, following a major shake-up that included the firing of the CEO.<\/p>\n
\tParagon Vice President George Scott Menke told state gaming regulators last year the company was recruited to assess the Strip property and recommend ways to revitalize it. Paragon was approved to receive a percentage of the revenue generated by the resort, which has more than 2,100 hotel rooms and a 110,000-square-foot casino.<\/p>\n
\tPulling from a $6 million capital improvement fund provided by Starwood, Paragon replaced carpeting, power-washed the building and remodeled the showroom. Menke said contractors worked through 200 code notices issued by Clark County regarding bad wiring and mechanical problems throughout the property.<\/p>\n
\tParagon planned to update the property\u2019s technology and continue renovations.<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on February 16, 2015, 5:55 pm<\/p>\n \tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rivera pool, then and now The Riviera opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise on the Las Vegas strip. Liberace headlined the first night, and continued for years following. Howard Stutz and Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Would hate to see it close as is was one of the first places that Rose and Doc went to so many years ago. We don’t go there any more as it really doesn’t have much to offer in the way of a decent game–in my humble opinion. Will miss it if it is torn down but things do change often for the better.<\/p>\n