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Business Card of the Day

Dunes Hotel Casino Country Club
Las Vegas, Nevada (closed)
http://gloriouslasvegas.com/2007/07/09/history-of-the-las-vegas-dunes-hotel/ (HISTORY)

"The Mirage in the Desert"

Theme- Arabian Desert
opened 1955
closed 1993
Imploded 1993-1994
hotel 1300 rooms
original cost 3.5 million
first hotel casino to offer topless shows 1961
attendence record of 16,000 in one week
1987 sold for 155 million (Japanese buyer)
1992 purchased by Wynn for 75 million

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Business Card of the Day
Picture1..arial view.1975
Picture2..front
Picture3..sign & front
Picture4..1950's
Picture5..imlosion

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