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hotel and casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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  • Las Vegas: the Strip
    Las Vegas
    / Emergence of the contemporary city

    The venerable Dunes was demolished in October 1993—in true Vegas tradition, as a spectacle in front of a huge crowd of onlookers. It was the last of the city’s 1950s-era hotels, and its destruction symbolically ushered in a new era of elite hotels, including the Venetian and…

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    The venerable Dunes was demolished in October 1993—in true Vegas tradition, as a spectacle in front of a huge crowd of onlookers. It was the last of the city’s 1950s-era hotels, and its destruction symbolically ushered in a new era of elite hotels, including the Venetian and…

    Read More