Riviera Las Vegas Casino History! 1955-2015

Welcome back! Today we talk about the Riviera casino that was located in Las Vegas, Nevada from the years of 1955 up until 2015. It opened in the same era as casinos like the Dunes, Sands, Flamingo, Desert Inn, Royal Nevada and Sahara. It would be the first official high-rise resort that would be apart of the Las Vegas strip. Located at 2901 Las Vegas Blvd S it was in a prime spot. It’s said that the Riviera looked like it belonged somewhere along Miami Beach. The Riviera officially opened up on Aprul 20th of 1955 and inside of the Clover Showroom it was Liberace with actress Joan Crawford who made opening night special! At this time Liberace had to be the man making the most money at any Vegas property when he was getting paid $50,000 a week, compared to when he was at the New Frontier, he was only making $750 a week. In 1985 some of the Riviera’s most famous shows would get added to their lineup. Those shows including Splash, which was an “aquacade of music and dance”, La Cage and then in 1987, the topless comedy revue Crazy Girls was added. The Riviera was in many movies like Oceans 11, Diamonds are Forever, Casino, Austin Powers, The Hangover and Jason Bourne to name a few. Into 2015, the Riviera was bought by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and closed on May 4th, 2015 at noon. It was imploded in 2 phases. The 1st implosion took place at 2:35am on June 14th of 2016 which took down the 24-story Monaco tower and on August 16th of 2016 the Monte Carlo tower along with the other remaining buildings were imploded. If you have any memories put those in the comments below, share this video with your friends and thank you for watching and I’ll see you in the next one, peace!