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Back In Business: Las Vegas Casinos Reopen

After a 78-day absence, Las Vegas casinos have reopened their doors to sizable crowds of visitors longing to put a dollar in a slot machine or have a drink at the bar. At 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Downtown Las Vegas casinos and properties throughout the region that cater to local residents were the first to reopen. Less than half of the Strip's…
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Back In Business: Las Vegas Casinos Reopen
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This Swanky Las Vegas Suite Lets You Live Like an '80s Casino Magnate

There's a clunky, very vintage-looking Unisonic video intercom system outside the 15th-floor penthouse in Downtown Las Vegas's El Cortez Hotel. Ring the intercom's loud doorbell, step inside, and you'll realize it even works: You can actually see into the hallway through a very grainy black and white closed-circuit TV, retro tech at its goofiest.…
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This Swanky Las Vegas Suite Lets You Live Like an '80s Casino Magnate
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Coin slot machines remain popular despite dwindling numbers

The noise is unmistakable, though it's heard at fewer and fewer casinos these days. Clank-clank-clank-clank-clank. That's the sound of money - metal coins hitting a metal tray - signifying slot or video poker winnings at one of the dwindling number of coin-operated machines still in use in the Las Vegas area. For some, the sound brings nostalgia…
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Classic Las Vegas Casino Makes a Change No Strip Casino Has Embraced

In the mid-1990s Las Vegas made an ill-fated effort to market itself as a family destination. That move made some sense, as the city does have a sort of overgrown-theme-park feel, In fact, the then-new MGM Grand casino/hotel had an actual amusement park built on its property to give kids something to do while their parents were gambling. At the…
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Downtown Vegas' El Cortez casino finishes $3M upgrade of vintage 'Original 47' rooms

Downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino El Cortez announced Tuesday the completion of a $3 million renovation that consisted of the upgrade of 47 original vintage rooms -dubbed the "Original 47" - built in 1941, the year when the National Register of Historic Places-listed venue opened its doors. Originally used as boarding and meeting spaces when the…
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Downtown Vegas' El Cortez casino finishes $3M upgrade of vintage 'Original 47' rooms
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Two downtown Las Vegas resorts happy with under-21 ban

Two downtown Las Vegas resort properties forbid people under 21 from entering. But don't expect the policies imposed by Circa and the El Cortez to gain any traction in other Las Vegas properties. Derek Stevens, Circa's owner, in June 2020 tweeted about his place's under-21 ban effective on opening day in October 2020. El Cortez this year made its…
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Two downtown Las Vegas resorts happy with under-21 ban
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Iconic Las Vegas Casino Makes a Big (Surprising) Change

In the mid-1990s Las Vegas made an ill-fated effort to market itself as a family destination. That move made some sense, as the city does have a sort of overgrown-theme-park feel, In fact, the then-new MGM Grand casino/hotel had an actual amusement park built on its property to give kids something to do while their parents were gambling. At the…
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Iconic Las Vegas Casino Makes a Big (Surprising) Change
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El Cortez in Las Vegas going adults-only on April 1: Travel Weekly

In the first phase, all guests must be 21 years of age or older with a valid state-issued identification for all hotel stays. A future phase of this new policy, expected to be implemented before the end of the year, will include identification checks at every entrance, making the entire property, including all food and beverage outlets, limited to…
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El Cortez in Las Vegas going adults-only on April 1: Travel Weekly
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Downtown Vegas' El Cortez casino to gradually become 21+ property following $25M renovation

Downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino El Cortez is becoming a 21+ property. The historic venue, which opened in 1941 and is one of the oldest hotel-casino properties in Vegas, will start introducing the policy change in April, when it will begin requiring an ID to book a room. It will be Las Vegas' second adults-only resort after Circa. The venue will…
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Downtown Vegas' El Cortez casino to gradually become 21+ property following $25M renovation
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Historic downtown Vegas casino adopts 21-and-older age limit

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The historic El Cortez has announced it will become the second downtown Las Vegas property to adopt a 21-and-older age limit for hotel guests and casino gamblers. Adam Wiesberg, general manager of the 80-year-old landmark, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday that the policy will begin April 1 for hotel stays and…
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El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas to become 21+ property

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - People hanging out in downtown Las Vegas will eventually need an ID to enter El Cortez. The historic hotel-casino says it will start transitioning to a 21-years-of-age-and-over property in April when it will require an ID to book a room. The casino will make the transition in two phases, with the second phase requiring an ID at…
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El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas to become 21+ property
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LUCKY! Multiple jackpot winners at one downtown Las Vegas hotel this month

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)- A lucky guest from Hawaii won big Friday after hitting a jackpot of $26160.00 on a Dollar Storm slot machine at the El Cortez Hotel & Casino. This comes on the heels of eight other big jackpot wins in the month of December, making the holidays extra special for those lucky guests. "El Cortez is famous for many things, but one area…
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LUCKY! Multiple jackpot winners at one downtown Las Vegas hotel this month
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El Cortez hotel-casino celebrates 80 years in downtown Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- El Cortez Hotel and Casino celebrates 80 years of operation in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday. El Cortez is the oldest continuously-operating hotel and casino in Las Vegas. It first opened in 1941 before the U.S. got involved in World War 2. With a storied history, Bugsy Siegel and the Mob even owned it for a brief time. "When…
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Downtown Las Vegas icon El Cortez Hotel & Casino to commemorate 80 years this November

LAS VEGAS, NV - This November, the historic El Cortez Hotel & Casino celebrates its monumental 80th Anniversary as the longest continuously running hotel & casino in the ever-changing landscape of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. As the only casino listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this Vegas institution has stood the test of time…
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Downtown Las Vegas' El Cortez casino to host job fair

l Cortez Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas plans to have a job fair in two weeks, as it is seeking to fill a wide range of positions, ranging from housekeeping to security to food and beverage roles. El Cortez said it is looking to fill these jobs quickly and stresses that "it is not playing around with the hiring process". The company had 160…
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Headed to a casino this summer? Here’s what to expect.

It was my turn to shoot, so I leaned over the craps table and scooped up the dice. It felt good; it had been more than a year since I'd been inside a casino. I looked at the expectant faces of my fellow players, channeled all the luck of the past pandemic year into my fist - and someone sprayed Windex in my face. Okay, it wasn't actually in my…
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El Cortez Selling Vintage Carpet Squares

For those who collect vintage Vegas items, El Cortez Casino in downtown Vegas is selling squares of its old psychedelic carpet for less than $20 per piece. El Cortez removed the carpeting from its 42000-square-foot casino floor last September, and now you can own a piece of the carpet. The carpet was first installed in 2007, one of many carpet…
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