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Elvis Presley Stamp the on the left was the winning design in 1992
On February 24, 1992, two possible designs for the US Postal Service Elvis Presley Stamp were unveiled at the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV. The younger 1950’s Elvis was the winner. The Elvis stamp was released on January 8, 1993.
El Cortez Hotel in downton Las Vegas placed on the National Register of Historic Places on feb, 22, 2012
The El Cortez, a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas at 600 East Fremont Street is one of the oldest casino-hotel properties in Las Vegas. The hotel has continuously operated at the same Fremont Street location since 1941. Primarily Spanish Colonial Revival in style, it reflects a 1952 remodel when the facade was modernized. On February 22, 2013, the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
El-Cortez Sign Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas
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Date Taken: July 7, 2011
Las Vegas City Hall opened on February 21, 2012
The New Las Vegas City Hall at Night
On February 21, 2012, The new Las Vegas City Hall opened after years of planning and construction. The project came in at a cool $146 million in a state-of-the-art facility on Main St. downtown Las Vegas.
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The Cromwell – artist Rendering
On February 21, 2014 the Cromwell opened on the Las Vegas Strip. The property started as the Barbary Coast which opened on March 2, 1979, then sold and renamed Bill’s Gambling Saloon. Bill’s closed on February 4, 2013 and was sold. It remained closed for renovations for over a year and after a $185 million remodel, it opened as a boutique hotel called the Cromwell. The Cromwell currentyl owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Author, Hunter S. Thompson, Died on February 20, 2005
On February 20 2005, Hunter S. Thompson (b.1937), gonzo journalist, committed suicide in Aspen, Colo. Thompson inserted himself into his accounts of America’s underbelly and popularized a first-person form of journalism in books such as “The Rum Diary” (1998) and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1972).
Considered the father and pioneer of Gonzo journalism, regard his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as the greatest work of the late follower. The book, which is about a wildly psychedelic and crazy adventure of a journalist and a lawyer in Las Vegas, cemented its place in American literature as a critical insight into the failed counter-cultural movement of the 1960’s. It was adapted into a movie in 1998 starring Johnny Depp, who is a close friend of Thompson, and Benicio del Toro. To many fans, revisiting the savage journey of the two characters is the ultimate immersion in the book.
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