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Post by The Playboy on Aug 15, 2011 18:07:18 GMT -5
[nospaces] [attr="class","SCdefault"] [attr="class","SCdefimage"] [attr="class","SCdeftitlebar"]Las Vegas [attr="class","SCdeftextarea"] [attr="class","SCdefsubtitlebar"]Here’s the rub… Entertainment, along with gambling, built Las Vegas' reputation. People began to flock to the city not just to gamble, but also for the fantastic entertainment that was provided. When the El Rancho Vegas was the only resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 1941, singers, comedians, strippers, instrumentalists, dancers and a wide variety of performers were booked to entertain hotel guests in the resort's small, intimate showroom. [break][break] The hotel-casinos that followed copied the successful star format for a number of years. The Stardust was the first hotel to break with the star policy by debuting a stage spectacular as its main entertainment feature. The resort imported the Lido de Paris from France. The success of Lido encouraged other resorts to adopt a production show policy. [break][break] The Dunes engaged Minsky's Follies in 1957, the first time that topless showgirls debuted on the Las Vegas Strip. During the 50s and 60s, casino lounges also provided continuous entertainment from dusk to dawn at no charge to the customer except the cost of a drink. These lounges, which became major entertainment attractions in their own right, spawned the names of Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett, Shecky Greene, Alan King, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, the Mary Kaye Trio and many others. [break][break] **Information taken from History of Las Vegas. You can read more about the history from the website above. [break][break]
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