The Landmark Hotel and Casino

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For the skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan, see the Yokohama Landmark Tower.

The Landmark Tower was a hotel/casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Landmark opened on July 4, 1969, and closed in 1990.

The Landmark was a futuristic hotel/casino tower, located one block off the Las Vegas Strip. At 31 stories, it was at one time the tallest building in Nevada. The hotel/casino was built by Frank Carroll - not by the reclusive Howard Hughes as most believe. Hughes purchased the property from Carroll in 1968.

The Landmark played host to famous celebrities such as Danny Thomas, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

With just 525 rooms, the Landmark was small in comparison to the newer Las Vegas megaresorts. In 1993, the property was sold to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Two years later on November 7, 1995, the tower was imploded. In its place is a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center.

[edit] Film History

The elevators were used in the filming of a scene in Diamonds Are Forever.

The implosion of The Landmark was used in the film Mars Attacks!, and in the closing credits of The Cooler.

The Landmark's casino and parking foyer were used during filming of Martin Scorsese's Casino starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone.

Whereas buildings are usually gutted to prepare for demolition, electrical wiring and lights were allowed to remain, so as part of the movie's special effects, the lights in The Landmark were left on before and during the implosion.