The Landmark Hotel and Casino

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

The Landmark in 1986

The Landmark Tower was a hotel/casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Landmark opened on July 2, 1969, with 1,500 rooms which, at the time, made it the wold's largest hotel.^[1] The Landmark closed in August of 1991.

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.

1 History
- 1.1 Film History
2 References
3 External links

[edit] History

The Landmark was a futuristic hotel/casino tower, located one block off the Las Vegas Strip. At 31 stories and 346 feet, it was at the time the tallest building in Nevada. Construction on the hotel started in 1961, but the hotel sat 80% completed from 1963-1967 for lack of funds to finish it. The hotel/casino was started by Frank Carroll - not by the reclusive Howard Hughes as most believe.^{[citation needed]}

Hughes purchased the property from Carroll in 1968 and finished it.

The property sold to William Morris in 1982, who owned it until the hotel closed in 1991.

In 1993, the property was sold to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for $16.7 million. 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 external elevators were used in the filming of a scene in Diamonds Are Forever.

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

An empty Landmark can be seen behind Elvis in Viva Las Vegas.

The Landmark had recurring roles in both Vega$ and Crime Story (TV series)

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