The Mint Las Vegas: Difference between revisions

'''The Mint Las Vegas''' was a hotel and casino in downtown [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. Opened in 1957,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.earlyvegas.com/downtown.html|title=Old Downtown Vegas |author= |date= |work= |publisher=earlyvegas.com |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> a 26-story hotel tower was added in 1965. In 1988, The Mint was sold and became part of [[Binion's Horseshoe]].

 

 

The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and [[Oscar Acosta]]'s legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in Thompson's novel ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]].'' According to the book, they stayed in room 1850.

 

[[Patsy Cline]] performed at the Mint Casino in December 1962 though January 1963, 3 months before her fatal plane crash. She performed with the Glaser Bros. and at one point developed "Vegas Throat" due to the dry desert heat. That night she mouthed the words to one of her LPs played over the loudspeakers. She was the 2nd country performer to perform in Vegas, the first being Loretta Lynn who also played the Mint. Upstairs in the lounge you could see the Johnny Elvis Foster Show ''For The Love Of Elvis'' & The Memphis Sound Packed the house every night for 3 months from February 1978 though May 1981. Dell said He was the best thing to hit downtown.

 

[[Peter Urquidi]], "Man of Many Sounds", played the Top of the Mint in the "Sky Room" for more than a decade until the early 70's.

 

 

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[[Category:Defunct hotels in Las Vegas]]

[[Category:Hotels established in 1957]]