![]() ![]() SBE Entertainment has not announced its plans.Ĭasino officials gave away the last of the Sahara’s progressive jackpot cash Friday, awarding 63 winners about $500 each. Past hotels, including the Stardust, Landmark and Boardwalk, were razed to make way for new developments. Unlike other casino closings in Sin City that make way for newer projects, it’s not clear what the future of the site will be. ![]() Instead of celebrities and lounge acts, the Sahara became known in recent years as home to round-the-clock $1 blackjack, the NASCAR Cafe with a six-pound burrito eating challenge and a replica of Dale Earnhardt’s race car that sat Monday with a flat tire, dents in its hood and coins thrown inside. Owners SBE Entertainment decided earlier this year it was no longer economically viable to keep the casino open on the north side of the Strip, where several projects have been planned but shuttered the past few years. ![]() Don Rickles, Johnny Carson and Louis Prima entertained here, and its first performance was from Ray Bolger, who played the scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.” The Sahara is remembered as one of the Rat Pack’s favorite haunts and where an emphasis of lounge acts set standards for other joints that followed. ![]()
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