El Rancho Vegas
1941* Opened
2500 Las Vegas Blvd. S Architect: Wayne McAllister
1947 Sold to Beldon Katleman and Additions
1960 Burned Down, existed as a Vacant Lot until
in 2001, part of the vacant lot was purchased by the Hilton Hotels Corporation to build a timeshare, which opened in 2004.
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Other size measure:
The hotel had 63 rooms at the start, which was a large number of rooms for the day.
Owners:
Thomas Hull, later Wilbur Clark
Location:
2500 Las Vegas Blvd. S
Las Vegas, NV
Alternate name:
Hotel El Rancho Vegas.
