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Winner Takes All recounts the real estate development history of the Las Vegas Strip between 1998 and 2007. [2] The book primarily covers three major corporate deals: Kirk Kerkorian's 2000 purchase of Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts; MGM Mirage's 2004 buyout of Mandalay Resort Group; and Gary Loveman's Harrah's 2004 takeover of Caesars.
The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream is a non-fiction book about the Las Vegas Strip's architectural history by Stefan Al. The book was published in 2017 by MIT Press . Al visited Las Vegas for the first time in 2005 to do research on a course assignment.
Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. It is the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet.
Rank Name Image Height ft (m) Floors Year Coordinates Notes The Strat: 1,149 (350) 106 1996 Tallest observation tower in the United States, second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere after the CN Tower in Toronto; second-tallest free-standing structure in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, after the Kennecott Smokestack in Utah; has been the tallest structure in Las Vegas since 1996.
This house is Harlan’s Shangri-la, a place where a man who made his own rules lived.” Patrick is a freelance critic, podcaster and author of the memoir "Life B." Get the latest book news ...
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The Shangri-La Hotel Las Vegas: [6] A hotel to be managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. It would include 353 rooms, [1] originally announced as 400. [6] Attached to Echelon Tower and The Enclave. [24] Las Vegas ExpoCenter: [6] Planned 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m 2) convention center and associated meeting space. [9]
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