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The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic American hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996. Designed by architect Wayne McAllister, with a prominent 56-foot (17 m) high sign, the Sands was the seventh resort to open on the Strip. During its heyday, it hosted many famous ...
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is an American casino and resort company with corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was founded by Sheldon G. Adelson and his partners out of the Sands Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The Sands was demolished and redeveloped as The Venetian, opening in 1999.
Golden Sands (Bulgarian: Златни пясъци, Zlatni pyasatsi [ˈzɫatni ˈpʲasɐt͡si]) is a major seaside resort town on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, adjacent to a national park of the same name in the municipality of Varna. Located 17 km north of downtown Varna, it is virtually connected to the city by a continuous swath of ...
The resort also offered amenities such as the Emerald Green golf course, which opened in 1964. The Dunes was one of two Strip resorts to include a golf course, the other one being the Desert Inn. The Emerald Green was the longest course in Nevada, at 7,240 yards. The Dunes opened with 194 rooms, while a 21-story tower brought the total to 960.
Charles Sands United States: Walter Rutherford Great Britain: David Robertson Great Britain: 1904 St. Louis details: George Lyon Canada: Chandler Egan United States: Burt McKinnie United States Francis Newton United States: 1906–2012: not included in the Olympic program: 2016 Rio de Janeiro details: Justin Rose Great Britain: Henrik Stenson ...
Park Meadows Country Club (Park City, Utah) – 1983. Bear Lakes Country Club (West Palm Beach, Florida) – 1984. Lakes course – 1985. Links course – 1987. Country Club of the Rockies (Edwards, Colorado) – 1984. Desert Highlands (Scottsdale, Arizona) – 1984. Elk River Golf Club (Banner Elk, North Carolina) – 1984.
The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000.Designed by architect Hugh Taylor and interior design by Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip, the first four being El Rancho Vegas, The New Frontier, Flamingo, and the El Rancho (then known as the Thunderbird).
Golf is officially recognized as firstly featuring in the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900 and was also contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics. A golf tournament was to have been held in 1908, but it was cancelled less than two days before it was scheduled to start. [1] Two golf tournaments were also to have been held in 1920, but were ...