Post #579963 by bamalamalu on Fri, Mar 11, 2011 3:08 PM

Well, this rots.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20110311/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_sahara_closing_las_vegas

Sahara hotel-casino in Las Vegas closing in May

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Oskar Garcia, Associated Press – 2 hrs 20 mins ago

LAS VEGAS – The Sahara Hotel & Casino, among a few Las Vegas Strip resorts left from the Rat Pack era, is closing nearly six decades after dealing its first hand.

Several other casinos from the earliest days of gambling in Sin City were remade into new megaresorts, but the Sahara's owners don't yet have a plan for the property.

"The continued operation of the aging Sahara was no longer economically viable," CEO Sam Nazarian of owner SBE Entertainment Group said.

The property will close May 16, officials said.

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