I have the cover story in this week’s Vegas Seven. It’s a look at the final days of the Riviera:
But the Riviera, unlike the Fontainebleau, won’t go down in Las Vegas history as a failure. It was, after all, a Strip hotel that kept its doors open for 60 years. And in Las Vegas, that’s about as unlikely a winning streak as you’ll ever see.
This was a very difficult story to write. I hope I succeeded in trying to convey what the closing has been like for those who worked there, and why the place really does matter.
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