Today was the end for the infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas' first high-rise and one of Sin City's most notorious mobster-owned properties. Its exit was as appropriate as its celebrated ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Riviera Hotel and Casino — the Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its ties to organized crime as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — ...

And another one bites the dust. One of the few remaining vestiges of Vegas’ Rat Pack era shuttered when the Riviera Hotel & Casino closed its doors at noon Monday, ending a colorful 60-year run on the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — If the ghosts of Frank Sinatra and Liberace were still hanging around the Riviera Hotel and Casino on Monday morning, they wouldn’t have found a seat at the bar. Crowds squeezed onto ...

Gaming machines from the recently closed Riviera will soon find new life in downtown Las Vegas. Derek Stevens, owner of the D Las Vegas and the Golden Gate, purchased 852 Riviera-owned slot machines, ...

On Friday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors voted in favor of buying the Riviera Hotel & Casino, one of the oldest casinos still standing in Las Vegas, as part of a ...

In just more than an hour on Friday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors agreed to purchase a Strip hotel that has been operating for nearly 60 years and at the same ...

One of the oldest remaining casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, the Riviera thrived, survived, and ultimately declined over half a century, from its opening day in 1955 until the shuttering of the ...

LAS VEGAS — Whether it’s a brass letter “R,” a baby grand piano or a hotel ice machine you desire, it’s all there inside the Riviera — for a price. The Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino that once hosted ...

Riviera Hotel and Casino demolished after 60 years of existence The 13-building property was famous for its ties to organised crime The 26-acre property will be turned into Las Vegas Convention Center ...