Riviera Hotel Casino Las Vegas Vintage Soap From 1991 Closed Room Souvenir NOS

Description: Vintage Riviera Hotel CASINO Guest SOAP -LAS VEGAS, NEVADA from 1991NOTE- The Rivera closed on May 4, 2015 and was demolished shortly thereafter. The end of another old casino! This is a good sized , thick bar -not those wafer thin hotel soaps you normally find.Measures about 2 3/4" by 1 3/4" by almost 1 inch thick!Soap packaging states; Riviera HOTEL & CASINO The Star of Las Vegas reservation number on back EXCELLENT condition!! Unus ed ! This paper wrapped, imprinted Riviera Soap is A VERY cool item to used in your Vintage las Vegas themed Guest bathroom ( or for yourself) !A great Nostalgic ITEM From the Past!! SOME HISTORY;The Riviera opened on April 20, 1955 as the first high-rise and the ninth resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The Riviera is one of the oldest and most famous casino resorts in Las Vegas. The Riviera also broke new ground in its design: previously, Strip resorts resembled roadside motor courts.The opening of the Riviera, along with the Dunes and the Royal Nevada casino resorts within a month were the subject of a famous issue of Life Magazine, on June 20, 1955 with a Moulin Rouge showgirl on its cover. The headline was Las Vegas—Is Boom Overextended? and a story about how Las Vegas had built too many hotel rooms to be profitable.The Riviera was built by a group of investors from Miami. The resort has gone through many ownership changes over the years, including a period of control by owners linked to the Mafia (as was the case for many Vegas resorts in the 1960s and 1970s). Harpo Marx and Gummo Marx held minority interests at the opening. The Marx brothers also owned slightly under ten percent of the Hotel. It is said that Gummo talked his brother into putting money into the Hotel, for it would be a great place for him to perform. Harpo was easily sold. Dean Martin once held a minority ownership stake while he was a headliner in the showroom. Gus Greenbaum was brought into manage the Riviera in 1955. He had successfully managed the Flamingo Hotel after the death of Bugsy Siegel. However, Greenbaum's drug and gambling addictions led to his embezzling from the casino. In December 1958, Greenbaum and his wife were murdered in their Phoenix, Arizona home, reportedly on the orders of either Meyer Lansky or Tony Accardo.Before it closed, The Riviera was showcased on the TV Show Ghost Adventures featuring Bruce Woodbury as Greenbaum and Vince Neil of Motley Crue as a celebrity guest.This fantastic item will make a great addition to any home, office, music box , GAMBLING GAMING or man-cave themed room. Please ignore any DIRT SPECKS from my scanner. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for looking.

Price: 4.77 USD

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

End Time: 2024-10-22T23:02:27.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.8 USD