{"id":239704,"date":"2022-10-27T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=239704"},"modified":"2023-01-18T10:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:42:26","slug":"group-announces-plans-to-rebuild-nations-first-racially-integrated-casino-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/group-announces-plans-to-rebuild-nations-first-racially-integrated-casino-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"First Racially Integrated Casino Hotel in US Will be Rebuilt, Investor Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new investor in Las Vegas claims it plans to finance reconstruction of the Moulin Rouge casino hotel. Trypto Business Solutions, a local technology consulting group, claims it will invest $2 billion into the project on behalf of Las Vegas Moulin Rouge Holdings. This is the holding company that announced several previous failed attempts to rebuild the nation\u2019s first racially integrated casino hotel where it once stood at 900 W. Bonanza Road.<\/p>\n

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The Moulin Rouge Casino Hotel, shown in a dilapidated state in the early 2000s, was the first desegregated casino resort in the US when it opened in 1955. A new group claims it plans to finance its $2 billion reconstruction. (Image: waymarking)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If this scenario seems familiar, it\u2019s because in 2016, Las Vegas Moulin Rouge Holdings made a similar announcement.<\/p>\n

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That plan was regarding the funding it had obtained to acquire the land and rebuild the Moulin Rouge, which was demolished in 2017, despite being historically designated, after three fires on the property rendered the remaining structure unsound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The company even hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction that never occurred. Since then, BBC Capital, an Australian-based investment company, purchased the land in 2020.<\/p>\n

Our initial funding partnership fell through, and we were constantly trying to get that reestablished,\u201d Scott Johnson of Las Vegas Moulin Rouge Holdings, told KSNV-TV\/Las Vegas.<\/em> \u201cNow we feel we have the backing to move forward on the project.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trypto claims it’s also providing part of the funding for the $4.9 billion All Net Resort and Arena on the Las Vegas Strip, proposed by former UNLV basketball player Jackie Robinson. Unfortunately, Robinson also has a track record of claiming funding that never materializes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Why the Moulin Rouge Matters<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Boots Wade and other dancers perform on opening night at the Moulin Rouge. (Image: Nevada State Museum Las Vegas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Las Vegas was a fully segregated city before the Moulin Rouge opened on May 24, 1955. People of color could work at Strip hotels, but only as cooks, maids, and janitors \u2014 \u201cback of house\u201d jobs where they went largely unseen. They could not even stay there. This was true even of black headliners, including Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, and Ella Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n

A taste of how far we\u2019ve come as a society is provided by this sentence about the Moulin Rouge, published by Variety<\/em>\u00a0in 1955: \u201cThis unusual spot continues to pull in the gambling sect, who are not alarmed in the least about rubbing elbows and dice in mixed racial company.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opening of the $3.5 million casino hotel \u2013 by a group of white investors led by Will Max Schwartz (38% ownership share), Louis Rubin (29%), and Alexander Bisno (31%) \u2013 didn\u2019t put a stop to Las Vegas\u2019 racist policies, but represented the official start of their dissolution.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until March 1960 that casino bosses \u2013 during a meeting with the NAACP and city and state leaders at the shuttered Moulin Rouge \u2013 reluctantly agreed to allow African-Americans to patronize their establishments. Inspired by the wave of civil rights activism sweeping the country, the NAACP had threatened a march on the Strip that would have embarrassed Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Why the Moulin Rouge Closed<\/b><\/h2>\n

The casino hotel seemed a complete success, yet it operated for just six months before being shut down. Mystery surrounds the exact reason. Some historians point to unpaid debts or insolvency by its owners. Others blamed the mobsters who owned competing hotels.<\/p>\n

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A single retaining wall is all that remains today of the original Moulin Rouge structure. (Image: Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The building stood for another 48 years, serving as a motel, a public-housing apartment complex, and finally, a flophouse. It made the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, but three fires \u2013 in 2003, 2009, and 2017 \u2013 gutted the already-crumbling structure. In 2010, the casino hotel\u2019s tower was demolished, followed by the rest of the ruins in 2017 \u2013 after more than 200 homeless persons were found living inside. Today, only a single retaining wall remains, and the iconic sign is now on permanent display at the Neon Museum\u2019s Neon Boneyard.<\/p>\n

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Keeping Hope Alive<\/b><\/h2>\n

If Moulin Rouge Holdings can acquire the property this time, Johnson said,<\/em> it intends to use the plans presented to the community in a 2016 showing the reimagined Moulin Rouge with a 200-room tower and full casino.<\/p>\n

“Everything is still in place from 2016,\u201d Johnson told KSNV.<\/em> \u201cWe have the same architect, Mr. Ed Vance. Same architect, same management team, everything is in place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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