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We can now confirm the rumor that the former Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon will be named The Cromwell, but even more interesting is the name the under-renovation hotel nearly got: Linq Hotel & Casino. In October 2013, Caesars Entertainment abruptly altered its plans to brand the hotel at Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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