Landmark Hotel & Casino

09/05/2024

After over a year of work, we have launched a NEW and TOTALLY REDESIGNED website for the memorial! LOADED with new features, this new memorial website will preserve the Landmark's memory like never before. There is an extensive history section, floor plans, photos, an interactive virtual memorabilia museum, and more! Go have a look and let us now what you think!

Welcome to the official Landmark Hotel Memorial! This site stands as a tribute to this architectural marvel and it's place in Las Vegas history.

02/10/2024

A very rare photo of the Landmark under construction in 1963 in color at dusk. It was taken by Bernard Gotfryd and found its way to the Library of Congress where it was mislabeled and only just recently identified.

08/24/2023

When the Landmark opened, the color scheme outside was mostly blue while the interior was very red. In 1984, the exterior lighting was changed to red.

Photo by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority

08/23/2023

08/18/2023

When the Landmark was originally built, the 29th floor contained a casino, the Mandarin Room restaurant, Sky Bar lounge, and a showroom (which was quickly repurposed as a movie theater). A spiral staircase led from the 27th floor to the 29th (there was no 30th) so guests could quickly access the casino or lounge. When the 29th floor was gutted in 1971 and converted into suites, the staircase remained. During the 1984 remodel, the staircase was removed and a chandelier from the former Prime Rib Room was placed there instead.

08/29/2022

The Landmark's original blue lighting made for great contrast at sunset

08/11/2022

The Landmark sat dark for 5 years after her closure in August 1990. Only radio station KLAV continued to operate in the tower until they could relocate to a new facility.
Photo by Marc Wagner

08/06/2022

There's nothing like relaxing by the pool behind a waterfall on a hot day - July 1985
Photo courtesy of Joel Rosales.

07/30/2022

The view from the pool at night in 1973

07/30/2022

You can now get the story of the Landmark FREE! We are now offering a free PDF version of Marc Wagner's book "Above Them All" from our website.
https://www.landmarkhotelmemorial.com

11/08/2021

On this day in Las Vegas' lost history, November 7, 1995 we lost the Landmark Hotel & Casino. Construction of the Landmark Hotel & Casino began in 1961 yet it would be another eight years before it finally opened on July 1, 1969.
The property struggled to stay open for the next twenty years eventually closing August 8, 1990.
After sitting vacant for the next five years, it was bought by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority in September of 1993 and eventually brought down by controlled demolition at 5:37 a.m. Tuesday, November 7, 1995 in less than seventeen seconds.
This set of photos were taken by my bar back at the Aladdin and given to me since I had to work that night / morning. Still trying to research his full name for credit.