Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Glory Days of Las Vegas

Goodbye, Landmark Tower

In 1960, Kansas City builder Frank Carroll bought the land that would become home to the Landmark Tower. Carroll had hopes of building the largest structure in Las Vegas, but money and construction troubles got in his way. Nine years later, after Howard Hughes bought the building, the Landmark Tower finally opened.

The Landmark contained 400 slot machines and 476 rooms. It claimed it was the largest building in Las Vegas, but it wasn’t. That honor went to the Las Vegas International Hotel. But the Landmark had many other honors, including appearing in Martin Scorsese’s Las Vegas mafia film, Casino. In 2003, the Landmark Hotel was demolished.