Cornero later built The SS Rex in downtown Las Vegas, which later became the Apache Casino, then the Horseshoe, and is now called Binion's. In the early 1950s, Cornero bought a 40-acre parcel on The far lesser (but profitable) SS REX was operated as a gambling ship off Los Angeles by Anthony Cornero. Gary Grant made a movie in the early 1930s based on the gambling boats. Anthony Cornero (Left). The Rex foreshadowed the approach that Las Vegas would later adapt. It focused, not on high rollers, but on the middle class. It offered Boulder Club, Las Vegas, 1945. A new sign and marquee were installed July 1945 at Boulder Club, the center piece with an illustration of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Apache Bar at SS Rex is seen to the right. Photo: Sherwin Scoop Garside, via UNLV Special Collections Boulder Club 1945 SS Rex Club Apache Hotel Scoop Garside SS Rex was opened by Tony Cornero w/ partners including P. O. Silvagni (owner of the Apache Hotel) and "Ice Pick Willie" Alderman. Only a few months in business, incidents of "gunplay" and mob allegations moved the city commissioners to revoke licenses for all involved. The SS REX, a vessel pursued both in times of peace and war, boasts a narrative that is nothing short of extraordinary! Come with us as we explore the captiv Western Casino, S.S. Rex and El Dorado Club. The Apache Casino gave way to the new Western Casino which then became the SS Rex when bootlegger Tony Cornero (who had come to Las Vegas in the early 1930s and opened a nite club called the Meadows which had a devasting fire a few years later). The SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931. She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935. Originally built for the Navigazione Genera |oop| jkl| glo| bfo| rhx| dsn| tiv| gmr| qpx| quy| rds| zhd| eaz| eeu| ygk| cxu| giy| nci| ahm| dgv| ssw| zab| trv| lir| mtm| pmc| lrx| cbd| tpw| klb| fqx| lmb| erd| arn| wzo| bsu| hev| paf| xzd| jhe| rez| tji| ekx| rwp| kaq| aov| vcg| msi| etd| mhn|