Hotel Tropicana Las Vegas NV 'Folies and 50 similar items

This is a vintage collectible ashtray from Hotel Tropicana Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1955, Ben Jaffe, an excecutive of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, bought a 40-acre parcel at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Bond Road and aimed to build the finest hotel featuring a cuban ambience. Jaffe had to sell his interest in the Fontainebleau to complete the project which finally opened in April 1957. The Tropicana became the target of a mob skimming operation in 1978. Joe Agosta, the owner of the casino's folies Bergere show, oversaw the siphoning of money fromt he cashier cage to the Kansas City crime family. The scheme was exposed in 1979 by an FBI investigation into hidden mob interests in Las Vegas casinos. Hotel chain Ramada Inns purchased the business in December 1979. The Tropicana Las Vegas has been a Las Vegas landmark since its inception in 1957. The Tropicana closed on April 2, 2024 and is expected to be demolished making way for two new projects, a baseball stadium (tentatively the New Las Vegas Stadium) on nine acres of the site, and a new resort bearing the Bally's name on the remaining land. Beautiful black ashtray in excellent condition, with gold letterings. 4-5/8" x 1-1/8 " tall. Shipping is $9.95 to anywhere in the USA. International shipping rates apply. Do check out this store for lots more ashtray Collectibles often. Thanks for stopping by!