Blighted Las Vegas site could be cleared as early as today.
Demolition work on some of the Moulin Rouge’s remaining structures could start as soon as today, much to the chagrin of those who insist at least part of the historic remains can be preserved.
The Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission approved the demolition permit Wednesday.
The Moulin Rouge opened in 1955 as the valley’s first integrated hotel-casino. The casino closed that same year, but in 1960 the property hosted a landmark meeting in which most hotel owners in Las Vegas agreed to end their segregation policies. A 2003 fire gutted the property, and a blaze last year mostly finished what the first one had started.
Earmarked for demolition are the hotel’s façade, a security guard shack and a pair of gutted signs, together with the hotel’s iconic decorative tower. However, some locals still believe that the tower could and should be preserved.
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