vintagelasvegas: Photo collage of Howard Hughes-owned casinos c. 1969Unknown photographer, Hughes Pr
vintagelasvegas: Photo collage of Howard Hughes-owned casinos c. 1969Unknown photographer, Hughes Professional & Aeronautical Photographs, UNLV Special Collections. Las Vegas properties bought by Hughes in Spring ‘67-Summer ‘70: Desert Inn, Sands, Castaways, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Landmark, KLAS-TV, Alamo Airport, North Las Vegas Air Terminal, Sand-Dunes Motel, the former Stardust Drive-In, the former El Rancho Vegas property, numerous undeveloped Las Vegas Strip parcels, Spring Mountain Ranch, and a couple Las Vegas homes. Hughes also owned thousands of acres west of the Las Vegas Strip, acquired in 50s, which would later become Summerlin. Hughes’ Las Vegas businesses became Summa Corp. when he sold Hughes Tool Company in ‘72. -- source link