Sahara Hotel...Water Theme Amusement Park?

Now that the Sahara Hotel has shuttered its windows and doors, and the liquidation sale is in full swing, there is a lot of scuttlebutt floating around about the outcome of the prime real estate situated at Sahara Boulevard and the Las Vegas strip.

However, in response to queries, the owners have remained tight-lipped.

Personally, I have been tinkering with the idea of a water-themed amusement park!

After all, a roller-coaster is already on the property and ready to rev up once again.

In addition, a monorail in place to transport tourists to the site in the event my vision pans out.

A few years ago, when I was performing in a live stage production of  "Ghostbusters" at a country fair back east, the cast and I headed off to splash about in the wading pools when the curtain fell each day - and scream bloody-murder - as we excitedly flew down a myriad of water slides for weeks on end.

Talk about a cool and refreshing respite from the sizzling hot mid-day sun!

What say U?

News at 11!

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Sahara Hotel...nostalgia buffs brave sweltering heat to snatch up keep-sakes!

If you were cruising down the Vegas strip on Thursday, you probably caught sight of a throng of tourists and locals alike, perspiring profusely in the sweltering heat in a line that snaked down the street for blocks on end.


Nope!

The folks were not anxious to snap up tickets for an upcoming headlining act.

On the contrary, die-hard souvenir-seekers were waiting patiently - sometimes upwards of three grueling hours - to gain entrance to a liquidation sale held at the Sahara Hotel which I reported on a couple of days ago.

Post: 06/14/2011

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As I noted in my previous report, the Sahara closed its doors to the public in May and is now in the process of clearing out the inventory - in some cases - at rock-bottom prices.

And, nostalgia buffs - a few practical types, too - are out to snap up a few collectibles if only for old time's sake.

After all, the Sahara Hotel was once a former haunt of the infamous "rat pack".

Uh-huh!

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin - and a gang of swinging wannabees - once flocked to the glittering showcase in the heyday of Vegas when the "mob" ruled.

On Thursday, potential buyers paid $10.00 a pop

Within hours, beaming shoppers were later spied hauling out their spoils, with a smug look of satisfaction on their beaming faces tanned to perfection by the desert sun.

What was up for grabs?

Novel Camel Lamps - which once rested on night-stands in every suite in the once-chic Hotel - sold briskly 150 smackeroos.

Publicity stills of - Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles - were snapped up quickly, too.

"Even if the item is nailed down, it's for sale," one liquidator presiding over the event underscored in the event there were any doubts.

Meanwhile, items that could be dropped in a pocket or slipped into a take-home bag, were flying out of the Hotel left, right, and center.

For instance, lone poker chips were plucked up for two bucks, while single dinner plates were being wrapped up for five dollars a piece.

A King-size mattress - free of bed bugs, I hope - sold for $325.00.

The purchaser must have had a struggle wrestling that find out the front door, eh?

At press time, still dozens of little treasures were available on site, this week.

By the way, the liquidators have noted that there they will no longer be charging a fee into the fifth day of the sale, so budget-minded folks may want to bear that fact in mind.

The gargantuan sale continues for the next sixty days - when it is expected - that all the desirable primo items will have finally been snatched up and carried off to the four corners of the world.

Happy treasure hunting, eh?

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Sahara Hotel...Nostalgia sale! Everything must go! Including the kitchen sink!

Shortly after the elaborate lobby of the Sahara Hotel shut down - and management took inventory - a spokesperson for the legendary Hotel (where Elvis, the Beatles, and a host of other notables either graced the stage or passed-out on the comfy beds in the well-appointed suites too pooped to participate) announced that the business entity which controlled the assets would be selling-off all the contents of the once-sumptuous lodgings.

Uh-huh!

The Sahara Hotel is holding a "nostalgia sale".

"Everything must go," the owners noted yesterday to the media, in no uncertain terms.

Except for the "roller-coaster" - out front - which stays.

Starting tomorrow, the Sahara will toss open its doors - at $10.00 a pop - and allow serious buyers (lookie-loos, too) to browse for keepsakes.

And, what a treasure trove that will be!

"I'd like one of those Elvis publicity stills that has  been gracing the wall for years," one fan gushed to a reporter who was there to take stock of the inventory.

A few former guests are bent on snapping up the "Camel" table lamps which once rested on each nightstand in all the suites at the Sahara until renovations a few years ago which transformed the overall "look" of the Vegas digs.

A life-size camel is also going on the chopping block ($12,000.00) alongside slot machines, gaming tables, and even the kitchen sink!

Unfortunately, collectors - and sentimental locals - won't be able to take a gander at the offerings online before the items start flying out the front door.

All interested parties must pay the entrance fee up-front at the lobby doors to get a glance at the unique collectibles.

"It's first-come, first-served," underscored the Hotel employee with a tinge of melancholy in his voice.

The "yard sale" kicks off tomorrow bright-and-early (if I am not mistaken).

Check with the Hotel staff for details.

See 'ya there!

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Sahara Hotel & Casino...Las Vegas gambling joint to shut-down! Consumer alert warning!



The brief news snippet in the morning paper - reporting that the Sahara Hotel & Casino was closing its once-celebrated doors - didn't surprise me one iota!

Tattler readers may recall that I posted a consumer alert about the deceptive business practices at the Hotel last year, with the dire warning that they book lodgings elsewhere, to gurantee a fun-filled vacation frolic in the desert oasis free of headaches.

Post:  09/16/2009

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Film buffs will recall that in its glory days, producers for the successful feature - Ocean's Eleven - shot on location in the exotic environs of the Morocccan-themed resort situated at the end of the main strip in glitzy Las Vegas.

SBE Chief Executive officer Sam Nazarian (a Los Angeles-based hospitality and entertainment group and Stockbridge) snapped up the Sahara in 2007 and vowed to invigorate the sagging investment property.

But now, it appears that the ailing Hotel will slip into obscurity when it is shut down in May.

No doubt, the ghosts of the rack pack (Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.) will continue to haunt the premises 'til then.

Poor quality food, over-priced rooms - and a failure to keep up with the heartbeat of "Sin City" - spelled doom (as I predicted many moons ago).

I trust the place will be imploded, sit empty for a year or two, or be revamped by ambitious optimistic investors with money to burn somewhere down the long-and-winding road.

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The rat pack in their heyday!