Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Bella Ladies V-Neck Tee

Venue History

The Riviera, also known as The Riv, was a hotel and casino on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada, that opened on April 20, 1955. It initially had a nine-story hotel featuring 291 rooms and was the first skyscraper in the Las Vegas Valley. Over the years, the Riviera expanded with additional towers: a 12-story in 1966, a 17-story in 1975, and a 24-story in 1988. At its closure in 2015, the resort had a 103,800 square foot casino and 2,075 rooms. Businessman Meshulam Riklis owned the Riviera from 1973. Although it filed for bankruptcy in 1983, the hotel rebounded in 1985 by targeting a middle-class demographic. The Riviera faced bankruptcy again in 1991 due to over-budget expansion but emerged in 1993 under new ownership by Riviera Holdings Corporation. The convention space expanded in the late 1990s, keeping it profitable, and the hotel hosted various entertainment acts. In February 2015, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) bought the Riviera for $191 million with plans to demolish and expand the nearby Las Vegas Convention Center. The Riviera closed on May 4, 2015, and was demolished in 2016. LVCVA decided to build new convention space on the Riviera’s eastern portion and offered 10 acres along the Strip for sale in 2019. In 2021, a sale agreement was made with Claudio Fischer, a Chilean developer, who later withdrew in 2023 due to rising interest rates. Later, the land was sold to Brett Torino and Paul Kanavos for $125 million, with plans to sell five acres to Fontainebleau Las Vegas for $112.5 million for future development. Torino and Kanavos considered developing a retail and entertainment complex. The sale closed in November 2024.