The door
The Landmark
Wikipedia says the Landmark’s exterior entrance was lit up for one night so it could be used for outdoor shots as the Tangiers casino.
Film Threat lists the Landmark as the exterior of the fictional Tangiers resort.
Las Vegas, filmed at night · 1994–1995
Casino
Tangiers never existed. Its door was the Landmark, lit for one night, and its floor was the Riviera, filmed after dark. Both are gone. Pull the reels to see what became of seven places the film used.
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Tangiers
One casino, two buildings
The fictional resort was joined together from the front of one building and the inside of another.
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The floor
The Riviera
Wikipedia says filming happened at night in the Riviera casino, with the nearby Landmark Hotel as the entrance.
Per Wikipedia, filming took place throughout the resort, most prominently on the casino floor, and the 1970s and 1980s period look suited the story.
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The machine
Pull the reels
Seven places, three reels. The first shows what the film used the place for, the second the place, the third what became of it.
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Used for?
The place?
Today?
The reels are waiting. Pull the lever or choose a place.
0 standing · 0 moved · 0 gone · 0 of 7 places seen
The cabinet is dark.
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The Neon Museum
The Neon Museum
North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
Guided tours, including an evening Movies Tour, in the yard beside the La Concha lobby. Tours add to admission; check the schedule. Pictured: the lobby, 2015.
Plan a visitSeven in the morning
The door that was lit once
5:37
The tower was imploded on 7 November 1995 at 5:37 a.m.
- 1 July 1969Opens under Howard Hughes’s Hughes Tool Company.
- 6 August 1990Gaming stops after a failed auction.
- October 1994The entrance is lit for one night to play Tangiers.
- 7 November 1995, 5:37 a.m.The tower is imploded.
- June 2021A convention centre hall opens on the site.
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Sources: the Moulin Rouge
Cash out
Go and find what is left
The Peppermill, Atomic Liquors, the La Concha lobby and Main Street Station are open to visit. The Riviera, the Landmark and the Moulin Rouge are gone and are not pinned; the streets they stood on are public.
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Where it is now
4 places you can visit in Las Vegas, plus three that are gone, listed by street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant and lounge; its site lists 24 hours Thursday to Sunday and 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday to Wednesday. Walk in; the Fireside Lounge is inside.
The Peppermill restaurant on Las Vegas Boulevard South, 2011. Krista · CC BY 2.0 The north Strip · 2985 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
The Peppermill
Wikipedia lists Casino among the films that featured the Peppermill, with no detail on the scene.
A working restaurant and lounge; its site lists 24 hours Thursday to Sunday and 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday to Wednesday. Walk in; the Fireside Lounge is inside.
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Stay
A room downtown.
A casino hotel on Main Street, a short ride from Fremont Street and the Neon Museum.
Boyd Gaming
Main Street Station
Downtown Las Vegas
A casino hotel at 200 North Main Street, downtown, a fan list’s pick for the film’s opening blast. Pictured: Main Street Station, 2018.
Check roomsGo there
See the signs.
The Neon Museum, where the La Concha lobby now stands, and the Peppermill.
The Neon Museum
The Neon Museum
North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
Guided tours, including an evening Movies Tour, in the yard beside the La Concha lobby. Tours add to admission; check the schedule. Pictured: the lobby, 2015.
Plan a visit
Peppermill Las Vegas
The Peppermill
South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
The restaurant and Fireside Lounge on the north Strip; its site lists 24 hours Thursday to Sunday. Pictured: the restaurant, 2011.
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
7 of 7 places · 8 of 8 stories
The Riviera
2901 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
The Tangiers floor
Filming at night in the Riviera casino stands in for the fictional Tangiers.
The Landmark
364 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas
The Tangiers door
The Landmark’s entrance is lit for one night to play the outside of Tangiers.
The implosion
The Landmark tower is imploded at 5:37 a.m. on 7 November 1995.
The Peppermill
2985 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
A first meeting
A fan list places Ginger and Ace’s first meeting at the Peppermill, which Wikipedia says featured in the film.
The La Concha lobby
The Neon Museum, 770 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
The lobby moves
The La Concha lobby, seen in the film, is moved to the Neon Museum in 2006.
Atomic Liquors
917 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas
A Fremont Street bar
Atomic Liquors appears in the film; a fan list adds a truck-stop garage next door set as Chicago.
The Moulin Rouge
900 West Bonanza Road, Las Vegas
The Bonanza Road scene
A fan list places an enforcement scene at the Moulin Rouge; the hotel buildings are gone by 2017.
Main Street Station
200 North Main Street, Las Vegas
The opening blast
A fan list places the opening car explosion at Main Street Station; it was shot three times.