The below postcard image of the Dunes Hotel and Oasis Casino was taken from my grandparents collection of travel memories. The image depicts the addition of the Oasis Casino onto the Dunes property in 1983. The rear of the postcard reads, “One of the world’s great showplaces is ever-expanding, ever growing, with the “Oasis,” a…
When I was young and single, flying out to Vegas for a week meant staying for as cheap as possible on a new college grad’s income. The first people I would turn to when looking for advice on Las Vegas was always my grandparents, who had made countless returns to the neon-mecca for decades. While…
Las Vegas, Nevada 1968. The brand new Circus Circus casino is opened up on Las Vegas Boulevard. Modeled after a pink and white circus tent, the casino, and later hotel, catered to families with live circus acts and midway games. In 1993, Circus Circus expanded on the family theme and added the Adventuredome, an indoor…