THE MINT LAS VEGAS

'The Mint Las Vegas' was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Opened in 1957, a 26-story hotel tower was added in 1965. In 1989, The Mint was sold and became part of Binion's Horseshoe.
The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta's legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in Thompson's novel ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.''

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History

Del Webb assumed ownership around 1961.
Milton Prell, who also owned the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, at one point owned The Mint.

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