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LAS VEGAS – March 6, 2015 – With its doors closing to the public at noon on Monday, May 4, 2015, the renowned Riviera Hotel & Casino is counting down the final nine weeks with a look back at some of the highlights, fun facts, celebrity sightings and rarely-seen photos that have helped build the iconic stature of the Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise hotel and casino.
Week one of #RivFacts celebrates legendary singer Liberace, who cut the ribbon at the property’s grand opening and became the Las Vegas Strip’s highest-paid entertainer, at $50,000 per week.
Opening night of Liberace’s show at the Riviera on April 20, 1955
Liberace and Elvis Presley, 1956
Liberace celebrating his birthday at the Riviera on May 18, 1958.
Liberace checks into the Riviera with his candelabra on July 1, 1963
Week one of #RivFacts celebrates legendary singer Liberace, who cut the ribbon at the property’s grand opening and became the Las Vegas Strip’s highest-paid entertainer, at $50,000 per week.
Opening night of Liberace’s show at the Riviera on April 20, 1955
Liberace and Elvis Presley, 1956
Liberace celebrating his birthday at the Riviera on May 18, 1958.
Liberace checks into the Riviera with his candelabra on July 1, 1963