In 2015, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority bought the Riviera for $182.5 million as part of its billion dollar expansion. Attempts were made to bring in customers by offering Bingo, making it the only casino to offer it on the strip at the time.
While it was operational for a better part of its sixty-year existence, it went through a number of bankruptcies including its first just three months after opening.ĭespite many challenges, the Riviera went through expansions and lasted longer than many other hotel and casinos from its era until the lack of foot-traffic from the demolition of those neighboring casinos over the years and the Great Recession brought it closer to closing in 2010. The first high-rise hotel & casino to land on the Las Vegas Strip, the Riviera opened on April 20, 1955, just before the era of the mega-resorts.
