In 1996, the mayor of Las Vegas himself declared the Golden Gate Hotel “ Las Vegas’ Most Historic Hotel. In 1964, the hotel-casino was renamed once more, this time to the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, and received a new owner in 1990 - the Ghelfi family. Miller passed away in 1957, his son continued to oversee the establishment alongside his sister, Helen Nugent.
Italo Ghelfi, one of the partners, would go on to manage the hotel for 40 years. Namely, his son, Abe Miller, decided to rent out an entire level to Italian-Americans involved in the casino’s opening on the ground floor. The same year the establishment was renamed Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backward) and expanded to four floors.ġ955 was another momentous year in this hotel’s saga. Gambling fans rejoiced in 1931 after Hotel Nevada’s casino opened yet again. While there were no gambling facilities, the hotel continued to expand and became even more popular in the 1920s after paving Fremont Street. Sadly, in 1909 the state outlawed gambling, so the casino had to stop its operations. The venue had plumbing, and Miller had big plans for it to become a modern hotel with top-notch amenities.
The two-story building was also the first one with a telephone, which was a pretty big deal back then. Next year, in 1906, Miller’s Hotel Nevada debuted as the first casino hotel in downtown Las Vegas. Image of Miller’s Hotel Nevada, Credit to:
