On May 30th, 1991, Vegas World's iconic neon sign was blown over by a massive wind storm. In 1990, another wing was added to the right of the 25-story hotel tower, making the hotel have a total of 932 rooms.
Satellites, astronauts, planets, and even a massive Star Trek Enterprises-themed Big Six Wheel was added to the casino. The mural set a Guinness World Record for the world's largest mural.Īlong with the expansion came a much heavier themed renovation with the casino. In 1983, an expansion went underway, adding a 25-story, 400-room hotel tower, complete with a mural of an astronaut voyaging space. Vegas World opened in 1979 and closed on Februto merge with the Stratosphere.Īfter the Gambler's Hall of Fame permanently closed, Bob Stupak, with the help of Valley Bank, built a 90-room 8-story tower with the cost of over one million dollars on July 13, 1979. Throughout it's history, the hotel was owned by Bob Stupak. Vegas World was an outer-space themed hotel and casino located where the Stratosphere is today in Las Vegas, Nevada.
