Is It a Mirage? Moulin Rouge Back for a Day

Sun, Jun 1, 2014

Though it was largely demolished after a fire in 2010, the Moulin Rouge in Las Vegas, the first integrated gaming hall in the U.S., will reopen for eight hours this month so the new owners can retain the property’s gaming rights.

Slots will spin again from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Moulin Rouge casino will reopen sometime this month, but only for the length of one eight-hour shift.

In keeping with Nevada state law, the property would lose its gaming land-use rights if it did not offer gaming in some form every two years. A trailer with 16 slot machines will park at the site of the historic casino, which has been mostly demolished, reported the Las Vegas Sun.

The “casino” will be open for patrons from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 11.

The Moulin Rouge was built in 1955. It gained renown as the first integrated hotel-casino in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, five years before it closed in 1997.

The building was destroyed in two fires, one in 2003 and the other in 2009, the Sun reported. It is now owned by Olympic Coast Investment, which bought the property for a mere $5 million in 2009. The Moulin Rouge was originally constructed for $3.5 million.

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