Greek Isles Hotel & Casino

Infobox Casino
casino=Greek Isles Hotel & Casino
theme=Greek
address=305 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109
logo=


rooms=205cite web | url= http://www.markivrealty.com/casestudies.html | title = Case Studies: Greek Isles Hotel & Casino | accessdate= 2008-07-15 | publisher = Mark IV Realty Group]
date_opened=1972
space_gaming=7,000ft²
attractions=
shows="The Rat Pack is Back"
"The World's Greatest Magic Show"
restaurants="Yanni's Greek Restaurant"
owner=DI Development Groupcite news | url= http://www.lvrj.com/business/13917012.html | title = New owner plans to close, implode Greek Isles resort | accessdate= 2008-07-15 | publisher = Las Vegas Review-Journal ]
casino_type=Land
renovations=2001
names_pre=The Royal Inn Casino (1972); The Paddlewheel Hotel Casino (1986-1993); Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel (1993-1999)
owned by the WWF (1999-2000) [cite web | url= http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html | title = Las Vegas Hotels / Casinos: By Name | accessdate= 2007-08-03 | work = Architecture Studies Library ]
website=http://www.greekislesvegas.com/

Greek Isles Hotel & Casino is a hotel/casino located in Paradise, Nevada, one block off the Las Vegas Strip. It's a 205-room hotel and a 7,000-square-foot casino with a Mediterranean theme.

History

Jackie Gaughan opened the Royal Inn Casino in 1972. [cite news | url= http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-06-Mon-2006/business/4815620.html | title = Family footsteps formed career path for Boyd exec | accessdate= 2008-07-15 | work = Las Vegas Review-Journal ] It operated as the Paddlewheel for several years, then in 1993 Debbie Reynolds acquired the property and added the Hollywood Movie Museum. [cite web | url= http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Debbie_Reynolds/192720 | title = Debbie Reynolds | accessdate= 2007-08-03 | work = Hollywood.com ]

In 1999 the hotel was sold to the World Wrestling Federation. [cite news | url= http://www.reviewjournal.com/hotels/greekisles.html | title = Greek Isles | accessdate= 2007-08-03 | work = Las Vegas Review-Journal ] The WWF sold it to Mark IV Realty Group in 2000; Mark IV partnered with Delta Airlines and United Airlines to turn it into a crew hotel, with a major renovation that was completed in summer 2001.

In July 2007, the hotel was sold to a real-estate developer (DI Development Group) for $48.8 million; the developer announced in January 2008 that he was pursuing financing to redevelop the site, replacing it with a mixed-use development, proposed to include 780 hotel rooms, a 77,000-square-foot casino and 71,200 square feet of convention, retail and, restaurant space.

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