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Silver Slipper at Last Frontier Village, April 1955.

TIMELINE OF SILVER SLIPPER:

'50: Hotel Last Frontier opens GOLDEN SLIPPER on 9/6/50 as a part of Last Frontier Village on property previously occupied by the livery stables. Original building had casino and bar on ground floor, convention space on second floor. Renamed SILVER SLIPPER in Dec.

'54: Road sign installed circa Feb or earlier.

'55: Slipper sign installed on the rooftop circa Feb or earlier. Design by J. Larsen, YESCO.

'56: Silver Slipper sold to Slipper Corp (R. Schulze & partners), land leased from Last Frontier (RJ 2/22/56 p29). The casino will be independent of Frontier through '68.

'62: Casino painted red, slipper sign all white.

'64: Casino closed after gaming violations (RJ 5/31/64)

'65: Shelam Inc (S Diamond, S Williams & partners) purchase, reopen; slipper sign moved from casino rooftop to the attraction board circa Oct.

'66: Casino expansion, remodel. Architect: H. Rissman.

'68: Sold to H. Hughes, bringing Frontier & Silver Slipper under the same ownership.

'87: Slipper & Frontier sold to M. Elardi (Unbelievable Inc) (RJ 12/16/87, 10/20/91).

'88: Closed in Nov. Slipper sign moved to YESCO boneyard. Casino demolished, becomes parking space for Frontier.

'98: Elardi sells Frontier while retaining the 16 acres where Silver Slipper stoodas Tishmar LLC.