Shortly after, Elvis' friend and fellow Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton got a call from what was then the Las Vegas Hilton. RELATED: 13 Most Haunted Places in Las Vegas
Several months later in the summer of 1977, the king of rock and roll was dead. 'It was at that time billed as his comeback tour and there was a great buzz about that in Las Vegas,' said Gordon Prouty, Vice President of Public and Community Relations at Westgate Resort Hotel and Casino.Įlvis performed 837 consecutive shows at the International Theatre over seven years with the theater often packed with stars like Cary Grant and Carole Channing. Thirty days later, it would become home to one of the world's biggest entertainers - Elvis Presley.
At the time, it was the largest hotel and casino in the world.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - On July 1, 1969, the International Hotel opened in Las Vegas.