The building boom in Las Vegas that began in the late 1940’s continued to flourish during the next decade too. Many big hotel and resort buildings were constructed during this time in Las Vegas and especially on the famous Las Vegas strip. Among the most talked about and notable constructions in Las Vegas were the hotels built by Wilbur Clark, who used to be a bellman in some hotel in San Diego, California. He came up with a huge hotel named as Desert Inn there in the year 1950. A few years later, another such hotel named as Sahara Hotel was constructed by Milton Prell opened the on the site of the old Club Bingo. In the same year, another of the noticeable developments in Las Vegas was the The Sands Hotel. These hotels which belong to the era when Las Vegas building boom happened have been able to successfully retain their original names despite the fact that the respective properties have undergone numerous ownership changes.
In 1955, the building boom in Las Vegas was still going on and the major constructions in Las Vegas during this time were the development of the Riviera Hotel becoming the first ever high rise building contain total of nine stories on the famous Las Vegas strip. Prior to these developments in Las Vegas, the Desert Inn hotel was known for providing its guests the highest unobstructed panoramic view of the Las Vegas Valley from the resort's third-floor Skyroom. It was also a favorite place among visitors to the city, residents and celebrities to enjoy cocktail and dancing.
Las Vegas building boom was not happening in the famous Strip area, however in other parts of the city, effects of the building boom in Las Vegas could also be seen and felt. The famous Moulin Rouge Hotel cum casino was developed and it opened in 1955. However, Moulin Rouge is known for its stormy past marked by the closing and re-opening of this hotel cum casino so many times over and over gain. Finally the Moulin Rouge was declared as national historic site in 1992 when plans for its revival were announced.
Another of the famous developments in Las Vegas when there was a boom there was a building known as a silver dome which was actually a building for Las Vegas Convention Center. However, decades later this building was demolished in 1990 in order to expand the convention center. The new building for the convention centre that came up at the place of silver dome is one of the largest single-level facilities in the world.
