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Westgate Las Vegas

The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel, casino, and timeshare resort in Winchester, Nevada. Located near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, it is owned by Westgate Resorts. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las Vegas Hilton, then briefly as the LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. From 1981 to 1990, it was the largest hotel in the world.

Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino

July 2, 1969 (1969-07-02) (as The International)

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54,923 square feet (5,102.5 m2)

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International (1969–1971)
Las Vegas Hilton (1971–2012)
LVH – Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (2012–2014)

1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995, 1999, 2014–2016

Ann-Margret – When You're Smiling, a 1973 television special starring actress and singer Ann-Margret, was recorded mainly in the Hilton showroom.[272]

NBC

Perry Como, Las Vegas Style, a 1976 NBC special starring singer , was recorded at the Hilton.[273][274]

Perry Como

The game show filmed its 1976–77 season in the Hilton showroom.[275][276][277]

Let's Make a Deal

The was televised from the hotel annually from 1977 to 1983,[278] in 1986, 1987, 1996, and 1997,[279] from 2015 to 2019,[280] and in 2021.[281]

Mrs. America Pageant

Liberace recorded parts of two specials, 1978's Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace and 1979's Liberace – A Valentine's Special, and the 1980 Showtime special, Liberace in Las Vegas, at the Hilton.[162][163][282][283][284]

CBS

The CBS New Year's Eve special, , was anchored at the Hilton's Grand Ballroom in 1979 and 1980,[285][286] and included segments at the Hilton in 1981 and 1982.[287][288]

Happy New Year, America

In 1980, singer starred in two specials recorded at the Hilton, An Evening with Lou Rawls on HBO and The Lou Rawls Parade of Stars on CBS.[289]

Lou Rawls

On May 2, 1982, the held its annual convention in the ballroom of the Hilton for the inaugural telecast of The Weather Channel.

National Cable Television Association

, a 1989 pay-per-view special, was aired live from the Hilton showroom.[179][290][291]

Wayne Newton Live in Concert

Two episodes of Roseanne were taped here in 1991.

Prime Time Country, a nightly talk show on , came to the Hilton theater four times between 1997 and 1999, recording a week's worth of episodes on each occasion.[292]

The Nashville Network

The Oak Ridge Boys Live, a variety show starring country music group that ran for one season on the Nashville Network, was taped over the span of two weeks in the Hilton Theatre in 1998.[293][294][295]

The Oak Ridge Boys

, an FX variety show that ran for one season starting in 1998, recorded some of its episodes at the Hilton theater.[296]

Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular

Two live pay-per-view concert specials were televised from the Hilton theater under the name For the Record in 1998 and 1999, starring, respectively, and Merle Haggard.[297]

Alabama

The syndicated game show came to the Hilton four times, taping two or three weeks of episodes on each occasion. The show was aired from the Hilton Center in 1998, and from the theater in 1999, 2002, and 2005.[298]

Wheel of Fortune

The Mrs. World pageant was recorded at the Hilton in 2000, 2001, and 2003, to be aired on .[299]

Pax TV

In 2001, the game show taped two weeks of episodes in the Hilton theater, comprising one week of Celebrity Jeopardy! and one week of International Jeopardy![300]

Jeopardy!

The Entertainer, a 2005 reality competition series on the network starring Wayne Newton, was set primarily at the Hilton, with contestants living in the Sky Villas.[301]

E!

The 2006 special Barry Manilow: Music and Passion was filmed during one of the singer's shows at the Hilton.[302]

PBS

, a Game Show Network series, recorded its 2006 and 2007 seasons at the Hilton.[303]

World Series of Blackjack

, a 2007 BBC documentary, was filmed mainly at the Hilton, where it follows several of the casino's regulars and employees.[304]

Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas

The and 38th Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies were held in the Hilton's theater in 2010 and 2011.[305][306]

37th

Sporting events[edit]

Boxing[edit]

The hotel has a history as a prominent professional boxing venue.[311] In 1969, the showroom hosted the first major boxing match held at a Las Vegas hotel, Sonny Liston vs. Leotis Martin (previous fights had been held at the Convention Center).[312][313] The Hilton Pavilion was the site in 1978 of Leon Spinks's victory over Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship, which is remembered as one of the biggest upsets in the sport's history.[314] The hotel then took a seven-year hiatus from hosting boxing matches.[315]


In 1985, Donald Curry defeated Milton McCrory at the Hilton Center to unify and become the undisputed welterweight champion.[316] The success of the Curry–McCrory fight led the Hilton to begin pursuing more major matches, to challenge Caesars Palace as the premier boxing venue in Las Vegas.[317] The hotel struck a deal to host several fights in the heavyweight unification series, a tournament to establish an undisputed heavyweight champion.[315] A 14,600-seat outdoor arena was temporarily erected in the Hilton's parking lot for some of the fights.[318] The series culminated in Mike Tyson's defeat of Tony Tucker at the Hilton Center in 1987 to unify and become the undisputed champion.[319]


By 1995, the Hilton had reportedly backed away from seeking to host the biggest fights, because of escalating costs.[320] The hotel hosted no boxing matches between 2002 and 2008; since then, it has occasionally hosted minor fights.[321]

Other sports[edit]

The Hilton Pavilion hosted two nationally televised tennis events in 1978: the WCT Tournament of Champions[322] and the World Team Tennis All-Star Match.[323][324]


The hotel was the venue for Evo 2014, a major competitive video gaming tournament.[325]

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