1971. The International is renamed the Las Vegas Hilton. 2012. The International (Las Vegas Hilton) is renamed Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.
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He built the International Hotel in 1962—the largest hotel in the world at that time—whose first two performers were Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley. Just four years later, he built the MGM Grand Hotel which surpassed International Hotel in size and was larger, even, than the Empire State Building.
Probably the main reason Elvis Presley went to Las Vegas is because he had not toured extensively since 1957, a 12 year difference (1969) and he simply didn't have the infrastructure in place required to tour at the time. This would include sound equipment, lighting, travel accommodations, stage wardrobe.
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