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The business that eventually became La Bayou initially opened in 1913 as the Northern Club.
Answer: False
The business that eventually became La Bayou initially opened in 1913 as the Las Vegas Coffee House, not the Northern Club. It was renamed the Northern Club in 1920.
Mayme Stocker renamed the Las Vegas Coffee House to the Northern Club in 1920 and was the first woman to receive a gaming license in Nevada.
Answer: True
Mayme Stocker indeed renamed the Las Vegas Coffee House to the Northern Club in 1920 and holds the historical distinction of being the first woman to be issued a gaming license in Nevada.
During the Prohibition era, the Northern Club was known for exclusively serving coffee, as alcohol sales were illegal.
Answer: False
During the Prohibition era, the Northern Club was known for illicitly offering both liquor and gambling, not exclusively coffee.
The name 'Northern' for the club during Prohibition was a code word recognized by railroad workers indicating an establishment that served alcohol.
Answer: True
The name 'Northern' was indeed a clandestine term understood by railroad workers, signifying that the establishment served alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition era.
The Northern Club received the first Nevada gaming license on March 20, 1931.
Answer: True
The Northern Club was granted the first Nevada gaming license on March 20, 1931, marking a significant moment in the state's gaming history.
By 1941, the Northern Club was being operated by Wilbur Clark and Dave Stearns.
Answer: False
By 1941, the Northern Club was operated by Bugsy Siegel and Dave Stearns, not Wilbur Clark.
The Las Vegas Coffee House was renamed the Northern Club in 1920 by Bugsy Siegel.
Answer: False
The Las Vegas Coffee House was renamed the Northern Club in 1920 by Mayme Stocker, not Bugsy Siegel. Bugsy Siegel was involved in operating the Northern Club later, by 1941.
La Bayou was the first establishment at its location to be known as a casino, opening in 1920.
Answer: False
The location housed the Las Vegas Coffee House from 1913, which became the Northern Club in 1920 and offered gambling. La Bayou itself was established in 1999.
In what year did the business that eventually became La Bayou initially open as the Las Vegas Coffee House?
Answer: 1913
The establishment that eventually became La Bayou first opened its doors in 1913 as the Las Vegas Coffee House.
Who was the first woman to receive a gaming license in Nevada?
Answer: Mayme Stocker
Mayme Stocker holds the historical distinction of being the first woman in Nevada to be issued a gaming license.
What was the significance of the name 'Northern' for the club during the Prohibition era?
Answer: It was a code word among railroad workers for an establishment serving alcohol.
During Prohibition, the name 'Northern' served as a coded signal among railroad workers, indicating that the club offered alcoholic beverages.
When did the Northern Club receive the first Nevada gaming license?
Answer: March 20, 1931
The Northern Club was granted the first Nevada gaming license on March 20, 1931.
Which notable figures were operating the Northern Club by 1941?
Answer: Bugsy Siegel and Dave Stearns
By 1941, the Northern Club was under the operation of Bugsy Siegel and Dave Stearns.
During the Prohibition era, what illegal activities did the Northern Club offer?
Answer: Both liquor and gambling
During the Prohibition era, the Northern Club illicitly provided both liquor and gambling services.
What was the earliest known name of the business that eventually became La Bayou?
Answer: The Las Vegas Coffee House
The earliest known name of the business at this location, which eventually evolved into La Bayou, was the Las Vegas Coffee House.
Who renamed the Las Vegas Coffee House to the Northern Club in 1920?
Answer: Mayme Stocker
Mayme Stocker was responsible for renaming the Las Vegas Coffee House to the Northern Club in 1920.
The Turf Club replaced the Northern Club in 1943, and two years later, Wilbur Clark renamed it the Monte Carlo Club.
Answer: True
The Turf Club indeed succeeded the Northern Club in 1943, and in 1945, Wilbur Clark leased the establishment and renamed it the Monte Carlo Club.
The Stocker family continued to operate the Northern Hotel, located on the second floor of the building, until 1960.
Answer: False
The Stocker family operated the Northern Hotel until 1949, not 1960.
The Monte Carlo Club ceased its casino operations in 1956 but continued as a bar into the 1960s.
Answer: True
The Monte Carlo Club concluded its casino activities in 1956, but its bar operations persisted into the 1960s.
The Monte Carlo Club continued to operate as a casino until the 1960s.
Answer: False
The Monte Carlo Club ceased its casino operations in 1956, though its bar continued to function into the 1960s.
The Northern Hotel, located on the second floor of the building, was operated by the Stocker family until 1949.
Answer: True
The Stocker family indeed continued to operate the Northern Hotel, situated on the second floor of the building, until 1949.
The Monte Carlo Club was renamed from the Turf Club in 1945 by Wilbur Clark.
Answer: True
Wilbur Clark leased the Turf Club in 1945 and subsequently renamed it the Monte Carlo Club.
What business replaced the Northern Club in 1943?
Answer: The Turf Club
In 1943, the Turf Club succeeded the Northern Club at the same location.
Who leased the Turf Club in 1945 and renamed it the Monte Carlo Club?
Answer: Wilbur Clark
Wilbur Clark leased the Turf Club in 1945 and subsequently renamed it the Monte Carlo Club.
How long did the Stocker family continue to operate the Northern Hotel, located on the second floor of the building?
Answer: Until 1949
The Stocker family maintained operations of the Northern Hotel until 1949.
When did the Monte Carlo Club cease its casino operations?
Answer: 1956
The Monte Carlo Club concluded its casino operations in 1956, though its bar continued into the 1960s.
After the original building's demolition, a new structure first housed Sam's Roast Beef, followed by a Denny's diner, before becoming the Coin Castle.
Answer: False
After the original building's demolition, the new structure first housed a Denny's diner, followed by Sam's Roast Beef, before eventually becoming the Coin Castle.
Herb Pastor received approval to take over the Coin Castle and the nearby Golden Goose casino in 1977.
Answer: True
In 1977, Herb Pastor was indeed granted approval to assume control of both the Coin Castle and the adjacent Golden Goose casino.
Herb Pastor owned the Coin Castle, Sassy Sally's, and the Girls of Glitter Gulch strip club in the vicinity.
Answer: True
Herb Pastor's holdings in the vicinity included the Coin Castle, Sassy Sally's casino, and the Girls of Glitter Gulch strip club.
Herb Pastor owned the Golden Gate and Las Vegas Club casinos in addition to the Coin Castle.
Answer: False
Herb Pastor owned the Coin Castle, Sassy Sally's, and Girls of Glitter Gulch. The Golden Gate and Las Vegas Club casinos were owned by Derek and Greg Stevens, who later purchased La Bayou and its associated properties.
By what year was the location operating as the Coin Castle?
Answer: 1970
By 1970, the establishment at this location was known as the Coin Castle.
Who received approval to take over the Coin Castle and the nearby Golden Goose casino in 1977?
Answer: Herb Pastor
Herb Pastor was granted approval to acquire the Coin Castle and the Golden Goose casino in 1977.
Which of the following properties did Herb Pastor NOT own in the vicinity, according to the source?
Answer: The Golden Gate casino
Herb Pastor owned the Coin Castle, Sassy Sally's, and Girls of Glitter Gulch. The Golden Gate casino was owned by Derek and Greg Stevens.
What was the name of the establishment operating at the site by 1970, after Denny's and Sam's Roast Beef?
Answer: The Coin Castle
By 1970, following the tenures of Denny's and Sam's Roast Beef, the establishment at the site was known as the Coin Castle.
Which of these establishments was NOT owned by Herb Pastor in the vicinity of the Coin Castle?
Answer: The Las Vegas Club
Herb Pastor owned the Coin Castle, Sassy Sally's, Girls of Glitter Gulch, and the Golden Goose. The Las Vegas Club was owned by Derek and Greg Stevens.
La Bayou was a casino located on the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas and was known for its French thematic design.
Answer: True
La Bayou was indeed a casino on the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas, characterized by its French thematic design.
La Bayou was located at 15 East Fremont Street and opened its doors in 1913, operating until 2016.
Answer: False
While La Bayou was located at 15 East Fremont Street and closed in 2016, it was established in 1999 following a renovation, not in 1913. The location's history dates back to 1913, but not under the name La Bayou.
By its closing, La Bayou was one of the few casinos in Las Vegas that still dispensed slot machine payouts in physical coins.
Answer: True
At the time of its closure, La Bayou was indeed recognized for its distinctive practice of dispensing slot machine payouts in physical coins, a rarity among contemporary Las Vegas casinos.
La Bayou featured 125 slot machines and 3,200 square feet of gaming space, classifying it as a riverboat casino.
Answer: False
While La Bayou did feature 125 slot machines and 3,200 square feet of gaming space, it was classified as a land-based casino, not a riverboat casino.
In 1999, Herb Pastor undertook a $6 million renovation to transform the Coin Castle into La Bayou and Sassy Sally's into Mermaids.
Answer: True
Herb Pastor initiated a $6 million renovation project in 1999, which successfully transformed the Coin Castle into La Bayou and Sassy Sally's into Mermaids.
La Bayou underwent a renovation in 2000, a year after Herb Pastor's major renovation project.
Answer: True
La Bayou was indeed renovated in 2000, which occurred one year after Herb Pastor's significant 1999 renovation project that established La Bayou.
Steve Burnstine, Herb Pastor's son, purchased La Bayou, Mermaids, and Girls of Glitter Gulch in 2016.
Answer: False
Steve Burnstine purchased La Bayou and its associated properties in 2006. Derek and Greg Stevens acquired these properties in April 2016.
Derek and Greg Stevens, owners of the Golden Gate and Las Vegas Club, purchased La Bayou and its associated properties in April 2016.
Answer: True
Derek and Greg Stevens, who already owned the Golden Gate and Las Vegas Club, acquired La Bayou and its related properties in April 2016.
La Bayou was demolished in August 2017 to make way for an expansion of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino.
Answer: False
La Bayou was demolished shortly after its closure on June 27, 2016. The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino expansion, which replaced its space, opened on August 25, 2017.
The space formerly occupied by La Bayou was used for an expansion of the neighboring Golden Gate Hotel and Casino.
Answer: True
The site previously occupied by La Bayou was indeed repurposed for an expansion of the adjacent Golden Gate Hotel and Casino.
La Bayou was a land-based casino, meaning it was built on land rather than on a ship or other floating structure.
Answer: True
La Bayou was explicitly classified as a land-based casino, indicating its construction on solid ground rather than as a floating or riverboat establishment.
La Bayou closed its operations on June 27, 2016, and was subsequently demolished.
Answer: True
La Bayou indeed ceased operations on June 27, 2016, and was subsequently demolished shortly thereafter.
The $6 million renovation project undertaken by Herb Pastor in 1999 transformed the Golden Goose casino into Mermaids.
Answer: False
The $6 million renovation project in 1999 transformed Sassy Sally's into Mermaids, while the Coin Castle was transformed into La Bayou. The Golden Goose was a separate casino Herb Pastor also took over.
The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino's expansion, which replaced La Bayou's space, opened in late 2017.
Answer: True
The expansion of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, which utilized the former site of La Bayou, officially opened on August 25, 2017.
La Bayou was known for its modern voucher-based slot machine payouts by the time of its closure.
Answer: False
By its closing, La Bayou was notable for *still* dispensing slot machine payouts in physical coins, a traditional method, rather than modern voucher-based systems.
What was the primary thematic design of La Bayou?
Answer: A French theme
The thematic design of La Bayou was distinctly French, influencing its overall aesthetic.
Which of the following was a notable characteristic of La Bayou's slot machines by its closing?
Answer: They dispensed payouts in physical coins.
By its closure, La Bayou was distinguished by its slot machines still dispensing payouts in physical coins, a practice that had become uncommon in Las Vegas.
What was the cost of the renovation project Herb Pastor initiated in 1999 to transform Coin Castle into La Bayou and Sassy Sally's into Mermaids?
Answer: $6 million
Herb Pastor's renovation project in 1999, which created La Bayou and Mermaids, cost $6 million.
In what year did Steve Burnstine, Herb Pastor's son, acquire ownership of La Bayou, Mermaids, and Girls of Glitter Gulch?
Answer: 2006
Steve Burnstine, Herb Pastor's son, acquired ownership of La Bayou, Mermaids, and Girls of Glitter Gulch in 2006.
Who purchased La Bayou and its associated properties in April 2016?
Answer: Derek and Greg Stevens
Derek and Greg Stevens, who already owned other adjacent casinos, purchased La Bayou and its associated properties in April 2016.
When did La Bayou cease operations?
Answer: June 27, 2016
La Bayou concluded its operations on June 27, 2016.
What replaced La Bayou's former space after its demolition?
Answer: An expansion of the neighboring Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
Following its demolition, the site previously occupied by La Bayou was utilized for an expansion of the adjacent Golden Gate Hotel and Casino.
What was the address of La Bayou?
Answer: 15 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101
La Bayou was located at 15 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101.
How much gaming space did La Bayou offer?
Answer: 3,200 square feet
La Bayou provided 3,200 square feet of gaming space.
What type of casino was La Bayou classified as?
Answer: A land-based casino
La Bayou was classified as a land-based casino.
How many slot machines did La Bayou have?
Answer: 125
La Bayou was equipped with 125 slot machines.
In what year was La Bayou renovated?
Answer: 2000
La Bayou underwent a renovation in 2000.
Which casino was transformed into Mermaids as part of Herb Pastor's $6 million renovation in 1999?
Answer: Sassy Sally's
As part of Herb Pastor's $6 million renovation in 1999, Sassy Sally's casino was transformed into Mermaids.
When did the expansion of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, which replaced La Bayou's space, open?
Answer: August 25, 2017
The expansion of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, occupying La Bayou's former site, opened on August 25, 2017.
La Bayou was situated on which famous Las Vegas attraction?
Answer: The Fremont Street Experience
La Bayou was located on the Fremont Street Experience, a prominent attraction in Downtown Las Vegas.
What was the fate of La Bayou shortly after its closure on June 27, 2016?
Answer: It was demolished.
Following its closure on June 27, 2016, La Bayou was promptly demolished.