e/El Rancho Casino

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has gloss	eng: :For the El Rancho operating from 1941 to 1960, see El Rancho Vegas. The El Rancho Casino was originally the site of the Thunderbird that opened in September 1948. In 1976, it was renamed the Silverbird. In August of 1982, it was renamed Ed Torres El Rancho. Ed Torres had close ties with some of the organized crimes most notorious characters of the time according to the Gaming Control Board and law enforcement officers. However, this did not restrict him from owning a gaming license. At its closing, it was intended to be redeveloped as El Rancho's Countryland USA which called for two, 20-story cowboy boot-shaped hotel towers. That never came to fruition and the property was sold to Las Vegas Entertainment Network Inc. They failed to reopen it and sold it to International Thoroughbred Breeders Corp. Other plans for the site have included a project slated as Starship Orion. It was going to be a Star Wars-like casino-resort. After many of the proposed projects for the property fell through, or were not approved, then it was imploded in 2000. Finally, in 2001, part of the vacant lot was purchased by the Hilton Hotels Corporation to build a timeshare, which opened in 2004.
lexicalization	eng: El Rancho Casino
instance of	(noun) a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services hotel