and Frank Sinatra were among the frequent guests and occasional entertainers. The casino host was Joe Louis, the ex-heavyweight boxing champion who owned a two percent interest in the Rouge. Additional amenities are slated to include a 96,500-square-foot luxury boutique retail district located on the first. Pearl Bailey and Peter Lawford gambled in the casino while Sammy Davis, Jr. Imperial Palace was an Asian-themed hotel and casino located left of the Flamingo on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort’s will include 3,644 rooms and suites. Over the next weeks, the line-up expanded to include Dinah Washington, the Platters, and Lionel Hampton. Photos from the opening night performance appeared on the cover of Life Magazine in May 1955. Benny Carter and the Hines Brothers graced the stage. Opening in May 1955 to standing-room-only crowds of black and white patrons, the all-black stage show included eight dancers, six showgirls, and four male dancers. The new casino, built by white businessmen, attracted a sizable number of African American entertainers who realized they no longer would have to stay in segregated rooming houses on the Westside, the city’s black community. The Moulin Rouge opened in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1955 and became the first racially integrated hotel-casino in the city.