Welcome to Paradise, Misplaced <link href="../stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">  <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="UNLV: Center for Gaming Research, virtual museum, xanadu" name=Description> <META content="xanadu hotel, xanadu casino, " name=Keywords> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <link href="stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css">  </style></HEAD> <BODY vLink=#999999 aLink=#333333 link=#000099 bgColor=#ffffff onload=preloadImages(); text="#000000"> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=790 bgcolor=#000000 border=0> <tbody> <tr> <td width=600 bgcolor=black height=50 rowspan=2><a href="http://gaming.unlv.edu"><img src="../cgr_head.gif" width="428" height="47" border="0" alt="Center for Gaming Research"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right width=170 bgcolor=black height=50> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.unlv.edu"><img src="../UNLV.gif" width="90" height="27" border="0" alt="UNLV home"></a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=790 border=0 height="40"> <tbody> <tr> <td width=170 bgcolor=#c10202 height=40><a href="http://www.library.unlv.edu/"><img src="../ulib.gif" alt="University Libraries Home" width="153" height="33" border="0"></a></td> <td width=300 bgcolor=#c10202 height=50> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.unlv.edu"><img src="../UNLVtxt_onRED.gif" alt="UNLV" width="265" height="34" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width=300 bgcolor=#c10202 height=50 valign="bottom"> <form method=get action="http://sitesearch.gigablast.com/search"> <input type=hidden name=sc value=0> <input type=hidden name=sites value="gaming.unlv.edu"> <input type=hidden name=iu value="http://gaming.unlv.edu/cgr_banner.gif"> <input type=hidden name=iw value=748> <input type=hidden name=ih value=81> <input type=hidden name=ix value="http://gaming.unlv.edu/"> <input type=text name=q size=30> <input type=submit value=search border=0> </form> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a href="index.html"><img src="banner.jpg" alt="Xanadu" width="790" height="60" border="0" /></a> <TABLE width=790 height="1" border=0 cellPadding=4 cellSpacing=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=171 rowSpan=2 bgcolor="#666666"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=171 border=0 height="1200"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=170 height=1 bgColor=#666666><a href="http://gaming.unlv.edu"><img src="../cgr.gif" width="170" height="149" alt="Center for Gaming Research" border="0"></a><br> <div id="menu"> <p><a href="../about/index.html">About the Center</a><br> <br> <a href="../abstract/index.html">Gaming Abstract </a><br> <a href="../subject/index.html"><br> Subject Guides</a><br> <br> <a href="../reading/index.html">Reading Room</a><br> <br> <a href="../v_museum/index.html">Virtual Museum</a><br> <br> <a href="http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/gaming/index.html">Gaming Collection</a></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img height=32 alt="" src="line.gif" width=165></font></p> <p><a href="../academic.html">Academic Users</a></p> <p><a href="../media.html">Media/Industry</a></p> <p><a href="../curious.html">Just Curious</a><br> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img height=32 alt="" src="line.gif" width=165></font> <br> <a href="http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/">UNLV Special Collections</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.library.unlv.edu/">UNLV Libraries</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.unlv.edu">UNLV home</a><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> <img height=32 alt="" src="line.gif" width=165> </font> </p> </div> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </TD> <TD width="591" height="1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#000000"> <div align="center" class="header2"> <font color="#F2FCB5"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Welcome to Paradise, misplaced</b></font></font></div> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" vAlign=top bgcolor="#F2FCB5"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolor="#800000" height="783"> <tr> <td height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#F2FCB5"><a href="card.jpg"><img border="0" src="cardsm.jpg" width="350" height="460" alt="Greeting card"></a></td> <td width="50%" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F2EBBF"><p align="center"><img src="atrclT.jpg" alt="Atrium" width="200" height="202"> <p align="left"><font size="3">This card was to have welcomed hotel guests and casino patrons to the Xanadu, a never-realized fantasy complex. For more on the secret origins and hidden history of this dream, select one of the links below.</font> <p align="left"> <p align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="112" colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#F2FCB5"> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="theme.html" style="font-size: medium">"The Xanadu Theme"</a><br> An evocation of the casino's mood, in the builders' own words. <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="history1.html" style="font-size: medium">Paradise Misplaced</a><br> A brief history of the Xanadu.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="outside.html" style="font-size: medium">Outside Views</a><br> Various perspectives of the architect's model.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="inside.html"><span style="font-size: medium">Stranger than Paradise</span><br> </a>A glimpse inside the speculative Xanadu.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="estimates.html" style="font-size: medium">Estimating Fantasy's Value</a><br> Pre-construction guesses of costs and profits for the Xanadu.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="then.html" style="font-size: medium">Las Vegas Then</a><br> An appraiser's report, statistics, maps, and photos of other casinosrecapture the zeitgeist of 1970s Las Vegas.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="MartinStern.html" style="font-size: medium">Remembering Martin Stern, Jr.</a><br> A look back at Xanadu architect Stern's life and work.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-size: medium"><a href="http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/martinstern.html">The Architect</a> and his <a href="http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/sterninv.html">work</a></span><br> More about Martin Stern, Jr., and his <a href="http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/sterninv.html">other projects.</a></p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><i><a href="poem.html" style="font-size: medium">Kubla Khan</a></i><br> The S. 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Coleridge poem that inspired it all, with the author's explanation.</p> <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="whatif.html" style="font-size: medium">What if?</a><br> Ponder a series of hypothetical and rhetorical questions. <p align="left" style="font-size: x-small"><a href="aboutx.html" style="font-size: medium">About this site</a><br> Where this site originated, and what it means. </p></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"> <td height="1" colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#F2EBBF"><font size="4" face="Arial">All photos courtesy of Special Collections, UNLV, unless otherwise noted. </font><font face="Arial" size="3"></font><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><br> </font></b><font face="Arial" size="3">Do not reproduce for any purpose without express permission.</font></td> </tr> </table> </div>  </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <link href="../stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <table width="790" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="#000000"> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#F2FCB5"><div align="center"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="index.html">main</a> | <a href="history1.html">history</a> | <a href="outside.html">outside</a> | <a href="inside.html">inside</a> | <a href="then.html">Vegas then</a> | <a href="estimates.html">estimates</a> | <a href="theme.htmk">theme</a> | <a href="MartinStern.html">Martin Stern</a> | <a href="poem.html">poem</a> | <a href="whatif.html">what if?</a> | <a href="aboutx.html">about</a> </font></p> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><font size="4"><font size="3">© 2001-2007 University of Nevada Las Vegas</font> </font></b></font> <br> <font size="2"> <font color="#000000">All site content is <b>copyrighted material </b>and may <b>not </b>be reproduced without prior permission.</font></font></font></font></font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Questions? <a href="http://gaming.unlv.edu/about/contact.html">Contact</a> the appropriate person.</font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=297536; var sc_partition=1; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script> </font></font></font></font></font></p> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://c2.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=297536&java=0" alt="hit counter" border="0"></a> </noscript></font></font></font></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  </font></font></font></font></font></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="right"><a href="http://www.unlv.edu"><img src="file:///R|/Shared/Special/Dave's Gaming stuff/CGRwebsite/UNLV.gif" width="90" height="27" alt="UNLV" border="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"></div> </BODY></HTML>