"When it was Wild" stateline South Lake Tahoe neon glitz in the 70's
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2017
- This video animation is a true labor of love from me.It's my valentine to the days gone by, when the casinos at Stateline meant excitement. When the hair was high and the neon was flashy and bright.
That was fun. I moved to Tahoe in 1970. I'm a musician and played all of those places. What a ball. I also used to drive new Chevy Nova's from Vegas in the late 60's to Sahara Tahoe for their "New car a month" givaway then fly back on a DC3 that night. Loved it. Thanks.
I remember working at Harvey’s in the late 70s. Crowds closed hiway 50 going thru stateline on New Year’s Eve. What a great time!
How lucky am I to have experienced S. Lake Tahoe in the 70s & 80s.
I remember getting held up at strawberry on hiway 50 til 2am for the road to be cleared. 4am we finally got to Stateline and went to the coffee shop up stairs in Barnies. .99 cent breakfast and the coffee was free.
Ahhhhh,,, those were the day's
I was a born and raised Las Vegan (c 1955), who broke in the gaming business as a craps dealer at 21 yrs old. After my break in job in Las Vegas (Little Caesars), I secured a job downtown at Del Webb's Mint. It was there in January '78, that a friend from Las Vegas, who had moved to South Shore at Lake Tahoe the year before, convinced me to move to South Shore. It was heaven! No exaggeration. I went to work at Sahara Tahoe on Feb. 3rd. The outdoor recreation was off the charts- with snow skiing of course being the main activity, however the hiking opportunities in the non-winter months, not to mention activities on and around the lake, were incredibly. The lounge at Harrah's was 'other-worldy'. Always three main acts, with it going every night. (Tower of Power was virtually a house band-unreal). The main showroom at Sahara, as far as I'm concerned, re-defined quality entertainment. At a capacity of 1k, it had the intimacy factor nailed. Santana, Beach Boys, Loggins and Messina, Dianna Ross etc. They all played Fri, Sat and Sun, and most employees would make the Sunday night show, invariably the best, both from an entertainers standpoint, and the service workers' as well. (we filled everyone's pocket). Golf was always super there- Edgewood, a world class course right there next to the clubs. Close access to the Bay area and the coast both north and south of it. Sports, golf- it was a great time to be in my early-mid 20's. great memories.
Don't forget.. ELVIS PRESLEY..
I worked Harrah's Tahoe from 1976-1981. I remember Elvis being in town in 1976. Even tho he played across the street at the Sahara, the excitement was palpable. Anybody remember the original name of casino, just east of Harrahs, that eventually changed to Caesar's? I don't know who owns it now.@@Tiburon876
Great Rich. Lived there in 1976- worked at Pete Lilly’s Firestone on Hwy 50 and later at the Hyatt in Incline. Went there every summer prior for vacation with my parents. Stayed @ the Hacienda motel - great times. Tahoe still looks good and is a diamond in the ruff.
I was stationed at Mather then . Loved the drive up hwy. 50 through Eldorado county and Placerville . Remember Kenny Rodgers always played Harrah's ... Great memories for me ...
I lived in Stateline from 1968 to 79. I remember my parents having a fot when it came out in the Tahoe tribune that the TRPA ( Tahoe Regional Planing Agency) had ruled that all the
neon lights were to
come off the casinos.The lights were taking away from the natural beauty of the area is what they said.
When I returned to the Lake as an adult i was heart sick to see that they had turned downtown into a cookiecutter community.All the glits, glamour,and personality of the casinos and shops
was gone😢You really can't ever go home once you leave.
They ruined Tahoe. Just another casino town with no soul.
Thank you Rich great job lived in Tahoe 18 yrs when it was still cool and celebrities usually walked around without an entourage, only Elvis, and Frank had them back then!
Wow remember this in the 70,s. Remember looking in the window of the lobby at the Sahara and seeing Diane Carol perform on stage ha ha
I love this video. I stayed in South Lake Tahoe in 1980, and my brother drove into Nevada with a friend of his who was with us, and that was my introduction to the craps tables at Harrah's, which I believe was right across the state line. I went back twelve years later, in 1992, and we stayed on the Nevada side of the line, in Incline Village. I have not been back since the early 90s, so in my mind it still looks the same. I still plays craps forty years later, and I will always remember where I was introduced to the glitz and glamor of casino gambling.
DEFINITELY...HITS HOME a friend of mine took me there for my VERY first time in 1970..he was a bartender at Harrah's...I spent a lot of years going there..I once was going to retire there!??met ALOT people there and Harrah's was my hangout..
Thax you for posting, this brings bk memories, we lived up there in Stateline in 78' smack in the middle of the Disco Era for about 6 mths, my wife wrked at the Sahara as a hostess, I was a Mgr at the Kmart in Meyers and Musician at the Clubs in the Eve, we finally had to save our marriage by leaving, the lifestyle was corrupting us lol. I had so many drinking occasions just about every nite wth all the drink tokens my wife used to give me, I started to turn into a lush. lol. But still great memories I will carry wth me the rest of my days and take wth me when I cross over.
Kmart in Meyers? I don't think so. I lived in Tahoe from 76-81 and did not know of anything but houses in Meyers, not even a gas station.
My mom played blackjack at Harrah's at the same table as Nat King Cole back then. They probably gave him some money to encourage him to play there. They had a separate bungalow with a pool that the stars stayed in when performing there.
In 1975, my family and I spent the whole weekend at South Lake Tahoe. We brought our boat and stayed at Tahoe Inn ( think that’s the name?). We went boating on the lake, had a buffet dinner at Sahara, walked around at night seeing all the lights. My favorite lights were Harvey’s wagon wheel and cow skull and the Sahara signs. It was depressing not seeing them again nowadays. Probably it costs too much for electricity. Did you know that Harvey’s was the first casino on the Stateline.
AWESOME job Rich!!!!
Those neon lights is what enticed people to go gambling.
I do REMEMBER... priceless TIMES. never to repeat itself. Where did that life disappear....why!!
I lived there in the 70s. Had a great time!
I've lived in SLT my whole life and lemme tell you now, this town looks so much more different then how it looked in the 50s and 60s. And I still live here
Hell....I lived there for a few years in late 90s before I moved to North lake.......it looks way different even from then.
You guys are sure lucky to live in Tahoe.
When I was a kid growing up I thought I was going to live there.
I figured I would get a job dealing blackjack or craps.
And then I figured I could get a job at Ink's Bijou market.
Ahhh the silly notions one gets as an adolescent teen,,,lol.
Brandon Hernanadez
Of course South Shore looked different in the 50's and 60's. It's called change.
Brandon..no kidding are you still there?.. David g..
Get back at when you get a chance.. thanks David
I lived in lake Tahoe for 23-6 years I know the back roads around south lake tahoe
WOW This brings back so many fond memories :) We went to South Shore often when I was growing up (60's & 70's) and I always looked forward to seeing the lights. I was also fascinated with the glass elevator at Harvey's. One year (About early 70's I believe) I was disappointed to see that the flashing lights on the CA side has stopped. Wondering if anyone remembers this ?? Also, one more memory of seeing an above ground swimming pool about a block from the state line (On the right side as you drove toward NV) and thinking this was really cool also. I believe it was called "Elm Inn". This also eventually was removed about the same time as the lights stopped flashing. If anyone has a picture of that pool Please pass it along :)
Man , I love reminiscing about the south shore in the 70s and 80s.
The place had a vibe to it that I just cant put my finger on.
It was just a blast being there.
You didn't need a gate pass just to walk on the small beach. Harvey's didnt charge for parking. Breakfast was either $0.99 or $1.99 depending on what you ordered. There were usually two cocktail waitresses at every entrance to the casinos hanging out cupon for a free drink or a lucky buck or a free spin.
There was no internet or social media detracting people.
When my brother and I ran out of arcade money we would run around checking phone booths outside all the motels on the California side after we checked out all of the rows of pay phones in the casinos, lol. We had a blast. Everybody had a blast.
These days the south shore has a very different feel. The best way I can describe the vibe of the south shore these days is, the minute you get there you get the feeling it's all business. Everybody seems to be stone faced and uptight. Just give me your money.
Rather than go into outer space, I wish some Billionaire would explore time travel. Ide like to re experience Tahoe before the Bombing of Harvy's took away our awesome glass elevator.
wow thanks for sharing this
California indian casinos put these places under. Most of Nevadas tourists drive from California, especially Los Angeles to Vegas. Now there's no need to leave the county because casinos are all over Cali.
I will say, you really can't beat a Nevada casino though. Just something special about it.
My dad had the 1st helicopter service SLT late 60s. Alpine Helicopters.
Oh wow.. that's huge!!.. and very interesting
Damn that is crazy.. change is the only constant
I graduated high school in 1975 and remember my buddies and I would drive up to Tahoe and go in the casinos when we were 18 and gamble on slot machines, Never failed within 5 minutes of playing we would get asked for our ID and would say oh I left my wallet in the car or something and leave. It was a thrill playing for a few minutes though. We never thought what would happen had we hit a big jackpot! I guess we would have just had to leave? Not sure if they did handpays back then? I only remember the slots that were Quarters that paid small amounts on fruit symbols or one that paid either $37.50 or $75 jackpots. Remember those?
If you had hit a handpay, slot attendants would ask for your ID, if you looked questionable. Being underage, they would deny you the jackpot and could be arrested as it was against the law for minors to gamble.
@@1kenodave1 they could only deny you the jackpot if you were not 21. I assume if you were actually 21 and for some reason did not have your ID on you they would still pay you once you came back to show your ID. Maybe not back in those days. Mafia was running Vegas and Reno/Tahoe then.
BRIEF BLOG: I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SOUTH SHORE TAHOE IN MANY YEARS & I RECALL GOING THERE IN THE EARLY 1980'S & SAW ENTERTAINER WAYNE NEWTON IN CONCERT AT HARRAH'S TAHOE SOITH SHORE ROOM(BOY WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME YOU GOT YOUR MONEYS WORTH WATCHING HIS SHOW!) HE WAS TRULY DYNAMITE BEFORE HIS VOICE LOSS & AGE SET IN & RUINED HIM. TAHOE WAS TRULY IN ITS HEYDAY THEN, THAT WAS THE ERA OF ELVIS SOLD OUT SHOWS AT THE FORMER SAHARA TAHOE & WHEN THE LATE FRANK SINATRA & THE LATE JOHN DENVER PLAYED HARRAH'S TAHOE SOUTH SHORE ROOM WHICH FILLED UP TO 1200 PEOPLE W/GREAT COCKTAILS & FOOD. SADLY THAT ERA HAS NOW PASSED INTO HISTORY. NORMAL, BUT SAD.
I remember when I was around 10 or 11 my parents and out of town guest would drive from the Bay Area to Tahoe, we would go to the stateline divider I guess you can call it dividing California and Nevada and spread our legs with one foot in California and one foot in Nevada so we were in both states at the same time! LOL big time fun for a 10 year old, then we would walk with our parents on the sidewalk past I think Sahara and they had open door casino and you could actually put in a nickle or dime and pull the handle on an Indian or Cowboy Slot machine right from the sidewalk right at the entry of the casino. Does anyone remember this?
Great pictures. I wish in the North Shore portion you had put some Biltmore pictures in. that is historic and wll photograhed.
It's sad how crummy Stateline is now. The other hotels besides Harrah's and Harvey's have gone through many name changes but the area is still pretty much the same. It was better in the 90s, and wish I could have seen it in the 70s.
I only ever knew The Sahara as The Horizon and Hard Rock. Very interesting
I left Sahara Tahoe in Sept. 82. Shortly after, I heard they turned the showroom into a buffet and laid down hardwood flooring throughout the casino, and changed the vibe and theme. Called it The High Sierra. Caesars actually opened as 'Park Tahoe' in summer '78, closed briefly, then re-opened as Caesars Tahoe. Pretty cool spot was south shore in '78/'79/'80. Great cool vibe.
It was called 'Park' Tahoe because that was the name of the original owner, who also built the casino.@@remmymafia3889
Does anyone remember the name of the place near the casinos in and around stateline where the parents would drop off their kids? It was a magical place for kids, They had a movie theater and arcades and pinball machines and food/drinks. It was a mini Disneyland without the rides. I went their a couple of times and did not want to leave. My parents dropped us off around 6 and picked us up around midnight. They gave us money and we had a blast. I was around 10 or 11 and there were so many other kids our age and all ages. I think like 5 and up to maybe late teens? I am not sure about the age range but I wonder who remembers the name and what year it opened and closed? I would think it might have closed in the later 70s?
Downstairs at Harvey's
@@oddjobs3025Okay but there was another one on highway 50 around half way between the casinos and the Y. Does anyone remember that place where parents dropped off their kids? It had a movie theater and many games like pinball, the arcade bowling and other fun things to do. I know there must have been two sections, one for little kids and one for teens. The one for teens or pre teens was so fun.
The only movie theater I recall was located by the 'Y' I remember seeing Star Wars when it first came out.@@Fritzw75
Beautiful music WHO IS..
Sounds like the music to McQ?
Was stateline called stateline back then ?
Yup.
the constant zooming and changing the photos too fast ruin this. show the entire photo with no movement and give people time to look at it. what a colossal fail. trying to get 'too cute' with it. i would really love to see these photos without such a crappy production. as it is you are following a moving image and not given enough time to analyze it. FAIL
Just pause it 💀