• Tallest building in Las Vegas from 1969 - 1997, later surpassed by the New York New York Hotel & Casino.
• The resort opened in 1969 as the International Hotel and became the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971. From 2012 to 2014 the resort operated as the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. In 2014, Westgate Resorts purchased the property and began converting a majority of the hotel rooms to timeshare units.
• The "Y" shaped tower first expanded to the east in 1975 with 620 rooms. In 1981 the tower expanded north with 391 rooms bringing the total room count to 3,174 rooms. This made the resort the largest hotel in the world from 1981 - 1990, later surpassed by Excalibur Hotel and Casino. The "Y" shape of the tower would be imitated by many future Las Vegas resorts.
• On February 10, 1981 a fire broke out on the eighth floor killing eight people and injuring approximately 350 people. The MGM Grand fire occurred just a few months prior, both tragedies inspired major changes to Nevada's fire safety regulations.
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