Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 34

LAJ C3 CZJ NEVAD LOOKS AH IAD Rn Evening Gazette Nevada Stale Journal 16 1 4 1 fa. if 3 I LA iS i. ,5 FRANK SINATRA V. i i r-" vv -fM I 'T "a AAaiww Wwk 5 A 7 -Jiff if I. y- ra'- PHYLLIS DILLER DEAN MARTIN ANN-MARGARET State's Hotels Increase; Sign Worlds Top Showmen motel of the Colony Inn chain have been released and at least two other major motel chains have conducted feasibility studies in the area.

While the new rooms received final touches, the hotel-casinos throughout Nevada continued to offer the most sought-after entertainers in the world. But the entertainment future for Nevada in 1969 will be the brightest in history. With new showrooms opening and others expanding, 1969 is expected to be the busiest year in Nevada's entertainment. From Tiny Tim to Johnny Carson and from Sammy Davis to Phyllis Diller, the variety of entertainment scheduled to appear in Nevada is without equal in the world or in the nistory of the world. man's Hotel also undertook the addition of larger and more modern facilities to serve the ever-growing number of visitors to the Silver State.

Even with 1968's construction in the hotel-casino area, 1969 will probably surpass it in value. Rumors as well as promise from property owners indicate that 1969 will see dozens of large motel and hotel chains choose building sites in Nevada. GOOD FUTURE Less than two months ago, executives from the Hilton and Sheraton international hotel chains told Las Vegas newsmen that the city had a "good future" in their individual firms' future construction plans. In Reno, plans for a large Hotels dominated the thinking of casino-entertainment minded Nevadans in 1968 and look like a good bet to do so again in 1969. Northern Nevada gambler Bill Harrah started a 18-month project to erect his 24-story hotel tower over his Reno casino it will be the city's tallest building.

EXPANSION Del Webb corporation put more than $5 million into expansion work which doubled the already giant Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas and added more than 200 new rooms to its Sierra based Sahara-Tahoe Hotel. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian watched the steel rise on his mammoth International Hotel which will in about six months offer about rooms for tourists in Nevada's largest city. Expansion was on a smaller scale in other Nevada communities, but Elko's Stock- LOUIS (SATCHMO) ARMSTRONG Wit iagf 'Iff SAMMY DAVIS JR. LIBERACE.