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Somerset Motel
Las Vegas, NV
Photo courtesy Jill & Chad Halverson

The Somerset Motel near the Fremont Street Experience features a cool vintage sign with a large starburst on top. This motel is situated within walking distance of the convention center.

Tam O'Shanter Motel
Las Vegas, NV
Photo courtesy Allen Sandquist

Here's an old postcard showing the Tam O'Shanter Motel in its heyday. Check out the googie colors in the rooms depicted in the top right.

Tam O'Shanter Motel (Demolished)
Las Vegas, NV
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Built in 1959, the Tam O'Shanter Motel nowadays gets lost in the hugeness of the casinos on the Vegas strip. Unfortunately, the Tam O'Shanter will soon be swallowed up, bulldozed, and the property developed into an addition to the Venetian. Yet another roadside motel from the Vegas yesteryear will now be a memory.

Update 05/06 : The Tam O'Shanter Motel was shut down in January of 2004 and demolished soon afterwards. 05-06

Rummel Motel
Las Vegas, NV
Photo courtesy Tony Craig

Here's a shot of the Rummel Motel sign.

Yucca Motel
Las Vegas, NV
Photo courtesy Tony Craig

The Yucca Motel is another of the motel signs still left along the strip. The question is, how long will this motel last with all of the new development going on these days?

(Below) Things always appear to be changing in Las Vegas. The most recent loss in Las Vegas was the Higgins/Casa Blanca Motel on Las Vegas Blvd. (see photos below). It was demolished and now a billboard advertising condominiums is on the lot. There appears to be hardly any room in the area, so maybe the Rummel and Yucca will be next? Photos and info courtesy Allen Sandquist.

Higgins Motel (former name) Las Vegas, NV Photo courtesy Allen Sandquist	Casa Blanca Motel (Demolished) Las Vegas, NV Photo courtesy Allen Sandquist

Del Mar Motel (Demolished)
Las Vegas, NV
RoadsidePeek.com

Check out the Del Mar Motel as it sits, or at least used to sit, along Las Vegas Boulevard. The Del Mar was always a familiar sight as you ripped along Las Vegas Boulevard towards downtown. Unfortunately, the motel was bulldozed on August 9, 2005 and is now just a Vegas memory.

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