Moulin Rouge Hotel
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Moulin Rouge Hotel
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Moulin Rouge sign, c. 2006
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| Location | 900 West Bonanza Road Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Nearest city | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36°10′42″N 115°09′13″W / 36.17833°N 115.15361°WCoordinates: 36°10′42″N 115°09′13″W / 36.17833°N 115.15361°W |
| Architect | Zick & Sharp |
| Architectural style | "Googie-populuxe" Modernist |
| NRHP reference # | 92001701 |
| Added to NRHP | 1992 |
The Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino located in the West Las Vegas neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada, that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The first desegregated hotel casino, it was popular with many of the black entertainers of the time, who would entertain at the other hotels and casinos and stay at the Moulin Rouge.
The Hotel was named after the Paris nightclub, the Moulin Rouge.
The Moulin Rouge opened on May 24, 1955, built at a cost of $3.5 million. It was the first integrated hotel casino in the United States. Until that time almost all of the casinos on the Strip were totally segregated—off limits to blacks unless they were the entertainment or labor force.
The hotel was located in West Las Vegas, where the black population lived. West Las Vegas was bounded by Washington Avenue on the north, Bonanza Road on the south, H Street on the west, and A Street on the east. The establishment was a model of eye-catching, 110 rooms, a gorgeous showroom, swimming pool, restaurant/coffee shop, dress-shop, and bar which was constructed of highly polished and expensive hardwoods.
References to Paris are numerous:
It was during this era that Will Max Schwartz saw the need for an integrated hotel. Will, along with other white investors—Louis Rubin, owner of Chandler's Restaurant in New York City, and Alexander Bisno, who worked in real estate in California—and black boxing great Joe Louis, built and opened the Moulin Rouge at 900 West Bonanza Road. This location placed it in a prime location between the predominantly white area of the Strip and the largely black west side.
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