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So Much For Combining The Old With The New at the SLS Las Vegas

Where: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

When we heard back in March that the run-down Sahara Las Vegas would close its doors for good in May to make way, someday, for the new SLS Hotel from hotelier/club king Sam Nazarian, we had hoped that they would find a way to integrate some of the Sahara's legendary Vegas history (Rat Pack! Elvis!) into the SLS.

But after following our sibling VegasChatter's tweets from the Sahara Liquidation Sale going on today, we realize not much, if anything, of the Sahara will remain. After all, the Sahara sign is for sale for $4,500 and the Sahara doorhandles have already been sold for $250 a pair as have the Elvis photos and it seems like all the camel lamps have been snapped up by now.

It's a sad day in Vegas today. And when the SLS Las Vegas opens (if it ever opens), there better not be any of those mass-produced old glamour shots of stars from the 50s hanging on the walls and which are so popular in trendy boutique hotels today (as well as Bed, Bath & Beyond) because um, we might lose it.

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