Sahara hotel-casino in Las Vegas to close in May

Opened in 1952, it is one of the last Strip properties from Sin City's Rat Pack era

Opened in 1952, it is one of the last Strip properties from Sin City's Rat Pack era

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Las Vegas marks the end of an era this week as one of the US gambling mecca's last original "Rat Pack" casino-hotels, the Sahara, finally closes its doors.Opened in 1952, the Sahara hosted everyone from Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis to Frank Sinatra and the Beatles in the 1950s and 60s, and their photos still decorate the walls above the reception.But in recent decades Vegas saw an explosion of mega-sized casino resorts which left the "small" Sahara struggling to fill its 1,700 rooms at the end of the famous Strip.