BACKSTORY: is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. After opening in 1946, it has undergone a number of ownership changes, with the current one being Caesars Entertainment. The property includes a 72,299 square-foot casino along with 3,460 hotel rooms. The hotel was the third resort to open on the Strip and remains the oldest resort on the Strip in operation today, and it has been since 2007 with the closure and demolition of The New Frontier. It is also the last remaining casino on the strip that opened before 1950 that is still in operation.