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Bonanza Gifts was established in 1980.<ref>[http://www.worldslargestgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/aboutus.html?id=Z9La2uhR History?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223854/http://www.worldslargestgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/aboutus.html?id=Z9La2uhR |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> Before Bonanza, the corner mall contained several smaller shops and two casinos: '''Jackpot Casino''' and '''Money Tree Casino'''. |
Bonanza Gifts was established in 1980.<ref>[http://www.worldslargestgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/aboutus.html?id=Z9La2uhR History?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223854/http://www.worldslargestgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/aboutus.html?id=Z9La2uhR |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> Before Bonanza, the corner mall contained several smaller shops and two casinos: '''Jackpot Casino''' and '''Money Tree Casino'''. |
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It was the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'''s online readers pick for ''Best Gift Shop'' in 2006.<ref>[http://www.reviewjournal.com/bestoflv/2006/ShortReturns.jsp?bestID=8734 Best Gift Shop]</ref> |
It was the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'''s online readers pick for ''Best Gift Shop'' in 2006.<ref>[http://www.reviewjournal.com/bestoflv/2006/ShortReturns.jsp?bestID=8734 Best Gift Shop]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.sooly.co.il/|title= Baby gift }} Thursday, 30 May 2019 </ref> |
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In 2016, the property was sold for $50 million to Haim Gabay, who had been operating the store as a tenant for a year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bonanza Gift Shop in Las Vegas sold for $50M, records show|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|author=Eli Segall|date=October 24, 2016|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/retail/bonanza-gift-shop-las-vegas-sold-50m-records-show|accessdate=2016-10-25}}</ref> |
In 2016, the property was sold for $50 million to Haim Gabay, who had been operating the store as a tenant for a year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bonanza Gift Shop in Las Vegas sold for $50M, records show|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|author=Eli Segall|date=October 24, 2016|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/retail/bonanza-gift-shop-las-vegas-sold-50m-records-show|accessdate=2016-10-25}}</ref> |
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| Location | Paradise, Nevada, United States |
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| Address | 2440 Las Vegas Boulevard South |
| Opening date | 1980 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Bonanza Gift Shop is a landmark located on the Las Vegas Strip between the SLS Las Vegas and the Stratosphere Las Vegas. It is billed as the World's Largest Gift Shop with over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of shopping space.
According to British Airways, the shop "won't let you down when looking for the perfect souvenir."[1] However Fodor's says "Ok, so it may not, in fact, be the world's largest, but it's the city's largest—and for that matter, the city's best—souvenir store."[2]
History
Bonanza Gifts was established in 1980.[3] Before Bonanza, the corner mall contained several smaller shops and two casinos: Jackpot Casino and Money Tree Casino.
It was the Las Vegas Review-Journal's online readers pick for Best Gift Shop in 2006.[4][5]
In 2016, the property was sold for $50 million to Haim Gabay, who had been operating the store as a tenant for a year.[6]
Film history
The shop was featured on the PBS show Going Places.[7] This store features in the 2016 Nicolas Cage movie The Trust.
Notes
- ^ "Shopping in Las Vegas". British Airways. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Bonanza "World's Largest Gift Shop": Review". Fodor's Travel Intelligence. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ History? Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Best Gift Shop
- ^ "Baby gift". Thursday, 30 May 2019
- ^ Eli Segall (October 24, 2016). "Bonanza Gift Shop in Las Vegas sold for $50M, records show". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ^ Going Places Las Vegas
External links
Media related to Bonanza Gift Shop at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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