Roads named for businesses which no longer exist (there)

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53526389209
Road still named after Purina that hasn't been there in ages.

[mrsman]

Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel.  I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.

Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:

Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.

Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.

Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.

Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.

Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).

Updating my post from a couple years ago:

• The SLS Hotel/Casino has been sold and renamed back to Sahara, so Sahara Ave now has its namesake business back.
  
• In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion to the former Riviera Hotel/Casino site, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority successfully sought to rename Riviera Blvd as Elvis Presley Blvd a few years ago.
  
  
  And not exactly a street and more of a driveway, but this backlit street name sign for Park Lane Mall still exists in Reno, NV, despite Park Lane Mall closing in 2007 and most of the mall building having been demolished by 2008. The site is currently being redeveloped into a major mixed-use development with a new name, so this street name sign is likely to be changed out in the not-too-distant future.
  

Updating to note that the short street leading to the parking garage at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas is still signed as Hard Rock.

A scan of the 1982 LV Map:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24408.0


Slightly off-topic to the thread, but on-topic to the post with regard to the street names in Las Vegas after hotels.

Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel.  Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.

In the early 1980's, I remember that Dunes Road as being the section of Flamingo between LV Blvd and I-15.  At the time, there was no bridge over the railroad, so there was no way to connect to Flamingo Road west of the freeway.  When the bridge was completed and after the Dunes came down, the road was known only as Flamingo.  In the very old days, part of this street was originally named Monson Road.

THere was also a Keno Ave (named after a radio station) which became Circus Circus Drive and a Desert Inn Road, also after hotels that are no longer with us.  I have no idea what Desert Inn's original name was.  Does anyone know, or was there no street at all there before the Desert Inn hotel was founded?

There was also a Stardust Road that seems to have been eliminated when the Desert Inn super connector was built.

Elvis Presley Blvd was once Riviera Blvd was once Race Track Road.  The LV Convention Center now sits at the site of the old race track.

A small part of Hacienda was originally Ely Ave. (just east of Maryland Parkway)

A 1957 map can be found here:

https://special.library.unlv.edu/node/297047

[Scott5114]

Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel.  Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.

The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.

[wriddle082]

Marriott Drive Clarksville, IN The 9-story hotel on Marriott Drive, originally was a Marriott before I was born. Then it was a Holiday Inn for about 20 years, and a Radisson last I visited 3 years ago.

Marriott Drive in Nashville as well.  The Marriott became a Sonesta a few years ago.  It was Nashville's first Marriott, opened in the early 80's.

[Rothman]

Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel.  Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.

The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.

So much for Bugsy.

[kkt]

Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel.  Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.

The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.

So much for Bugsy.

He did get memorialized in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, so that's something.

[boilerup25]

I know it's a nickname rather than an official name, but Al-Jo's Curve on I-295 Southbound is named after a business that no longer exists, Al-Jo's.

[tigerwings]

Willys Pkwy, Jeep Pwky, and Wranger Dr in Toledo, at the site of the old plant.