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Elvis Presley Sahara Room Key Las Vegas
A 2.25 x 3.5 vintage souvenir plastic round cornered Sahara Las Vegas room key depicting Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas.
Mint condition.
The resort initially operated under the Sahara name from 1952 to 2011.
Numerous performers have entertained at the resort over the years, including Buddy Hackett, Liberace, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, George Burns, and Sammy Davis Jr. Other performers included Bobby Darin, Red Skelton, Ann Blyth, Martha Raye, Donald O’Connor, Louis Prima, Kathryn Grayson, Mae West, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, George Carlin, Tina Turner,
Elvis Presley’s 15th feature was the movie Viva Las Vegas, which was recorded in Vegas and later distributed by MGM Pictures.
In the movie, Elvis plays Lucky Johnson, a race car driver who comes to Vegas to enter the annual Grand Prix Race, but has to earn money to fix his engine. While in Vegas, Lucky meets Rusty Martin, played by Ann-Margret, a swimming instructor he falls in love with, despite her cold demeanor.
On May 1, 1967 Elvis tied the knot to Priscilla. To avoid the press, Elvis and Priscilla went to the Las Vegas Courthouse to get a marriage license at 4am. Since only clerks were on site, the news was prevented from being leaked to the press. In order to keep the wedding small and hidden from the press, they chose to be married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas
Elvis Presley played in Vegas in 1956 and then again from 1969 to 1976. During Elvis’s time in Vegas in the late 60s until the mid 70s, he played a total of 664 shows which amounted to two shows a day, seven days a week. A grueling schedule by any standards.
Elvis Presley Sahara Room Key Las Vegas