Louisiana Club
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| Address | 1322 North F Street Las Vegas, Nevada United States |
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| Opened | August 16, 1955 |
| Closed | May 20, 1970 |
The Louisiana Club was a club located at 1322 North F Street on the West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada.
History[]
It opened on August 16, 1955, and while some sources say the original owner of the club was named Wong who operated it until April 18, 1966,[1] others say it was originally named Zee Louie's Chickadee Club and was later changed to the Louisiana Club but that it closed in 1957 when moved to San Francisco,[2] and still others say it was called the Chickadee, but when Zee Louie bought it, he renamed it the Louisiana Club.[3] In 1957 or 1958[4] when Sarann Knight-Preddy, who had returned from Hawthorne, Nevada,[5] where she had run the first club licensed to a black woman[6] went to work there it was named the Louisiana[4] and Zee Louie (also known as Zhei Lhou) reportedly acquired it on April 19, 1966, after he returned from San Francisco.[1]
Though its ownership is unclear, sources agree that the owners were Chinese and that there was no issue with racism there which was encountered in white-owned businesses.[2][7] The club was licensed for blackjack, craps, keno and slot machines. The Louisiana closed on May 20, 1970.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Goertler, Pam (October–December 2008). "A West Side Story" (PDF). Casino Chip and Token News. Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club, Inc. 21 Number (4): 49. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b Simich & Wright 2005, p. 105.
- ^ Blue & Coughtry 1991, p. 83.
- ^ a b Embry 2013, p. 183.
- ^ White 1997, p. 28.
- ^ Bracey 2008, p. 128.
- ^ Blue & Coughtry 1991, p. 14.
Sources[]
- Blue, Helen M.; Coughtry, Jamie (1991). "CLARENCE RAY Black Politics and Gaming in Las Vegas, 1920s-1980s" (PDF). University of Nevada Oral History Program. Reno, NV: University of Nevada: 83. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- Bracey, Earnest N. (2008). The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas: A History of the First Racially Integrated Hotel-Casino. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5251-4.
- Embry, Jessie L. (2013). Oral History, Community, and Work in the American West. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-9927-1.
- Simich, Jerry L.; Wright, Thomas C. (2005). The Peoples of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-616-2.
- White, Claytee D. (June 5, 1997). "Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy". Las Vegas, Nevada: University of Nevada Las Vegas. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
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