Claim: According to Eugene Moehring, the Sahara Las Vegas has helped establish LA as a major resort city after the Cold War, but as the 1970s went by, the hotel seemed to be getting older.
Evidence: Eugene Moehring, a history professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), said the Sahara "helped establish Las Vegas as a major resort city after World War II. But its contributions to Las Vegas shifted as the years went by. By the early 1970s it was getting to be old.