Question: Sands at the Sands was recorded at a historic hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip that operated from 1952 to what year?

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Sands at the Sands: Sands at the Sands is a 1960 live album by American singer Tommy Sands recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Wynn Las Vegas: Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.  The US$2.7-billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts.  The resort covers 215 acre .  It is located at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, directly across The Strip from the Fashion Show Mall.

Cotai Strip: The Cotai Strip is a term coined by American Las Vegas Sands Corporation with regard to its building of a strip of hotel-casinos in the Cotai section of Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.  Cotai was the result of a major land reclamation project which joined the two islands of Coloane and Taipa, and is part of the Macau government's continuous efforts to expand the region's territory.  The reclaimed land in Cotai is to be mainly used for casino developments and Las Vegas Sands Corporation envisioned that their development of several adjacent properties would comprise an area that would resemble the Las Vegas Strip, albeit on a considerably smaller scale.

Holy Cow Casino and Brewery: Holy Cow!  Casino and Brewery (formerly Foxy's Firehouse) was a locals casino and microbrewery on South Las Vegas Boulevard, north of the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The property began in 1955 as Foxy's Deli, which operated until its closure in 1975.  A year later, the building was reopened as a casino named Foxy's Firehouse, which later closed in 1988.  Tom "Big Dog" Wiesner purchased the building and reopened it as the Holy Cow casino in 1992.  Wiesner added a microbrewery the following year, making the Holy Cow the first brewery to open in Las Vegas.  Wiesner persuaded the state to change its laws that had prohibited breweries from operating in Las Vegas.

Carl Cohen (businessman): Carl Cohen (February 15, 1913 – December 26, 1986) was an American businessman.  He was a well-known executive in the gambling resort industry in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the 1940s through 1970s and is credited with playing an important role in the development of Las Vegas as a premier resort destination.  He began his career as a bookie and operator in illegal gambling clubs operated by the Mayfield Road Mob in Cleveland, Ohio.  Moving to Las Vegas, he became casino manager for the El Rancho Vegas in the 1940s and the Sands Hotel and Casino in the 1950s; he also had a controlling interest in both resorts.  He advanced to senior vice president of the Sands and, in 1973, became senior vice president of the newly opened MGM Grand Hotel.  He gained national notoriety for a 1967 altercation with Frank Sinatra at the Sands, in which he responded to the singer's drunken and aggressive behavior by punching him in the mouth and knocking the caps off his front teeth.

El Rancho Vegas: El Rancho Vegas was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.  It was located at 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard, at the southwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, and opened on April 3, 1941.  Until 1942, it was the largest hotel in Las Vegas with 110 rooms.  On June 17, 1960, the hotel was destroyed by fire.  In 1982, the El Rancho Hotel and Casino formerly known as the Thunderbird and later as the Silverbird opened across the street from the former site of the El Rancho Vegas, creating some confusion.

The Venetian Las Vegas: The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a five-diamond luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on the site of the old Sands Hotel.  Designed by KlingStubbins, the hotel tower contains 36 stories and rises 475 ft .  The Venetian is owned and operated by Las Vegas Sands.  The Venetian also serves as the seat of the corporate headquarters for its parent company.

The Palazzo: The Palazzo is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.  It is the tallest completed building in Nevada.  Designed by the Dallas based HKS, Inc., the hotel offers luxury in an Italian Renaissance ambiance.  The hotel and casino are part of a larger complex (operated as one hotel) comprising the adjoining Venetian Resort and Casino and the Sands Convention Center, all of which are owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.

Sands Hotel and Casino: The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996.  Designed by the architect Wayne McAllister, with a prominent 56 ft high sign, the Sands was the seventh resort to open on the Strip.  During its heyday, the Sands was the center of entertainment and "cool" on the Strip, and hosted many famous entertainers of the day, most notably the Rat Pack.

Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection: The Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection on the Las Vegas Strip (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard), is noteworthy for several reasons.  It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are home to four major resorts: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Las Vegas, New York-New York Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas—the latter has 5,044 rooms and was once the largest hotel in the world.  The resorts at the four corners have a total of 12,536 hotel rooms as of 2016.

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Answer: 1996