No fooling. April 1 marks the golden anniversary of the opening of a major and often troubled part of the Las Vegas Strip’s history: the Aladdin. Today it’s the site of the Planet Hollywood. Once it was the center of a lot that happened on the Strip and in Las Vegas—in good ways and bad.It started out in 1963 as the Tally Ho. Its attraction was, strangely enough, what it lacked: gambling. The owner, Edwin Lowe, hoped to draw a different kind of clientele. Instead, he drew none and it closed.
