World Trade Center, Las Vegas, $5 (Never Opened) Chip
Never Opened
Denom: $5
Issued: 1997
Color: Red
Inserts: 4-Split Lt. Blue
Mold: BJ
Inlay: OOR-WHITE
Logo: Flat world
901 E Desert Inn Ave
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Type: Land Based
Status: Closed
Open: Close: 1998
Chip' was made for 02/10/97/
To have been located at 925 East Desert Inn Road. Leonard Shoen, co-founder of U-Haul truck rental, purchased the property of what had been the Chaparral Hotel & Casino in 1996, renovating it into the World Trade Center Hotel.
A gaming license was applied for, but when it was discovered that two of Shoen's closest partners were convicted felons, the application was denied in 1998.
He withdrew his application, and died in a car crash in 1999 that was ruled a suicide.
Cards and gaming chips were produced for the World Trade Center Casino, but were never used. The property has since been demolished and is now a parking lot, part of the Las Vegas Convention Center Annex.
