In 1951, he gathered former business partners to begin work on the Sahara, which was built on the land partially occupied by Club Bingo. Originally, Milton Prell opened the Club Bingo casino on the site in 1947. The resort initially operated under the Sahara name from 1952 to 2011. It is the site of the northernmost station of the Las Vegas Monorail. The Sahara anchors the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, at the corner of Sahara Avenue. The hotel has 1,616 rooms, and the casino contains 50,662 square feet (4,706.7 m 2). It is owned and operated by the Meruelo Group. Sahara Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada.
