El Cortez is a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, a block from the Fremont Street Experience and Las Vegas Boulevard. It opened on Fremont Street on November 7, 1941, and is one of the oldest casino hotel properties in Las Vegas, alongside the nearby Golden Gate Hotel and Casino. The building is primarily Spanish Colonial Revival in style, reflecting a 1952 remodel that modernized its facade. On February 22, 2013, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountLas Vegas, United States 3 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. El Cortez (Las Vegas) - Wikipedia
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
El Cortez is a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, a block from the Fremont Street Experience and Las Vegas Boulevard. It opened on Fremont Street on November 7, 1941, and is one of the oldest casino hotel properties in Las Vegas, alongside the nearby Golden Gate Hotel and Casino. The building is primarily Spanish Colonial Revival in style, reflecting a 1952 remodel that modernized its facade. On February 22, 2013, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1941)
completion_date/completed = 1941
In Style: Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture, Introduction
Primarily Spanish Colonial Revival in style, it reflects a 1952 remodel when the façade was modernized.
View the Source2. El Cortez (Las Vegas) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Skyscraper)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Skyscraper)
Wikidata item Q5351073, instance of (P31): skyscraper
3. El Cortez (Las Vegas) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 509886): Las Vegas, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 509886): Las Vegas, United States
Wikidata item Q5351073, property P131/P17 (location): Las Vegas, United States
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