Sands Hotel and Casino

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demolished building entertainment venue hotel and casino resort

Sands Hotel and Casino was a famed Las Vegas Strip resort and entertainment venue best known as a central hub of 1950s–60s glamour and Rat Pack-era performances.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sands Hotel and Casino canonical	9
Sands Hotel	1
Sands casino complex	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417092 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sands Hotel and Casino
Context triple: [Rat Pack, performedAt, Sands Hotel and Casino]

A. Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Flamingo Hotel and Casino is a historic Las Vegas Strip resort widely regarded as one of the city’s first luxury casinos and a key catalyst in transforming Las Vegas into a major gambling and entertainment destination.
B. Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a famous luxury hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its opulent Roman-inspired architecture and major entertainment events.
C. Treasure Island Hotel and Casino
Treasure Island Hotel and Casino is a pirate-themed resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its entertainment-focused atmosphere and origins as one of Steve Wynn’s major Strip developments.
D. Harrah's Las Vegas
Harrah's Las Vegas is a casino hotel and entertainment resort located on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its lively atmosphere, gaming, and shows.
E. The Orleans Hotel and Casino
The Orleans Hotel and Casino is a New Orleans–themed off-Strip resort in Las Vegas known for its casino, live entertainment, and mid-market accommodations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sands Hotel and Casino
Target entity description: Sands Hotel and Casino was a famed Las Vegas Strip resort and entertainment venue best known as a central hub of 1950s–60s glamour and Rat Pack-era performances.

A. Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Flamingo Hotel and Casino is a historic Las Vegas Strip resort widely regarded as one of the city’s first luxury casinos and a key catalyst in transforming Las Vegas into a major gambling and entertainment destination.
B. Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a famous luxury hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its opulent Roman-inspired architecture and major entertainment events.
C. Treasure Island Hotel and Casino
Treasure Island Hotel and Casino is a pirate-themed resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its entertainment-focused atmosphere and origins as one of Steve Wynn’s major Strip developments.
D. Harrah's Las Vegas
Harrah's Las Vegas is a casino hotel and entertainment resort located on the Las Vegas Strip, known for its lively atmosphere, gaming, and shows.
E. The Orleans Hotel and Casino
The Orleans Hotel and Casino is a New Orleans–themed off-Strip resort in Las Vegas known for its casino, live entertainment, and mid-market accommodations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demolished building ⓘ entertainment venue ⓘ hotel and casino ⓘ resort ⓘ
address	3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
appearsIn	Ocean's 11 (1960 film) ⓘ linked to: Ocean's 11 The Sands Hotel and Casino promotional materials featuring the Rat Pack ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist ⓘ
associatedWith	Rat Pack ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures demolished in 1996 ⓘ Casinos in the Las Vegas Valley ⓘ Defunct hotels in Las Vegas ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
demolitionDate	1996-11-26 ⓘ 1996-11-27 ⓘ
famousFor	1950s–1960s Las Vegas glamour ⓘ Copa Room showroom ⓘ linked to: Copa Room Rat Pack performances ⓘ
hasFeature	casino ⓘ hotel tower ⓘ restaurants ⓘ showroom ⓘ swimming pool ⓘ
hasLogo	Sands script logo ⓘ
hasPart	Copa Room ⓘ
heritage	iconic Las Vegas Strip resort of the mid-20th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Clark County, Nevada ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Paradise, Nevada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
location	Las Vegas Strip ⓘ
nearby	Desert Inn ⓘ Flamingo Las Vegas ⓘ linked to: Flamingo Hotel and Casino The Mirage site ⓘ
notableEvent	recordings of live Rat Pack performances ⓘ
notablePerformer	Dean Martin ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Joey Bishop ⓘ Peter Lawford ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
numberOfRooms	200 ⓘ 777 ⓘ
openingDate	1952-12-15 ⓘ
operator	Las Vegas Sands Corporation ⓘ linked to: Las Vegas Sands
owner	Howard Hughes ⓘ Jake Freedman ⓘ Las Vegas Sands Corporation ⓘ linked to: Las Vegas Sands Sheldon Adelson ⓘ Summa Corporation ⓘ
replacedBy	The Venetian Las Vegas ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rat Pack → performedAt → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

Rat Pack → associatedWith → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

Ocean's 11 (1960 film) → notableCasinoLocations → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

subject linked to: 1960 film Ocean's 11

The Venetian Las Vegas → builtOnSiteOf → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

Copa Room → locatedIn → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

Copa Room → partOf → Sands Hotel ⓘ

linked to: Sands Hotel and Casino

Copa Room → partOf → Sands casino complex ⓘ

linked to: Sands Hotel and Casino

Copa Room → demolishedWith → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

The Clan → associatedWith → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

The Summit → notableVenue → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

Summa Corporation → owned → Sands Hotel and Casino ⓘ

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