Desert Inn

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Las Vegas Strip property hotel-casino resort

Desert Inn was a famous Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino known for its mid-20th-century glamour, celebrity clientele, and appearances in classic films.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Desert Inn canonical	2
Desert Inn hotel and casino	2
Desert Inn (Las Vegas)	1
Desert Inn and Country Club	1
Desert Inn hotel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8801335 — 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: Desert Inn
Context triple: [Ocean's 11 (1960 film), notableCasinoLocations, Desert Inn]

A. California Hotel and Casino
California Hotel and Casino is a Hawaiian-themed casino hotel in downtown Las Vegas known for catering heavily to visitors from Hawaii and offering gaming, dining, and lodging near the Fremont Street Experience.
B. 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.
C. Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa is a historic, mission-style luxury hotel and resort in downtown Riverside, California, renowned for its distinctive architecture and cultural significance.
D. 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.
E. Harrah
Harrah is a small city in central Oklahoma known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to Oklahoma City.
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: Desert Inn
Target entity description: Desert Inn was a famous Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino known for its mid-20th-century glamour, celebrity clientele, and appearances in classic films.

A. California Hotel and Casino
California Hotel and Casino is a Hawaiian-themed casino hotel in downtown Las Vegas known for catering heavily to visitors from Hawaii and offering gaming, dining, and lodging near the Fremont Street Experience.
B. 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.
C. Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa is a historic, mission-style luxury hotel and resort in downtown Riverside, California, renowned for its distinctive architecture and cultural significance.
D. 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.
E. Harrah
Harrah is a small city in central Oklahoma known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to Oklahoma City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Las Vegas Strip property ⓘ hotel-casino ⓘ resort ⓘ
address	3145 Las Vegas Boulevard South ⓘ
appearsIn	Casino (1995 film) ⓘ linked to: Casino Diamonds Are Forever (1971 film) ⓘ linked to: Diamonds Are Forever Ocean's 11 (1960 film) ⓘ linked to: Ocean's 11 Viva Las Vegas (1964 film) ⓘ linked to: Viva Las Vegas
architecturalStyle	mid-century modern ⓘ
associatedWith	Rat Pack ⓘ
category	Defunct casinos in Las Vegas ⓘ Defunct hotels in Las Vegas ⓘ Resorts on the Las Vegas Strip ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
demolitionDate	2004 ⓘ
hasFacility	bars ⓘ casino ⓘ golf course ⓘ hotel ⓘ restaurants ⓘ showroom ⓘ swimming pool ⓘ
hasFeature	Desert Inn Golf Course ⓘ
hostedGuest	Howard Hughes ⓘ
hostedPerformer	Dean Martin ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Liberace ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ Wayne Newton ⓘ
knownFor	appearances in classic films ⓘ celebrity clientele ⓘ golf course ⓘ mid-20th-century glamour ⓘ
locatedIn	Las Vegas ⓘ Nevada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
location	Las Vegas Strip ⓘ
notableEvent	Howard Hughes long-term stay and purchase of the resort ⓘ
openedInYear	1950 ⓘ
openingDate	1950-04-24 ⓘ
operatedAs	Desert Inn and Country Club ⓘ linked to: Desert Inn
owner	Howard Hughes ⓘ Steve Wynn ⓘ Wilbur Clark ⓘ
replacedBy	Encore Las Vegas ⓘ Wynn Las Vegas ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
theme	luxury resort ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Ocean's 11 (1960 film) → notableCasinoLocations → Desert Inn ⓘ

subject linked to: 1960 film Ocean's 11

Moe Dalitz → businessInterest → Desert Inn hotel and casino ⓘ

linked to: Desert Inn

Sands Hotel and Casino → nearby → Desert Inn ⓘ

Summa Corporation → owned → Desert Inn (Las Vegas) ⓘ

linked to: Desert Inn

Desert Inn Road → namedAfter → Desert Inn hotel and casino ⓘ

linked to: Desert Inn

Vega$ → notableSettingFeature → Desert Inn hotel ⓘ

linked to: Desert Inn

Desert Inn → operatedAs → Desert Inn and Country Club ⓘ

linked to: Desert Inn

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