El Morocco (West Las Vegas)
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Las Vegas, Nevada
United States
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| Address | 1322 North E. Street Las Vegas, Nevada United States |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sarann Knight-Preddy |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1945 |
| Closed | 1958 |
The El Morocco was a club at 1322 North E. Street on the West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
It was opened in 1945[2] by Frank Wilson, who operated it as a bar with slot machines. Around 1948 it was closed briefly, possibly for hosting an interracial clientele, but soon reopened adding blackjack, craps and poker tables.[1] In 1954, the crap dealer was Calvin Washington and Clarence Ray was the night manager.[3]
The original business was destroyed by fire in 1955,[1] but in 1957 when Sarann Knight-Preddy returned from Hawthorne, Nevada,[4] where she had run the first club licensed to a black woman[5] she went to work at the rebuilt El Morocco.[6] The new owner ran the business from 1957 to 1958, but then it closed and the building was razed two years later due to vandalism which caused its condemnation by the city.[1]
