Golden Gate Hotel & Casino: Firsts\n\n As the city's original casino, Golden Gate Hotel & Casino brought about many Las Vegas firsts , including: 1905: Land for Golden Gate (previously Hotel Nevada) is purchased, making it the first casino in Las Vegas. 1907: Las Vegas' first telephone is installed at Golden Gate.
Tommy Hull was a business man who was granted a license to build a casino in Las Vegas. He built El Rancho, the first hotel casino in the city. It was built in the area that came to be known as the Vegas Strip. Tommy Hull's success brought many other business men to Las Vegas and many hotel casinos were built.