Sahara Las Vegas, Hotel and casino on Las Vegas Strip, US

Sahara Las Vegas is a hotel and casino at the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, at the corner of Sahara Avenue in Winchester, Nevada. It has 1,616 rooms and a 50,662-square-foot casino, and it is the site of the northernmost station of the Las Vegas Monorail. The photograph shows a tall tower with a slender spire above a dark, saucer-shaped observation deck on a white cylindrical shaft, a red-and-white sign structure with "SAHARA" in large block letters, and a white lattice dome crowned by a golden onion-shaped cupola.

The property opened in 1952 and was among the first major resorts at this corner of the street. After a period of closure, it was fully renovated and reopened in 2019 under its original name.

The name comes from the Sahara desert, and the African theme was conveyed minimally: outside stood fake camels and Arabian figures, while the interior held statues of Arab guards. In late 1954 Louis Prima, Keely Smith and saxophonist Sam Butera played a late-night lounge show that became one of the Strip's best known. The hotel appears in the 1960 film Ocean's Eleven and in Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret.

The front desk stays open around the clock and offers check-in from 4:00 pm with checkout by 11:00 am. A nightly resort fee adds to room rates and covers amenities like Wi-Fi and the fitness center.

The Sahara's porte-cochère was built in the shape of an onion-domed minaret to give guests a more Arabian setting, as noted in the Spanish-language account of the resort. The property also hosted Jerry Lewis's Labor Day telethon for many years, mostly in the 1970s with some editions in the 1990s.