History Of The Copa Room At The Sands 

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The good old days. I wish I had lived in this era and could have experienced these shows. A few weeks ago at a yard sales I picked up a framed picture of The Rat Pack. I was so excited to find it. I love Vegas history and this is amazing!

I imagine I am in the audience! Wonderful! Thanks aaaaalloooot!

Fantastic show.

Whoa this is incredible. It's the most comprehensive video documentary ever made on an old Vegas club/property. Wow the Copa room menu, the prices were super rich for that time period. Wow the Copa girls. Jack is certainly a legend that not a whole lot of people know of in modern times. Wow the MOrelli house still stands. Wow look at those old genuine documents at 13:55. Ha ha the camera man at 27:02. The Sands in the 1960s was the place to be i see. I like how you included racial tensions, and related news of the times in this documentary. Well done, I can't even imagine how long this video took to produce. 👊👊👍👍

I just got to the end of the video. What a fantastic story. I felt I was in a time machine. Worth every 2nd of my time. Thanks!!!

🎭Lv lvd Dean Martin then and now👏👏👏... I wouldnt go to Vegas today not if you paid me. I love the old Vegas and everything about the fifties and sixties...

Great documentary ❤

This is awesome. I love history and Las Vegas history is the best. Just subbed!!

More GOLD from this amazing channel.

Sad news today the wonderful Tony Bennett passed away today, I was lucky enough to have sat front row centre stage at a dinner concert with Tony Bennett in the Copa room at the Sands Hotel October 1980 when I was just 23, the night before I attended the Holmes Ali fight at Caesars Palace,I loved Muhammad but sadly this was not to be his night and he retired after just one more fight, That same night I saw Glen Campbell in a midnight show at the Stardust with Harry Nilsson in the audience ,all of these great artists have passed and indeed the Sands and Stardust are no longer there, I feel so privileged and lucky to have been there in this part of history.

A California kid, I had the good luck to turn 21 near the end of the ''60s and got in on the some of what's depicted in this documentary. The producers did a good job with the doc, but may have understated the excitement of the era just a little. I have a framed copy of the "Rat Pack" Sands poster on my office wall, and every time it catches my eye, I can still feel a little tingle of the Vegas electricity. Forever and eternally, Vegas in the '60s will define "cool." Thanks for the doc!

2:53 in - that is N O T B B KIng !

Liked.

Antonio Morelli's house on the second fairway of the old Desert Inn golf course, was preserved, and transferred to downtown, upon the eventual removal by Steve Wynn, of all the houses located on the storied golf course. Class mid-century design.

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See, people do/did have the ability to joke around about racism without being so sensitive and offended. But these days that kind of humor will get you "canceled". Unfortunately.

This was really good and brought back old memories of the Sands. I worked at the Sands in the Garden Room as a bus boy in the summer of 1960 on the evening shift. A couple of observations that were not included in your history. After the second show, in the Garden Room we would set up tables for the entertainers to eat a late dinner. It was well known that the show girls had to mingle in the lounge or Garden Room with any special guest. The show stars would sometimes sit at the dining tables with special guest. I noticed that most of the performers had their small entourage or body guards when they walked either in the lounge or casino. The biggest entourage around a personality was Bob Hope. Frank, Dean Martin only had only two or three security personnel. Most of the entertainers that were not performing, but were attending the show would come into the Garden Room with friends or family. There was a inside joke among the employees that the Sands was the retirement home for the old New York and Chicago Organizations. I was told one of the hotel's building was sit aside for them. Not mention in this Sands History was that on opening night Danny Thomas was not the scheduled act, but was asked to perform at last minute.. He did it for a favor for an old friend who operated the Hotel's "Jewel Box" concession. I was only 18, but the memories are like it was yesterday.

I grew up and live in Vegas, this is one of the best presentation and very factual.

Yeah, people wear swimsuits and shorts and flip-flops to the casinos and shows now-they can’t be bothered.

Levin was right; todays Vegas isn’t the same anymore. I haven’t been there since 85’.

Wish I was alive to witness this sort of stuff. Those days just seemed so much better.

Absolutely fantastic presentation, I love the original documents and the clips from the shows. My family was visiting and then living in Las Vegas since the 1950s, my grandmother's diary for instance tells us that they saw Dean Martin do the midnight show in the Copa Room on Saturday, December 19, 1959 and that it was "pretty good." My grandmother was a master of understatement. Anyway thanks for the documentary, I hope you make more. This was when Las Vegas was LAS VEGAS.

What a great time the early 60’s , would have loved to have been able to see these great shows

What an amazing video, although it rightfully should be called a documentary. An absolute treasure trove of detail knowledge. For anyone who is fascinated with Vegas of the '50s, this is a must-watch. Thanks for all the effort to produce this!

*stands up and applauds* This was incredible, so well done, so much history, and always engaging throughout. Wonderful job Vegas Visual!

I went to the Copa Room at the Sands with my parents in 1955 and we saw Billy Eckstine. If memory serves, (I was seven. My dad was a musician working at either the Desert Inn or the Last Frontier.) he was a replacement for Sammy Davis, Jr. I don't know why Davis wasn't able to perform that night, but the atmosphere was glamorous and exciting. I wonder why Mr. Eckstine is not on this list. Also, Mel Torme's last name is misspelled.

Great information brother! So much knowledge here. Thank u for your time & investment. 👍

I am biased towards Sammy because I am related to him via the Mastin family. Because of that I am a proud Golden Key holder to his gravesite that is on the highest ground of Forest Lawn. I consider SAMMY to be the original one name act long before Elvis, Liberace, Cher, Madonna, etc. I came to this page because you pasted a link to it from my comment on another one of your post. Thank you very much for helping keeping Sammy's legacy alive.

Jewish comedian Joey Bishop famously wrote most of those racist bantering jokes that seemed like the rat pack were riffing. Sinatra didn’t write jokes. Bishop was well know as the paid writer who crafted the comedy routines and jokes

Saw the "CARPENTERS" when they opened for DON ADAMS in 1970 at the COPA ROOM. She was still singing behind the 🥁 drums.

excellent research and documentary! loved this

Outstanding documentary! I really loved it.

Great documentary! It is 2024 now, and Las Vegas is the 7th most ethnically diverse city in the US Crazy to think how much has changed in 60 years.

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing.

Fantastic video. Loved it. And Dice and I will watch this again.

I looked up the address at the bottom of the poster at 18:18 and the building still exsists! Apparently...its the HQ for Tinder...among other businesses built in 1959.

In the book "Nevada Girls", the author documented the 'extra-curricular activities" of the Las Vegas showgirls up to the late 1970s. When a selection came down to which girl would get the job, the question was asked: "Would you be willing to 'entertain' high-rollers and other special guests?" The job went to the one who answered 'yes', knowing full well what the producers were asking them to do.

If those prices on the menu were from 1975, the price of the meals was over $100 today!

Amazing, my friend. 😍🔥 Awesome upload. 👍 Have a nice day. 🤗💓

The Age of Elegance

Great job! Thank you very much! I revere this place. I have one of the gold plated lighters that they gave out at the grand opening along with some chips, cards, ashtrays and even the felt from one of the craps tables. There will never be anything like it!!

This is so cool, I wish I was alive to be in Vegas during the 60s and 70s.

So interesting Kevin. Thanks for all the research! I never knew about the foot imprints all the times I’ve went…definitely will check it out next visit. So much history in Vegas

There will never be anything close to this ever again anywhere in the world

Sir, your videos are outstanding.

I saw Dean Martin and Count Basie at the Sands when I was 12 (1962-63).My mother covered my ears for some of the blue material. Vegas was so fresh and exciting back then. It had open space. Wonderful atmosphere. I wouldn't go there now. it's turned into just another shopping mall/theme park.

That was very interesting! I enjoyed every minute.

Great Job! Thank you.

At the COPA!!! I'm watching this again cause it's worth a second watch! Good Stuff VV

I attended the Follies at the Tropicana summer '77.. I believe I remember the three tickets for $40 and two drink minimum.. A fascinating show.

Which venue was the live album, 'Nat King Cole Live at the Sands' recorded? Not at the Copa Room?

Great piece of work. Good detail on the history of the Sands and the Rat Pack. Loved it.

Vegas Visual, great, great work on this.. spectacular! 10:10 would’ve love to be sitting in the Morellis home listening to them rehearse!.. 🍻👍🏽🔥☘️CHEERS to you! See you around..! ( I tend to follow NLLV, I’ve seen your user name) you got me as a new subscriber today!

Adding this to my favs. Fantastic job VV 😉

Love this Thanks!

Great contribution, Kevin. I thought I was pretty much alone in my reverence for the Copa Room, (I own one of those Wayne Newton menus) and feel stupidity happened on an industrial scale when no way was sought to recreate The Room in its exact location in the Venetian. That you thought to show us where that spot is today is to me, the high point of this video. Well done!

Great doco. Fantastic backing musicians. What a dream job that would have been.

44 years of an old EYESORE ! So happy to see it finally gone, in my city ! Old Vegas sucked ! The future is NOW !

Love the history! Great video!

THIS WAS AN AMAZING GLIMPSE OF THE AMAZING LAS VEGAS HISTORY WITH THE BEST PERFORMERS WHO EVER LIVED…NOBODY WILL EVER MATCH THAT TALENT AND THAT AMAZING LAS VEGAS ERA. THESE SUPER LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE LONG RUINED THE ICONIC VIBE OF LAS VEGAS. SAD TO SEE BUT I STILL LOVE LAS VEGAS.

Very cool , love History of Vegas 😍💕🔮

Thank you very much enjoyed this so much watched twice

Those Copa Girls are Great Great Grandmothers now !! 😘

this was super cool. thank you!

Great stuff.

Pretty awesome brother! 😀

That was so funny the way they used to bust Sammy’s chops, great shit!