The former site of the Landmark hotel, whose implosion in 1995 was included in the movie 'Mars Attacks,' now holds a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center. There's no guarantee something glamorous will emerge. Billionaire Carl Icahn, who ultimately bought the property, sold its furniture to a casino on the California-Nevada border and hasn't said when construction might resume.
The unfinished multibillion-dollar Fontainebleau development that filed for bankruptcy court protection is nearby. Ruffin said the Sahara's neighborhood looks 'very bad.'