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Sands Hotel and Casino in 1959. The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996. Designed by the architect Wayne McAllister, with a prominent 56-foot (17 m) high sign, the Sands was the seventh resort to open on the Strip.
Updated January 07, 2014. The Sands casino was a popular, very profitable casino built on the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1950's. Although built with Mob money, the casino was licensed and run for years with front-men, and then skimmed by the likes of Meyer Lansky for the Boys back east.