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Awesome: Vintage Vegas on Google Magazine Search
Google has whupped up their "book search" application by adding a ton of old magazines to the index. A cursory query for "vegas" found the infamous Vegas World VIP Vacation advertisement from the May 1983 issue of Popular Science.
Below is a screen grab, the full zoomable version is here.

Some other interesting finds:
1980 interview with Sammy Davis Jr in Ebony Magazine.
Popular Science looks at the technology inside the "brand new Luxor" and other Vegas resorts (April 1994) and a similar article about the Stardust from Popular Mechanics (February 1960)
Steve Wynn On A Roll - New York Magazine (April 1984)
Silver Slipper Marquee (Jet Magazine March 1966)
Boobs! (New York Magazine October 1995)
Johnny Mathis gets his ass kicked at the Riviera Jet Magazine (April 1963)
Moulin Rouge call for chorus girls (with a great pic) Jet Magazine (Jan 1955)
There's a bajillion other great articles in this treasure trove... definitely a great way to waste away a day.

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