The Dunes, Sands, New Frontier, Sahara, the Desert Inn are all iconic Vegas casino names that regrettably are no longer with us, but which still retain a strong nostalgic pull for many Vegas visitors. With new resorts in the pipeline with eyebrow-raising names like Resort World, I wondered if you could update us on who owns the intellectual property rights to the names of those (and other) old classic Vegas casinos and the likelihood that someone might resurrect one of them in the near/distant future? Thanks!

On the drive from Las Vegas back to California, there’s an exit sign for an unpronounceable town by the name of Zzyzx and I’ve always wondered where on earth that name came from (and how do you say it?) Can you help? Thanks!

In reference to the build-up of the North Strip with SLS and Resorts World Las Vegas being planned, wasn't there another Asian-themed hotel/casino planned, perhaps just off the Strip on Sahara? Is this project still in the pipeline?

Many times I have passed Blue Diamond Road and have wondered what the genesis of that name is...can you help?

I was wondering what the status of the Blue Angel is. Isn't it due to be taken down? She is one of my favorite things to go by and see. I make my sisters ride the bus that goes by her every time we visit your wonderful city.

What can you tell me about numbers runner Ralph "Foots" Angelo and bookie Oscar Rappé? (You referenced them once in a previous QoD.)

I watched a new TV show called "Vegas" this season and wondered if the main hotel in it, The Savoy, was based on any particular existing or former hotel in Vegas?

With all the old casinos being torn down or renamed, what is the oldest casino with its original name, in its original building, on the Strip?

I read somewhere that the Mint Casino used to offer a "Behind the Scenes Tour" that included the count room and the surveillance catwalks. Can this be true, even in the olden days?

Sometime back I read that a movie was planned about the book, Storming Las Vegas. Any info on that?