LokaGraph: News, History and Pop Culture. Ph oto (cover image) by Phil Plait is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Photo (inset image) by zemistor is licensed under CC BY 2.0 An investment firm headed by Larry Ellison purchased the property for nearly $36 million in January 2018 with plans to reopen.Ģ Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada 89402 The Cal Neva Lodge and Casino closed in 2013 and currently sits empty. Every good film noir has this kind of duality.” Casino Royale director didn't know if Daniel Craig was sexy enough to play James Bond. Then there’s Nevada pulling people in the other direction, to gambling and the chance to maybe strike it rich, change your life. Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth. Goddard said the border was a central component of his story: ““I’ve always loved the idea of California, signaling looking west to prosperity and new opportunities. The movie, which stars Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson and Cynthia Erivo, takes place on one night in 1969. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Chicago mobster Sam Giancana bought the hotel in 1960. The real hotel on which screenwriter Drew Goddard based his script is the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino, which was built in 1926.

2018’s mystery thriller Bad Times at the El Royale is based on a fading casino hotel on the California-Nevada border.įilming for the movie took place in January and February of 2018 in Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, with production crews in Canada replicating the hotel of Crystal Bay.

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