Sands Hotel Copa Room - Rat Pack dinner-and-show culture

The Sands Hotel, which opened in 1952 at the site now occupied by the Venetian, featured the Copa Room nightclub where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and other entertainers performed in the 1950s and 1960s. The Copa Room combined table service, cocktails, and headline entertainment, helping popularize the dinner-and-show format on the Strip. The venue's style influenced Las Vegas lounge dining and cocktail culture for decades.