Casa de Shenandoah

On the east side of Las Vegas sprawls a nearly forty-acre estate that entertainer Wayne Newton built into one of the most elaborate private compounds in Nevada. Newton, whose residency at the Desert Inn in the nineteen sixties made him the highest-paid performer in Las Vegas history, purchased the original land in nineteen sixty-six and spent decades expanding it. Casa de Shenandoah at its peak housed peacocks, horses, exotic animals, and a private heliport.

Newton lived on the property for nearly fifty years before financial pressures forced him out in two thousand thirteen. A new ownership group opened it as a public museum and tour attraction in two thousand fifteen, giving visitors access to the Arabian horse stables, vintage cars, and memorabilia from a career that defined the Las Vegas entertainer archetype.