Some of the celebrities to perform at the resort during the 1960s & 70s included Frank Sinatra, Jr., Eddie Fisher & Abbe Lane, Mickie Finn Show, Bobby Darin, Jimmy Durante with Sonny King and Eddie Jackson, Phil Harris, Barbara McNair, Wayne Newton with Jerry Newton, Teresa Brewer, John Byner, George Carlin, Frank Gorshin, Robert Goulet, Bob Newhart, Diana Ross with Sammy Shore, Ronnie Shell, The Supremes, and Flip Wilson.On January 5, 2000, it was announced that the Frontier was to close her doors forever. Ruffin announced that he was going to implode the Frontier and build a replica of San Francisco, California - a casino named City By The Bay which should be completed in September, 2002, containing 2,500 rooms at a cost of $700 million. Ruffin has 13 other hotels and he plans to use their cash flows to support the new project.
