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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Horwath, Bryan (2019-07-29). "Refurbished Hotel Apache opens today in downtown Las Vegas". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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