CBS News talks about how the beloved 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz is taking on a new form inside the Las Vegas Sphere, where ...

However, the unexpected inspiration came from the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.” Anderson had a photo of the film’s main characters, Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Lion in his workshop.

The Land of Oz was a fully functioning theme park created in 1970. The park was rebuilt under new management in 1975 after a fire was set to the Emerald City and closed in the fall of 1980.