Povestea lui Tony Cornero și a lui Stardust Casino
Ca multe dintre poveștile frumoase ale orașului Las Vegas, și povestea lui Antonio Cornero Stralla – fondatorul Stardust Casino, pornește de la o poveste de viață, de supraviețuire și printr-un talent antreprenorial nativ către realizarea unei ambiții în vremuri tulburi, când nu prea putea nimeni să facă afaceri în deșertul Nevadei fără ca famiglia de pe Coasta de Est să nu fie implicată. Începutul poveștii lui Tony Cornero În vara...
SECRETS OF CASINOS (XX) Controlled demolition in Vegas: A Phoenix-like phenomenon, executed with German precisionSECRETELE CAZINOURILOR (XX) Demolările controlate din Vegas: Un fenomen de tip Phoenix, executat cu precizie nemțească
-Oana Mihalache Las Vegas has become a sort of El Dorado for any casino operator, but also for the big construction companies of the world, but the space on The Strip is limited. Precisely for this reason, in order to ensure the availability of space for new constructions, the old ones have to disappear. Well, operators in Vegas found a solution that is both ingenious and interesting, but also hard to execute: controlled demolitions...
E. Parry Thomas – The man behind the cutting-edge VegasE. Parry Thomas – Omul din spatele Vegasului modern
by Bogdan Fechită Las Vegas as we know it today would have not existed without the impact of a number of US personalities. Among these we mention E. Parry Thomas, 93 years old now. He is the person who had brought a decisive contribution to the development of the modern gambling industry in the city of the lights. Parry was born in the interwar period, in June 1921. His father was a health contractor and he was so successful...
Howard Hughes – veni, vidi, viciHoward Hughes – a venit, a văzut, a cucerit
„I like to think of Las Vegas in terms of a well-dressed man in a dinner jacket and a beautifully jeweled and furred female getting out of an expensive car.” (Howard Hughes) Unlike other Las Vegas figures, Hughes was the man, the visionary, who wanted and was able to convert the Nevada desert in the oasis of light and prosperity now enjoyed by the inhabitants of the city. He was among those who pushed for upgrading living...
