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A look at what really goes on behind the scenes by Basil Nestor   Maybe we’ll put something there that is really a poor performer because it would make it get some play because it has a captive audience. I’m saying our tightest machines are near the door because they are the most popular. Where […]

There’s a lot more to Hooters than the girls by Rob Wiser   Rick Newman, vice president of casino operations for Hooters Casino Hotel, invites you to let the good times roll Not all of Las Vegas’ 40 million annual visitors give a hoot about expensive gourmet restaurants, Cirque du Soleil shows and all of […]

It all began with the Fey family in the late 1800s By Don Catlin   In 1885 a Bavarian immigrant by the name of Charles Fey arrived in San Francisco, getting a job with the California Electric Works as an instrument maker. Another employee, Theodore Holtz was a foreman at the plant and In 1894 […]

Fertitta Family Takes Station To New Heights by Len Butcher   Dynasty: A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field. This is the definition in the Oxford American Dictionary. It could easily have added: i.e. the Fertitta family. In 1976, when Frank Fertitta Jr. […]

Hot group revamps show for new digs   The Blue Man is everyone and everywhere. Created in New York City in the late ’80s in a small 300-seat theater in New York’s East Village by friends Chris Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt Goldman, Blue Man has evolved into a phenomenon with full-blown tours and a […]

Hard work, talent and pride are key factors to show’s huge success by Gwen Abbott   What sprouted from humble beginnings in 1984 as a street performance in a tiny Quebec town made a robust evolution into the world-class phenomenon called Cirque Du Soleil. The original cast was comprised of a band of colorful characters, […]

After 50 years of music, Wayne Newton offers the Strip a final farewell A www.casinocenter.com Exclusive: The Complete Interview! by Melissa Fine As the lights in the Tropicana’s Tiffany Theater dim, a wide-eyed teenage boy wanders onto the stage, suitcase in hand, fresh off the bus. He is greeted by a gruff booking agent who […]