Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

ent001143-006

Image

File
Download ent001143-006.tif (image/tiff; 100.44 MB)

Information

Digital ID

ent001143-006
    Details

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    SINATRA...PAGE TWO BE BACK AT HIS HOLLYWOOD HOME... SAID THE SINGER: "I'M DELIGHTED WITH MY ASSOCIATION WITH CAESARS PALACE AND I'M EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PERFORMING AT THIS FABULOUS HOTEL. I REGRET THE TERMINATION OF MY LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE SANDS HOTEL." SINATRA ADDED IN THIS WORDS: "I HAVE ADMIRED AND RESPECTED HOWARD HUGHES FOR MANY YEARS AND REGRET THAT MY DECISION TO ACCEPT THE OFFER OF CAESARS PALACE COMES SO SOON AFTER HIS ACQUISTION OF THE SANDS. " SINATRA'S WALK-OUT WAS NOT HIS FIRST BRUSH WITH THE POWERS THAT BE IN NEVADA. SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP HIS GAMBLING INTERESTS AT LAKE TAHOE AND AT THE SANDS FOR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH UNDERWORLD FIGURE SAM GIANCANA.. A SPOKESMAN IN HOLLYWOOD SAID SINATRA WALKED OUT ON THE SANDS TO EVEN THE SCORE FOR HIS CREDIT BEING CUT OFF...