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Audio clip 2 from interview with Blaine Benedict, November 12, 2015

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In this clip, Blaine Benedict dicusses his father's career in Las Vegas casinos and also discusses working in the casinos as a youth.

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    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Let's maybe talk about your father's career a little bit more. I believe the first place that he went was the Stardust. My grandfather, his dad, was there at the time. My father became the food and beverage director, more or less?I don't know what these titles were they had there?because he had the background from the diner. So he became the food and beverage director. The Stardust at that time was the largest hotel in the world. It had a thousand rooms. It was kind of the template for what Las Vegas was to start to become. I don't know whether that was his formal title or not. Then he moved up to...He had various responsibilities within the Stardust, I guess that's the best way to put it. Let me make sure I'm clear. Your grandfather worked there already. Right. What was his position there, do you know? He worked there. He worked there, okay. What was his name? Meyer or Mike [Benedict]. He was in the casino. So he was a casino executive, I'll just say that. Then your dad was about what