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History of the Stratosphere Tower: videos

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Creator

Creator (cre): Stupak, Bob

Date

1990-02 (year and month approximate) to 1996-04-29

Description

A series of news, press, and informational videos that follow the history of the Stratosphere Tower and show the buiding's press reveal announcment, ground breaking, construction, construction fire, and grand opening; first video is a KTNV-TV Channel 13 editorial with Jim Behling, V.P./General Manager; the news clips that follow are from multiple stations and feature multiple anchors including Paula Francis and Bill French from KLAS-TV Channel 8; Marianne McClary and Angela Rodriguez from KTNV-TV Channel 13; and Scott Andrus, Sue Tripathi, and Rikki Cheese from KVBC Channel 3; featured interviews from the videos include Robert Broadbent, Director of Aviation in Clark County; Bob Stupak, the owner of the Stratosphere Tower; Raymond Lafaire, a Las Vegas tourist; Jerry Miller, a crew worker; Jerry Smiley from Union Equity Partners; Mike Moody, a business editor; Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones; Nevada Governor Bob Miller; and unidentified construction workers; additional videos include a history of Bob Stupak showcasing his Las Vegas legacy, Vegas World, and Stratosphere Tower; the construction fire at Stratosphere Tower on August 29, 1993; and Stratosphere Tower opening night press footage of Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, Nevada Governor Bob Miller, Bob Stupak, and Phyllis McGuire; b-roll footage of digital renderings, press announcements, ground breaking for construction, various stages of construction, Las Vegas, printed media of Bob Stupak, construction fire, and fireworks from the top of the Stratosphere Tower Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Digital ID

MS_01016_069
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    Citation

    MS_01016_069. Bob Stupak Professional Papers, approximately 1900-2007. MS-01016. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1bg2nv32

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Nevada Stupak transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

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    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

    Extent

    0:13:30

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    video/mp4