Mark Brandenburg oral history interview, 2025 October 08

Oral history interview with Mark Brandenburg on October 8, 2025 conducted by Stefani Evans and Bethany Dayton for the Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Brandenburg talks about growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada's Twin Lakes neighborhood. Brandenburg first joined a sports teaam while at Orr Middle School, joining the softball team, and later playing Pop Warner football. In high school, he wrestled and played football. Brandenburg went to Stanford for his undergraduate degree and Hastings College for his law degree. Returning to Las Vegas after graduating from law school in 1979, Brandenburg worked briefly as a camera operator for Channel 13, and then in law for ten years. In the 1990s, Brandenburg bought into the Golden Gate Casino. During this time, he remembers various sporting events happening both downtown and on the Strip. He also recalls that his cousin played for the Las Vegas Cowboys in the early 1960s, a semipro baseball team that played at Cashman Field. Digital audio available; no transcript available.