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Marc Ratner oral history interview, 2025 January 09

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Oral history interview with Marc Ratner conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on January 9, 2025 for the Game On! The Oral History of Sports in Las Vegas Project. In this interview, Ratner recalls arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada as a teenager with his parents and attending John C. Fremont Junior High School and Las Vegas High School. It was in high school that he formed a lifetime friendship with Sig Rogich, which later helped shape his career. Following high school, he graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1966. In Reno, he joined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and played baseball and ran track. Following his graduation from UNR, he returned to Las Vegas and in 1980, he joined Rogich at R&R Advertising until Rogich left in 1992 to become United States Ambassador to Iceland. In 1985, he joined the five-member Nevada Athletic Commission, becoming Executive Director in 1993. He recalls Lorenzo Fertitta approaching him in 2005 to join UFC; he resigned and eventually resigning from the Athletic Commission in 2006 to join UFC. Throughout the interview, he recounts presiding over iconic boxing matches over the years, tensions between owners of UFC and various unions, hall of fame inductions, and working as a shot clock operator for the UNLV Rebels. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

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Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews

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Sunridge development records, 1986 to 2010

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The Sunridge development records (1986-2010) series consists of documents created by the Sunridge Development Company during the multi-decade process of building Sunridge at MacDonald Ranch. These materials detail the local improvement district (LID) acquisition and subsequent municipal infrastructure and public utility construction; park, fire station, and post office construction; correspondence and agreements with the City of Henderson; agreements and disputes with the Nevada Power Company; water allocation and use, including the design and construction of drainage channels, pump stations, sewers, and reservoirs; and public roadway extension projects. The series includes documents relating to project management; marketing, advertising, and signage design; various engineering, environmental, geotechnical, and landscaping reports; property title and purchase documents; and contractor bids and correspondence.

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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Sunridge Park project manual, 1997 May 15

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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Sunridge Park landscaping contract, Western Landscape Construction, 1998

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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Sunridge Park plans and contractor correspondence, 1996 to 1998

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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"Sunridge Park design and construction" contract, site maps, parks agreement, 1994 to 1999

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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Sunridge Park landscaping proposal, 1996

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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Sunridge Park preliminary notices, 1998 to 1999

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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"Sunridge Canyon park site", 1994 to 1997

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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"Lot 25 - Sunridge Park" various documents, 1998 to 1999

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MacDonald Ranch Development Records

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