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Diana Bennett oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03861

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Diana Bennett conducted by Claytee D. White on February 4, 2022 and April 16, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In these interviews, Bennett discusses growing up as the daughter of William "Bill" Bennett, the visionary behind Circus Circus, Excalibur, Luxor, and the Sahara hotels. She recalls no one hiring her after dropping out of Arizona State University to pursue her passion of entering the gaming industry. Finally, Dick Thomas hired Bennett to work at the Flamingo. Today, Diana Bennett is the CEO and co-founder of Paragon Gaming, a developer and operator of gaming-based properties, second generation casino operator, and one of the most effective and respected executives in the gaming industry. Bennett discusses her role in developing, constructing, and managing the River Cree Reserve outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first ever First Nations gaming property in Alberta.

Archival Collection

Bill Willard Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00333

Abstract

The Bill Willard Photograph Collection depicts Las Vegas, Nevada, hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Valley, and Laughlin, Nevada from 1905 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1999. The photographs primarily depict hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, including the Sahara Hotel, Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Caesars Palace, Flamingo Hotel, and the Aladdin Hotel. The photographs also depict students at Nevada Southern University (predecessor of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas), the city of Las Vegas, industrial plants in Henderson and Apex, Nevada, and events in Laughlin, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Irving Junior Foreman interview, March 16, 1978: transcript

Date

1978-03-16

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas collection OH-00600. On March 16, 1978, collector John Russell Foreman interviewed Irving Junior Foreman (born June 25th, 1930 in Beaver, Utah) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Foreman speaks about his career in the construction industry in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses the changes in the construction industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the machinery used.

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Single family homes along the Sloan Channel, looking north, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-28

Description

Single family homes line the Sloan channel as it passes under East Sahara Avenue east of Sloan Lane.

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Las Vegas High School baseball field, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-29

Description

The baseball field at Las Vegas High School as seen from Hollywood Boulevard north of East Sahara Avenue.

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North Bridge Street and Tam Drive, looking northwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-06

Description

Commercial and multi-family housing occupy North Bridge Street and Tam Drive, north of West Sahara Avenue.

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Man fixing car on Marion Street, looking north, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-26

Description

A man fixes a car in his driveway along Marion Street near Lamb Boulevard and East Sahara Avenue.

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Single family homes along Hahogany Mountain Drive, looking north, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-28

Description

Single family housing along Mahogany Mountain Drive near Sloan Lane south of East Sahara Avenue.

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A Review-Journal newspaper in front of a house, looking north, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-28

Description

A Review-Journal newspaper sits on Ruby Creek Drive west of Sloan Lane and south of East Sahara Avenue.

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Karen Avenue near the Jerome D. Mack Middle School, looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-09-26

Description

Karen Avenue off Lamb Boulevard south of East Sahara Avenue near Jerome D. Mack Middle School.

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