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Interview with Robert W. Taft, August 5, 2004

Date

2004-08-05

Description

Narrator affiliation: Asst. Manager, Plans, Engineering and Budgets, Dept. of Energy

Text

"Geraldo Rivera: Las Vegas, the American Fantasy": video, 2000 July 30

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

"Geraldo" talkshow episode "Las Vegas: the American Fantasy." Geraldo reports on the latest generation gambling in and on Las Vegas. Las Vegas is the fastest growing city in America in the year 2000. It is a unique fantasy in the desert drawing millions of tourists each year and is a major resource for employment. Corporate America has moved into Las Vegas and created super casinos and some of the largest hotels in the world. Since the arrival of super casinos, union membership has tripled, making Vegas one of the few places in the country where union membership is on the rise. The payoff for these workers is affordable housing and benefits that have changed the ethnic landscape of the city. Rivera also reports on gamblers with dreams of striking it rich and problem gamblers whose livers were torn apart because of their addiction. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 026

Archival Component

Photographs of Dr. Kenny Guinn, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa late 1990s

Date

1995 to 1999

Description

Portraits of Dr. Kenny Guinn at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was interim president of UNLV for one year.

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Fountainbleau Las Vegas Sits Dormant, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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