The Sands, Frontier, Desert Inn, & Landmark Hotels were once owned by this mysterious billionaire
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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California  Page 211  Billionaire Howard Hughes has purchased the Desert Inn, left, Silver Slipper, ... He is Howard Hughes, the mystery man billionaire, who after two years of Las ... Hughes-owned hotel-casinos include the Sands, the Frontier, the Castaways, and ... 1 A REAL LANDMARK Latest acquisition in Las Vegas by Howard Hughes is...
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jeopardy/3061_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  LAS VEGAS | The Sands, Frontier, Desert Inn, & Landmark Hotels were once owned by this mysterious billionaire | Howard Hughes. right: Bruce. Wrong:.
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Maheu bolstered 'Great Duo Theory' of Las Vegas history | Las ...  Aug 10, 2008 ... Wilbur Clark started building the Desert Inn Hotel in 1946 but ran out ... It was several days before most of Las Vegas knew the mysterious billionaire had arrived. ... The organized crime figures who owned many of the Strip casinos were ... the Sands, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Castaways and Landmark in Las...
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Howard Hughes: A revolutionary recluse - Las Vegas Sun News  May 15, 2008 ... Hughes changed Strip landscape with corporately-owned casinos ... When Howard Hughes arrived in Las Vegas in November 1967, many of the hotels were preparing their ... His aides whisked him to the Desert Inn penthouse. ... He bought the Sands for $14.6 million, the Frontier for $23 million and the...
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Howard Hughes - Wikipedia  Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905  April 5, 1976) was an American ... His parents were Howard R. Hughes Sr., a successful inventor and .... Initially staying in the Desert Inn, Hughes refused to vacate his room, and instead ..... the Castaways, New Frontier, the Landmark Hotel and Casino, and the Sands.
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Luck runs out on Vegas boom - Page 2 - latimes  Sep 7, 2009 ... MGM Mirage Chief Executive James J. Murren said the company knows ... as an example of profligate spending," casino mogul Steve Wynn complained at an ... That axiom has held since Wynn opened the 3,000-room Mirage in 1989. ... Ian Bruce Eichner, a condo developer from New York, launched the...
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Stanford, Hopkins, Huntington, Crocker rode railroads to big profits ...  Jan 20, 2008 ... although it's nominally about the "Big Four" who made their fortunes from the ... Railroad - Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins ... 'There is nothing like sleeping with men, or women either for that matter.' " ... Hopkins is recalled mostly because of the hotel on Nob Hill that stands...
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History of the Aladdin - Las Vegas Strip - A2Z Las Vegas  Re-Opened as Aladdin August 18, 2000 ... George was questioned by the Nevada Gaming Control Board because her business adviser was her late ... Four mobsters who had bilked the hotel of $250,000 received prison terms. Later it .... I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden helped open the doors of the Desert Passage.
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'Melvin' Still After Hughes' Fortune - ABC News  Jun 15, 2006 ... Dummar, who worked at a gas station in Utah at the time of the ... That man claimed to be Howard Hughes, one of the richest men in the ... A few years later -- after Hughes' death -- Dummar says a handwritten will was delivered to him, purporting to ... Howard Hughes left the Desert Inn," Magnesen says.
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Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas - Scribd  The first theme hotel materialized in 1943: The Last Frontier filled its rooms ... T r opi c a as Caesars Palace Las Vegas Blvd. F mi ng oW h UNIVERSITY OF ...... If you've got the cash. ... in Vegas until Mandalay Bay got that distinction from that mystery group we ..... But for sheer camp. nothing exceeds the excess of Excalibur.
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Desert Inn - Wikipedia  The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. ... Frank Sinatra made his Las Vegas debut there on September 13, 1951 and became a regular .... Wynn closed the Desert Inn at 2:00 a.m. on August 28, 2000.
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Jeopary Questions page 1544 - TREES - TriviaBistro.com  CLASSICAL COMPOSERS: Although he was known as "The Waltz King", his father also ... HOTELS, MOTELS & INNS: This future president & his beautiful wife spent part of their 1953 honeymoon at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara.
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Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue - Scribd  But for all his celebrated achievements, Hughes' later years in Las Vegas ... for Hughes or whose lives were touched in some way by the billionaire. ... Publishers Weekly   Finally someone has written the authentic story of ... Paranoia & Palace Intrigue Howard Hughes Geoff Schumacher Stephens Press  Las Vegas.
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The Jewel of the Desert, Arizona Biltmore : ImagesAZ  Mar 1, 2016 ... The head historian at the famous Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf ... He got to know something about Phoenix when he supplied product to ... constructed by Chicago chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr., who bought the hotel in 1930. ... During the 44 years that Wrigley and family owned the hotel, it was...
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The Stanley Hotel: Colorado Hotel | Estes Park Hotel & Lodging  A historic Colorado hotel, enjoy our breathtaking location near majestic Rocky ... The Stanley Hotel, known for its architecture, magnificent setting, and famous visitors ... known today for its inspirational role in the Stephen King's novel, "The Shining. ... On the 160 acres he purchased from Lord Dunraven, Stanley first built the...
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A Short History Of Las Vegas: Second Edition  Preface to the Second Edition: Las Vegas: Fast Forward xvii ... The only image of my town was one long strip of casinos, hotels, and motels, and mobsters ...... just ninety seconds life ceased in the casino and surrounding areas. ..... Folly) was blown up on November 7, 1995, to be replaced by a ...... Vegas landmark at Sands.
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Mirage Resorts Plans Family Hotel in Vegas : Gaming: The $300 ...  Oct 30, 1991 ... The Las Vegas-based company, which owns the Golden Nugget ... in June, 1990, opened the Excalibur, a 4,000-room hotel and casino that...
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Articles about Mirage Resorts Inc - latimes  Mirage Resorts Plans Family Hotel in Vegas : Gaming: The $300-million ... latest mega-casino--to be called Treasure Island--will have 3,000 guest rooms and will ... Resorts Inc.'s sale to MGM Grand Inc. over a clause that gives casino mogul...
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The Astor Bloodline  Prior to 1817, John Jacob Astor entered into the fur trade and remained the ... John Coleman in his good book The Conspirator's Hierarchy: The Story of the ... of the Empire State Building) the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was built by William .... It is no coincidence that nine of the Top 13 families would get there names in a...
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L.A. Billionaire Takes Stake in GM - Page 2 - latimes  May 05, 2005|John O'Dell and Tom Petruno | Times Staff Writers ... is talking with the UAW about finding a resolution, new contract talks won't come up until 2007. ... Today, Tracinda is majority owner of MGM Mirage Inc., one of the largest hotel and casino ... September: Announces he will sell MGM to Sony for $4.9 billion.
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Desert Inn - Wikipedia  The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, ... The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. .... The Desert Inn's most famous guest, businessman Howard Hughes, arrived on Thanksgiving Day 1966, renting the hotel's entire top two...