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Who Built Vegas?
Top 10 Las Vegans of the 20th Century
The members of this elite group have all in their own unique way contributed
to the unprecedented growth of this American city in the 20th century. While
some were mobsters, others were hard working pioneers that saw the vision and
came to Las Vegas to capitalize on their dreams. Here follows our selection of
the top ten people who helped created America's adult playground.
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Bob Stupak is a chain smoking, gold-chained embodiment of a Vegas that many would
like to forget. But if it wasn't for guys like Stupak, hoards of them, Vegas would
be better known as a Mormon settlement than the epicenter of legalized sin... [more]
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In a city where fantasy trumping reality is the norm, a dreamer has a good chance of making a name
for himself. Looking at the Strip today, it's hard to imagine that Vegas in the
Fifties and early Sixties was a ragtag collection of casinos whose names promised
exotic locales, but all looked pretty much the same. With one imperial gesture,
Jay Sarno changed that forever... [more]
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As the Vegas Strip has flourished, the workers to support the demands
of the constant stream of Jacks and Jills have expanded with it. The Las Vegas
Metropolitan area is now home to well in excess of 1 million inhabitants, many
of whom are employed in the casino industry... [more]
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Brother and sister group Murray, Faye and Dean Petersen came to Las Vegas from Utah in search of their
opportunity. These pioneer developers of the early 60s were responsible for
much of the residential development that occurred in the 60s through their
company Roundup Realty... [more]
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