Paul
she had a casino with an exhibit inside
but she had a few issues. one was that the building wasn't on the
Strip. It was near the Strip, but by the convention center and it had
no outside "flash" at all and it wasn't a "locals casino". The intent
was to get conventioneers and tourists to drop in, but without any
real flash, it was doomed on that level. You need locals in Las
Vegas.. I had eaten at Pieros a couple times which is right next door
and walked past the casino many many times, but I don't think I ever
went in myself. It was a boring exterior and the building was a poor choice
secondly, her husband at the time was a bad news gambler, a critter
that Las Vegas is known for. He was always gambling away any profits
she may have been able to gather and reportedly lost millions within
the short 2-3 years the casino was open. Too bad he was losing the
money at other casinos and then later when he was losing at Debbie's
casino, it being run by a contractor and only major profits were to
be shared with Debbie at that point, but there were none.
all that was left was doom and gloom.
Rich
At 04:43 AM 6/3/2011, Paul Gerrard wrote:
Rich,
Didn't Debbie R manage to set up a museum in your neck of the woods
for a few years, before it went bust? Unfortunately, the 1st time I
went to Vegas the museum didn't exist yet, and by the 2nd time it
had closed down. Just my luck. (Makes me wonder how the Liberace
museum managed to last so long tho.) I too am amazed at how often
Hollywood neglects its own history. But I guess it's a similar story
around the world, with a few notable exceptions like Scorcese's
preservation efforts and that German film museum initiative that
Cory forwarded the other day.
Paul
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In a message dated 03/06/2011 02:40:59 GMT Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Irv.. the mistake that corporations make in this case is that they
could sponsor the museum, lose money or whatever & get both
promotional value & good karma. seeing as they aren't interested in
the Karma, and too many corporations are run by people too young to
be familiar with the material, it's a dead end..
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