Channing, my friend Jeff and I saw her perform at her Casinette -- quite entertaining, really.
Kirby McDaniel Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 On Jun 3, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: > 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 >> www.movieposterstudio.com >> >> >> 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.. >> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
