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No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower

No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower

No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower
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No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower

by Smith, John L. (signed)

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0929712188
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9780929712185
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Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 1997. INSCRIBED/SIGNED and dated (13 June 1997) by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. "SIGNED" sticker at the foot of the spine. NOT price clipped ($21.95). The jacket has three short, closed tears that have been reinforced with "3M" clear magic tape on the blank side. s are crisp, clean and unmarked. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue boards with a blue cloth spine stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "Of all the modern Las Vegas casino operators, none had more flair than Bob Stupak. The self-proclaimed 'Polish Maverick' rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately owned casinos in Las Vegas, the infamous Vegas World. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100 million-a-year gambling operation by manipulating the local and national media with outrageous stunts and promotions. His headline-grabbing handiwork is now the stuff of Las Vegas legend. Remember Vegas World's VIP Vacation? Stupak's cleverly worded advertisements flooded millions of mailboxes around the country and appeared in dozens of prominent national periodicals, including Playboy, Parade, and USA Today, attracting hordes of tourists to his out-of-the-way casino. Though the VIP Vacation became the most successful promotional campaign in the history of Las Vegas, it was also the most controversial. It prompted sanctions and fines from casino-industry regulators, but not before generating enough seed money to fund early construction of the $550 million Stratosphere Tower, Hotel & Casino. Of all of Stupak's big ideas, the Stratosphere Tower was the biggest. It was to be the tower to end all towers, the greatest mousetrap in a city of great mousetraps. But the tallest observation tower in the country was erected on a wobbly financial foundation of oppressive interest rates and sky-high debt, which ultimately turned the no-lose proposition into one of Las Vegas' most high-profile flops." . INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xx, 300pp. + 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Title
No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower
Author
Smith, John L. (signed)
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NOT a library discard
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good dust jacket
Edition
1st Edition (so stated)
ISBN 10
0929712188
ISBN 13
9780929712185
Publisher
Huntington Press
Place of Publication
Las Vegas, Nevada
Date Published
1997
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Size
8vo. xx, 300pp. + 16 pages of photos

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