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01716aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 BB040B7E744411E3B32AB1E9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140103010023 008 131017s2013 nvuac b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0990001601 020 $a 9780990001607 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nv 100 1 $a Schwartz, David G., $d 1973-, $e author. 245 10 $a Grandissimo : $b the first emperor of Las Vegas : how Jay Sarno won a casino empire, lost it, and inspired modern Las Vegas / $c David G. Schwartz. 260 $a Las Vegas, Nevada : $b Winchester Books, $c [2013]. 300 $a xiv, 308 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index. 520 $a Grandissimo is the story of how Jay Sarno won and lost his casino empire, inventing modern Las Vegas along the way. Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Grandissimo, which would have started the mega-resort era a decade before Steve Wynn built The Mirage. Sarno invented the modern Las Vegas casino, but he was part of a dying breed--a back-pocket entrepreneur who'd parlayed a jones for action and a few Teamster loans into a life as a Vegas casino owner. 600 10 $a Sarno, Jay Jackson. 650 0 $a Gamblers $z Las Vegas $z Las Vegas $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businesspeople $z Las Vegas $z Las Vegas $v Biography. 650 0 $a Casinos $z Las Vegas $z Las Vegas $x History. 650 0 $a Gambling $z Las Vegas $z Las Vegas $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20140103010239.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB040B7E744411E3B32AB1E9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search