VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Lefty Rosenthal, Who Inspired De Niro’s ‘Casino’ Character, Hired the Strip’s First Female Dealers

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a incentive Flashback Fri edition. Today’s accounting entry inward our ongoing serial publication originally ran on July 17, 2023. Sure, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal secretly ran the Stardust, Fremont, Marina, and Hacienda casinos inwards Las Vegas for the Chicago fork…

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Strip’s Naked City Was Named for Sunbathing Showgirls

In the 1960s, back up when Las Vegas’ Meadows Addition neighborhood was nice, showgirls lived there. They liked to sunbathe au naturel at their apartment pools because they didn’t similar suntan lines. That’s the commonly told story of how the Naked City, a community of low-rent flat buildings…

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Final Resting Place of Whiskey Pete

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a incentive Flashback Friday edition. Today’s accounting entry in our on-going serial originally ran on Dec. 16, 2022. On Feb. 2, 1994, grammatical construction workers were grading the earth for the wakeful rail that today connects II…