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Las Vegas Sun:
Brash huckster and visionary builder Bob Stupak dies at 67 Las Vegas Sun:
Bob Stupak, builder of Stratosphere and Vegas World, dies at 67 JOHN L. SMITH:
Las Vegas may have lost one of its last characters, but huckster's dreams live on Wall Street Journal:
Las Vegas Impresario Bob Stupak Dies Read a really fun story about Bob Stupak:
Bob Stupak and Me - A Sentimental Journey by Matt The First 100 Persons Who Shaped
Nevada: Bob Stupak
Subtitled The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak & Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower, this book focuses on one of the more controversial people in the gaming industry--the self-proclaimed "Polish Maverick" who rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately owned casinos in Las Vegas. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100-million-a-year operation by manipulating the media with outrageous stunts and promotions. Las Vegas ReviewJournal columnist John L. Smith chronicles the antics of the consummate Las Vegas huckster. It's all here: his education on the streets of Pittsburgh, his stint as a rock `n' roll singer, his days in Australia, his early ownership of Las Vegas' Sinabar Lounge, Chateau Vegas, and the Million Dollar Historic Gambling Museum, his battles with the unions and the mob, his unbridled gambling, the VIP Vacation packages, the million-dollar Super Bowl wager, the Trump Challenge, two failed mayoral bids, the near-fatal motorcycle crash, and the wheelings and dealings behind Stupak's Stratosphere Tower. 320 pages, hardbound. 1997.
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