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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 Hardback - 1997

by John L. Smith

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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.

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  • Title No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower
  • Author John L. Smith
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 293
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Huntington Press, Las Vegas
  • Publication date July 1, 1997
  • ISBN 9780929712185 / 0929712188
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 6.45 x 1.23 in (23.70 x 16.38 x 3.12 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96079031
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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John L. Smith is the author of four Huntington Press titles: No Limit, On the Boulevard, Quicksilver, and Of Rats and Men. John is a fourth-generation Nevadan and has written more than 2,000 columns that have appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In 1998, John was voted "Nevada's Outstanding Journalist" by the Nevada Press Association and was awarded third place in the National Headliner Awards.

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