360 Vegas
Episodes
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
PCP - Bob Stupak, Vegas World and the Stratosphere
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Today, Bob Stupak is considered just another colorful character in the history Las Vegas and properly credited as the visionary behind Stratosphere. His tacky taste, public antics and wacky persona are all just part of his legend. The truth is, Bob embodies everything negative you've ever been warned about gambling and the industry. He didn't want to just take your money, he wanted to make you look foolish while he did it. His nickname might as well have been "fine print Stupak” because just about everything he did had a catch to it or a technicality he hoped you would miss so he could exploit. He preyed on those that didn't know better. But what's wrong with that? Most people know there is a mathematically proven way to play some games and yet willfully choose to ignore them in favor of strategies that increase the odds already stacked against them. Some people believe the earth is flat. The fact is we all have access to the same information, especially in the Internet age. The only disadvantage one person has over another is self-imposed. An intellectual isn't discourage from using their acquired knowledge so why is gambling any different? Morality, you say? Well, as Canada Bill Jones said, it's immoral to let a sucker keep his money. I’m pretty sure Bob just thought it was fun.
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: The Great Consolidation of Las Vegas
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
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Since the creation of modern day Las Vegas, there have always been people lamenting the good ole days, whatever that means to that individual at the time. Determining what is considered “good” is about as subjective as subjective can be. Most people today will point to the time before the strip was primarily owned by 2 companies, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. While the benefits of consolidation are obvious, potentially the best thing about it is the story of how it all happened. To do that, we are going to have to trace back to how these assets exchanged hands before finally ending up in the corporate portfolio that are currently a part of. To keep the story clean and the timeline defined, we are only going to focus on the majority owners and only their moves in Las Vegas. We’re calling this, the Great Consolidation of Las Vegas
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Billy Wilkerson and the Flamingo (Remastered)
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
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History hasn’t been fair to Billy Wilkerson. For years, a myth has lived in romantic Hollywood lour that Bugsy Siegel is the father of modern Vegas. When in truth, the idea for the Flamingo was stolen and ruined by the notorious gangster who caused the project to cost 6 times more than its original projections. When it finally opened, it was a disaster of such catastrophic proportions that his partners in the mafia had him killed. Now it is time to set the record straight about the real man behind the Flamingo.
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Boyd Gaming
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
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Sam Boyd was a gambler at heart. Once he discovered his passion for games of chance, he studied them feverously, learning that in every game, the advantage was always in the houses favor. So Sam decided the best way to gamble was to be the house. And that’s how his career in gaming began. Sam’s son Bill was encouraged from a young age to get an education. So he did and became a lawyer but eventually the father and son would join forces and become a team that grew into one of the most respected gaming companies in the world. Factor in their inherent desire to do the right thing and give back to the community, and you instantly start to suspect there’s more to the story than what you’re being told. But dig as deep as you like, there’s no more. The story of Sam, Bill and Boyd Gaming may be one of the greatest American success stories in history and overwhelming proof that sometimes, nice guys finish first.
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
E-338: Itch That Scratch
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Deadly Stunt, Caesars Release Plan, Aria Restaurant Changes and Las Vegas Raiders Stadium news.
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
PCP - 360 Vintage Vegas: Kirk Kerkorian and MGM Resorts
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
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Intensely private, Kerkorian’s legacy may not be as well known as Steve Wynn’s but is unarguably one of the most important in Vegas history. Some will criticize MGM as the shinning example of the faceless corporate machine that has taken over the city but without the corporate evolution of the market, the expansion of gaming around the United States, and the world for that matter, would have never been possible. Corporations removed the negative stigmatism the gambling industry had for eons and made it a viable, bordering on respectable business model, now regarded as just another form of entertainment.
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
E-334: Fat Tony
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Boring Expansion, CoronaVegas Update, Wynn's New Buffet, New LGBT Option, Circa Early and Masks Required.
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
E-333: Plum Gum
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Now Open, Coming Soon, Boyd Buys Station Casinos Rumor