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Title: No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower by John L. Smith ISBN: 0-929712-18-8 Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Stratosphere
Comment: Most interesting...biography of Bob Stupak. Easy read. If you wonder where did the idea of the Stratosphere come from... this has the answers. Bob Stupak is a fascinating gentleman, this tells his story. I just returned from a visit to Vegas and went to the top of Stratosphere, road the High Roller Roller Coaster and took the Big Shot...came across this book while in Vegas and couldn't put it down. Gives background of several casinos and the personalities involved with them... recommend it.
Rating: 2
Summary: Dull Treatment of a Fascinating Subject
Comment: I almost bought this book but was fortunate enough to find a copy at my local public library. (I heartily recommend that alternative to buying the book if you have a choice.) I started reading it with great anticipation, but was disappointed off the bat by all the filler material on Bob Stupak's father, Chester. Yeah, sure, the old man was a great influence on his son, but two paragraphs would have sufficed! Next, I kept expecting to read interesting anecdotes about Vegas World, one of the funkiest gambling joints the world will ever know--the very epitome of cheesy. However, the stories just aren't there, and it is a major shortcoming. Finally, even the manner in which the author addresses the great plunge the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino took after it opened in 1996 makes that event--the repercussions of which are still felt today in Las Vegas--seem anticlimactic and irrelevant.
In short, the tower, which Stupak originally conceived as a cash cow, turned out to be his biggest folly and the instrument of his demise. That is the real story of Bob Stupak, but you won't get it in this jumbled, incoherent tome.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: Great book. Being a regular Las Vegas visitor I have always been intrigued by the incredible Stratosphere Tower and Casino, and wanted to learn a bit more about Bob Stupak, the Stratosphere creator and infamous Vegas personality. What a fascinating life Stupak has had. Everything from his motorcycle racing days, to his early struggles of trying to succeed in the cutthroat Vegas gaming industry. Here is a man with an 8th grade education that overcame staggering odds to become one of the most successful independent operators in the city. He survived a heavy handed Nevada Gaming Control Board, as well as a motorcycle accident that nearly killed him. There is a lesson in this book for all of us. The key word is DETERMINATION! I hope one day my travels in Vegas will give me the opportunity to meet Mr. Stupak, who no matter what you think of him, has left a lasting impression on the Las Vegas skyline that will be a reminder of him for years to come.
In this book Smith wrote a much better story than the hatchet job he did on casino mogul Steve Wynn. Hey John how about a book on one of the true gentleman gaming legends in Vegas, none other than Jackie Gaughan? If written in the even handed manner of your Stupak book, I'll be the first buyer in line!!
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Title: Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn by John L. Smith ISBN: 1568581904 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 02 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: On the Boulevard--The Best of John L. Smith by John L. Smith ISBN: 0929712692 Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: 24/7 : Living It Up and Doubling Down by Andres Martinez ISBN: 0440509092 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas by Jack Sheehan ISBN: 087417306X Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.09 |
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Title: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas by John L. Smith ISBN: 0929712986 Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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