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Pyramids To Players Clubs: The Battle For Competitive Advantage In Las Vegas, Oliver Lovat
Pyramids To Players Clubs: The Battle For Competitive Advantage In Las Vegas, Oliver Lovat
Occasional Papers
The evolution of the Las Vegas casinos from owner operator to the institutionally financed and corporately managed casino-resort has been the predominant feature of the evolution of the US Gaming market in the past 30 years. This paper examines the strategic frameworks used by Las Vegas casino resorts and identifies the drivers for competitive advantage moving forward.
Pioneering Marketing To Hawaii With Downtown Las Vegas' California Casino, John M. Blink
Pioneering Marketing To Hawaii With Downtown Las Vegas' California Casino, John M. Blink
UNLV Gaming Podcasts
Dr. Schwartz does a quick interview with John Blink, who pioneered marketing to and in Hawaii with downtown Las Vegas' California casino in the 1970s and 1980s. Blink talks candidly about working for both Sam and Bill Boyd at the Eldorado, Union Plaza, and California casinos, the early days at the California, and the loyalty of the casino's Hawaiian patrons and vice versa. Plus, learn how to get a free bowl of saimin noodles at the Cal.