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A penetrating look at Bob Stupak, casino owner, builder of Stratosphere Tower, and developer of the VIP Vacation Package, history’s longest casino promotion.
Between his early years as the son of a notorious gambling operator in Pittsburgh and the grand opening of the Stratosphere Tower, Stupak raced motorcycles, gambled, hustled coupons, and ran Vegas World — home of the infamous VIP Vacation Package, the longest running casino promotion in history.
Native Las Vegan and veteran author John Smith draws on his years of experience as a journalist and columnist for the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, as well as his previous work Running Scared (the life of Steve Wynn), to create yet another riveting biography of one of Las Vegas’ most engaging and colorful characters — Bob Stupak.
Click to read a excerpt from No Limit.
About The Author
| Formerly the most widely read columnist in Nevada, John L. Smith has been honored by the National Headliner Awards, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and the Nevada Press Association. In 2001, John was named a finalist for the prestigious Batten Medal. He appears regularly on national television shows and was a featured source for the award-winning British documentary “Mob Law: The True Story of Oscar Goodman.” A prolific author, Smith has also written Of Rats and Men—Oscar Goodman’s Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas, Quicksilver—The Ted Binion Murder Case, and On the Boulevard—The Best of John L. Smith, among numerous other books. |
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