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...eased the way for operators Eldorado and Circus Circus to build the new $380 million Silver Legacy, which opened in July only a block away. A raft of expansion projects are under way, just completed or about to begin at existing hotel-casinos Eldorado, Fitzgerald's, Peppermill and Harrah's, adding hundreds of new hotel rooms. The dusty downtown streets are crowded with construction equipment...
...operators are complaining. The city's largest hotel, the Excalibur, is a medieval castle that looks like Cinderella's at Disney World. The hotel that Bugsy Siegel built, the Flamingo, is now owned by Hilton. Characters like Benny Binion, who bragged of killing those who crossed him, and Bill Harrah, who in his 60s drag-raced with teenagers on Reno streets, have been displaced by quiet, invisible graduates of business schools. The last convicted felon to be spotted by a local columnist on the Strip was Michael Milken, the junk-bond king. "What this town needs," says Bob Stupak...
...spokesperson David F. Harrah also said the company had no reason to try to prevent publication of the article...
...operating to pressure people into reporting favorably on us," said Harrah. "These opinions can and have come...
...maybe in the pocketbook. Betting action on Monday night's game has been heavy, with the 49ers favored by four points at Harrah's Reno SportsBook in Nevada. But, says a SportsBook official, "that's just the San Francisco home- field advantage talking. In a neutral stadium this would be a pick-'em game." Just about perfect for the game of the year...