1968
1980
The mid-80s
1966
Around 1969
What year did Hughes end his buying spree?
Wynn
Steve Wynn
Howard Hughes
Donald Trump
Steve Jobs
Hughes
Who bought the Desert Inn and fire the management?
Howard Hughes
Donald Trump
Steve Jobs
Steve Wynn
Who bought the Silver Slipper and Castaways?
Steve Winn buying the Silver Slipper
Steve Wynn
Established companies bought into the gaming business
Increased legalization across the US
Formation of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Hughes investments
Legitimate investors and businesses entering the market
The formation of the Nevada Gaming Control Board
Howard Hughes' $300-million spending spree
Corporations entered the market and corrupt criminal casinos could not compete
What signified the ending of heavy mob influence in Las Vegas?
The Silver Slipper and Castaways
Six casinos, an airport, and an airline, along with numerous plots of land stretching from the Strip to the mountains
Mountain Chalet
Hughes owned six casinos, an airport, and an airline, along with numerous plots of land stretching from the Strip to the mountains
Desert Inn
Five Resorts
Six casinos, an airport, an airline, and numerous plots of land
Two Hotels
What did Hughes buy in his three year buying spree?
He built the Mirage, a new kind of resort
Joined the mob
Bought the Desert Inn and fired the management
He purchased all of his properties with cash
Bought the Desert Inn's and fired management
Bought 5 casinos
Established the Hilton Hotel
Went on a 3-year buying spree in Las Vegas
He took up residence in the Desert Inn, then purchased the hotel when asked to leave
He purchased the Desert Inn and fired the management staff after they asked him to vacate his room
Cloistered himself in the Desert Inn penthouse
What did Hughes do to show his style and his dramatic side?
New laws and legislation
Howard Hughes
The 1966 arrival of billionaire Howard Hughes
When Trump Built a Casino
Companies such as Hilton Hotels getting into the gaming business in Las Vegas
Arrival of Steve Wynn
Hilton Hotels
What along with the Nevada Gaming Board signaled the beginning of the end for heavy mob influence in Las Vegas?
Howard Hughes
The Nevada Gaming Control Board
Steve Wynn
Who owned the Golden Nugget and Silver Slipper?
They had to reassess the nature of the Casino buisness
To reassess the nature of their business
Casinos needed to assess their business model and become more competitive to survive
To skim the profits
To join the mob
They were forced to form partnerships with airlines
They needed to skim profits to compete
Due to the legitimization, competitiveness, and new Las Vegas what were casinos force to do?
He bought a casino
Immediately cloistered himself in the Desert Innâs penthouse
He spent $300 million
He cloistered himself in the Desert Inn's penthouse
He bought several Strip properties
He got married
What did Hughes do as soon as he arrived in Vegas in 1966?
Howard Hughes
Conrad Hilton
Steve Wynn
What businessman arrived in 1966?
The Desert Inn
$300 million in properties
The Strip
Hughes owned six casinos, an airport, and an airline, along with numerous plots of land stretching from the Strip to the mountains
Six casinos, an airport, an airline, and numerous plots of land
The Silver Slipper and The Castaways
The Golden Nugget
Hilton Hotels
Several Hilton properties in need of renovation
Six casinos, an airport, an airline, and a large tract of land
Several casinos, an airport, an airline, and land located between the mountains and the Las Vegas Strip
What did Howard Hughes purchase during his Vegas buying spree?
Silver Slipper
Castaway Casino
Desert Inn
An airport
The Golden Nugget
What was the first property that the Mirage owner owned in Vegas?
$300 billion
$5,000,000
$300,000
$30 million
$3,000,000
$300 Million
What was the assumed value of Hughes six casinos, airport, airline, and land?
The Mirage
A new resort, Mirage
Hilton
The Desert Inn
A new Casino resort, the Mirage
Golden Nugget
The Silver Slipper
A new kind of resort
The owner of the Golden Nugget demolished several Strip properties to build what?
New Legitimacy: Organized crime was soon to have a formidable adversary in its bid to control Las Vegas — corporate cash. Though Las Vegas had developed a powerful local economy, few major outside investments were made in the city, due primarily to mob infiltration and its inherent ties to illegal activities. That would change dramatically with the 1966 arrival of billionaire Howard Hughes. A legitimate businessman, Hughes was nonetheless eccentric and dramatic, a style suited to the Las Vegas ethos. True to the myth, the reclusive Hughes immediately cloistered himself in the Desert Inn's penthouse. Several weeks later he was asked — then ordered — to vacate the room to make room for high rollers, whereupon he promptly bought the property and fired the management. Thus began Hughes' legendary three-year, $300-million Las Vegas buying spree. When it was over, Hughes owned six casinos, an airport, and an airline, along with numerous plots of land stretching from the Strip to the mountains. Hughes' actions would have beneficial repercussions, both immediate and lasting. Because of the new legitimacy Las Vegas acquired from Hughes' investments, established companies such as Hilton Hotels bought into the gaming business, and their influence helped draw a line in the desert sand between legitimate operations and mob casinos, where illegal skimming of profits was rampant. That, combined with the formation of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, would signal the beginning of the end for heavy mob influence in the city. Las Vegas with a Vision As corporations moved in and the mob was slowly pushed out, a new Las Vegas emerged. The legitimization of gambling led to its increased legalization across the US. What was once a sure thing became much more competitive. Casino operators had to reassess the nature of their business. The first to really do so was Steve Wynn, a Las Vegas resident and owner of the Golden Nugget. In the mid-1980s, Wynn began plans to reinvigorate Las Vegas with a new resort. He bought several Strip properties — the Silver Slipper and Castaways among them — and demolished them to make way for a new kind of resort — Mirage —  which became an instant success. 