Las Vegas Entertainment Critic Prepares Return From Vacation
LAS VEGAS SUN critic outlines past decade of entertainment coverage and plans for resuming the column after Labor Day. He recalls travels from Las Vegas to Chicago and Dublin with notable figures, comments on Strip economics, politics, and local culture, and notes 1970s reopenings and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
Scott
Kathleen
Las Vegas
TWA
Chicago
Aer Lingus
Dublin
SUN
Clark County
Mame
Juliet Prowse
Art Carney
Barry Zevan
Channel 13
KSTP
St. Paul
Minn
Washington
Vitto
Raphael
Bill Miller
Spain
Redd Foxx
Frank Sinatra, Jr
Lauri Perry
Larry O'Brien
LVSUN
Redd
Streisand
International
Louis Armstrong
Tropicana Blue Room
Woody Herman
Duke Ellington
Caesars Palace
Ella Fitzgerald
Hines
Dad
Flamingo
Red Nerve
Skating Boom Sparks National Park Building Trend
The skateboarding craze drives a boom in building skateboard parks across the United States. Hi Flite Inc president John Senneff foresees rapid growth from dozens of parks now to thousands, with investment estimates from fifty thousand to half a million dollars per park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Senneff
Hi-Flite, Inc
California
Florida
Senneff
la Jolla
Calif
Europe
South Africa
Canada
California Skateboard Parks
Newport Beach
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Joe Delaney
Jimmy Durante
Frontier
Durante
Phil Harris
Wayne Newtons
Harris
Aladdin Theatre
Bagdad Theatre
Tanpagemaett Cnd Lohor
St. Jude’s Ranch
Forrest Duke
Stardust
Charles Vanda
UNLV
The
American Skateboard Association
First Western Savings
S&h
Henderson
Alberta Moore
Nevada
First Western
Alberta
Mary Contino
Lincoln
Versailles
Bill Haden
Lincoln Mercury
Ws First
Western Savings
Las Vegas Blvd
Boulevard Mall
Decatur and
Vegas Blvd
Plaza Desert Inn
West
Charleston
Rancho
West Sahara
Las Vegas Civic Plaza Center
South
Boulder Highway
Reno
Carson City
Elko
Ely
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corportion
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