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Winner Takes All : Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas by Christina Binkley (2009, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-101401309763
ISBN-139781401309763
eBay Product ID (ePID)69834393
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinner Takes All : Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Corporate & Business History, Business
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreGames & Activities, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
AuthorChristina Binkley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Binkley offers plenty of nuggets mined from her years on the beat,producing a full, flashy tale of powerful men and their pride, vanity,envy, greed-and all the other cardinal no-no's that earned Vegas thename Sin City."-- Publishers Weekly, The odds are good this will be quite a bestseller. It's a great drama on the greatest stage Wynn, Kerkorian, and Loveman represent three opposing business personalities, three styles of achieving success. On the Vegas strip, they're pitted against each other like gladiators, and we've got front row seats. Kapow!, "The author has a novelist's instinct for character development andtaut, suspenseful storytelling, infusing the subject with all of thedrama, verve and what-happens-next imperative of a classic Scorseseepic."-- Kirkus Reviews, "The odds are good this will be quite a bestseller. It's a great drama onthe greatest stage Wynn, Kerkorian, and Loveman represent threeopposing business personalities, three styles of achieving success. Onthe Vegas strip, they're pitted against each other like gladiators, andwe've got front row seats. Kapow!"-- Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question, "You won't want to put down her tale of how Kirk Kerkorian, GaryLoveman, and Steve Wynn got their start and made their fortunes in SinCity."-- CNN Money
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal338.709793135
SynopsisSin City. Bright lights, high stakes, and no sleep. Home to some of the world's grandest, flashiest, and most lucrative casino resorts, Las Vegas, with its multitude of attractions, draws some forty million tourists from around the world every year. But Vegas hasn't always been booming at the level it is today. This newest influx is largely a result of three competing business moguls. Meet Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, and Dr. Gary Loveman, men who couldn't be more different from one another, yet share the same tunnel-vision determination to conquer the city that feeds the world's fantasies. No longer just a go-to city for gambling, as a result of Kerkorian, Wynn, and Loveman working to reach the top--and to top one another--Las Vegas is now home to restaurants run by some of the world's top chefs, some of Hollywood's biggest stars headlining their own venues, galleries featuring some of the world's most valuable art, and meta-resorts boasting the largest and most expansive casinos, spas, and more. Having had personal access to these men, Wall Street Journal reporter Christina Binkley gives us a never-before-seen, up-close look at the trio of tycoons whose high-stakes gambles have made Sin City soar. Sharp, insightful, and revealing, this is the gripping story of how billions of dollars and the unparalleled drive for power made the personal visions of three moguls evolve from dreams to larger-than-life reality., Wall Street Journal columnist Christina Brinkley explores how Wynn, Kerkorian and Lovemann built a bigger, better Las Vegas and how their influence has begun to spread beyond the borders of the city. Peppered with celebrity cameos, this sharp, fast-paced narrative tells the story of how billions of dollars - and an unparalleled drive for power - took three men's visions for Vegas from mere dreams to a spectacularly-lit reality.
LC Classification NumberF849.L35
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