Talking With Larry Gragg – October 26, 2020 - a podcast by Talk About Las Vegas with Ira

This week, Ira Sternberg spoke with Larry Gragg, author of “Becoming America’s Playground, Las Vegas in the 1950s.” In this 30-minute episode of Talk About Las Vegas, Gragg talks about the confluence of events that propelled Las Vegas into the consciousness of America; why local leaders and institutions coalesced around the idea of making Las Vegas a tourist destination; how entertainment was the coin of the realm for competition among resorts; and the three people he thinks were responsible for setting Las Vegas on the road to success in those years.

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