For those headed to Las Vegas to either the Super Bowl or the Super Bowl parties, you may want to see a location with Bay Area ties.
A group of Italian-American businessmen from Northern California were the ones who brought the Golden Gate Casino name to town in 1955.
It’s not situated anywhere near the Golden Gate Bridge, but the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino Las Vegas does have Bay Area ties.
“These are the gentleman that came down from Oakland,” said Jeff Victor, V.P. of the establishment.
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He says the group consisted of eight partners and 23 investors. They renamed the casino operations as the Golden Gate Casino.
“They were from the Bay Area, so they wanted a market differentiator,” Victor said.
At the time, the hotel was named the Sal Sagev, which is “Las Vegas” backwards.
It’s the Golden Gate Bridge image that can be seen on all of the old artifacts here.
The dealers wore change vests with a beautiful artist rendering of the Golden Gate Bridge on it.