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THE MOB MUSEUM LAUNCHES “ONCE UPON A TIME IN VEGAS” SWEEPSTAKES, LIMITED-TIME EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ICONIC FILM “CASINO”
THE MOB MUSEUM LAUNCHES “ONCE UPON A TIME IN VEGAS” SWEEPSTAKES, LIMITED-TIME EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ICONIC FILM “CASINO”
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LAS VEGAS (October 2020) – The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, invites Mob history and film buffs to celebrate the 25
th anniversary of “Casino” by entering the “Once Upon a Time in Vegas” sweepstakes for a chance to win a prize package valued at more than $8,000. In addition, beginning November 13, a temporary exhibit will be on display at the Museum featuring artifacts, memorabilia and rare photographs from the iconic film. Guests will have the opportunity to see an array of movie props linked to the Tangiers hotel-casino the fictional stand-in for the real-life Stardust on the Las Vegas S
Geri Rosenthal’s ‘life on the edge’
Sharon Stone’s portrayal in
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Last Updated On: January 27th, 2021 Frank Lefty Rosenthal and his wife, Geri, had a tempestuous relationship that inspired a primary storyline in the 1995 movie
Casino.
In September 1980, during an argument with her husband, Geri Rosenthal waved a gun around outside their house in the gated Las Vegas County Club Estates.
The weapon was a chrome-plated, .38-caliber snub-nose handgun. Geri Rosenthal’s name was engraved on the pearl handle.
Kevyn Wynn is seen here in a photo that
KSNV-TV used in a recent story about her 1993 kidnapping. She was released unharmed. (Image:
KSNV-TV)
Tom O’Connell, a retired US attorney, is headlining a Mob Museum presentation titled “Vegas Abduction: The Inside Story of the Kevyn Wynn Kidnapping.” O’Connell was the lead prosecutor in the case. He is host of a six-part podcast,
Vegas Fed, on the Wynn kidnapping.
Tickets to the event are sold out. However, the museum is providing a free livestream on its website,
themobmuseum.org. The presentation begins at 7 pm PST.
The kidnapping, involving a prominent area family, stands as a major story in Las Vegas criminal history. In late 1989, about four years before his daughter was abducted, Steve Wynn held a high-profile grand opening for the Mirage Las Vegas. The Mirage, now owned by MGM Resorts, is considered the first megaresort on the Strip.