\nMemorial service for Las Vegas gaming legend Jimmy Newman set for Saturday<\/p>\n
\tRead more: http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/ma … z2OCiZ9IsD<\/a><\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Pointman on March 21, 2013, 7:28 pm<\/p>\n \n\tMore on Him….<\/p>\n \n\tJimmy Newman, longtime gaming industry insider died Feb. 8, 2013 at the age of 87.<\/p>\n \tLas Vegas gaming legend Jimmy Newman knew how to fish for whales in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n \tWhen he was senior vice president of gaming for the Las Vegas Hilton, he championed the construction of three luxury megasuites on the hotel\u2019s 30th floor, where the biggest whales \u2014 Vegas jargon for the highest of high-rollers \u2014 swam in opulence.<\/p>\n \tIn the years that followed the 1993 opening of Newman\u2019s Sky Villas, the whales kept coming. As a result, Newman helped usher in the megaresorts era and boosted international gaming, crowning his 58 years in the local gaming industry, during which he was characterized as the most powerful executive at the Hilton company aside from Barron Hilton.<\/p>\n \n\tRead more: http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/fe … z2OCip2XI8<\/a><\/p>\n
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