Two years later, Valley Bank's Perry Thomas loaned Stupak a million dollars to build the original Vegas World on the site of the former gambling museum. On May 21, an air conditioner caught fire and the building burned down. "The name was about 10 ft (3.0 m) longer than the casino", Stupak recalled years later. On March 31, 1974, Bob Stupak's World Famous Historic Gambling Museum opened. Stupak bought a 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) parcel north of Sahara Avenue at Las Vegas Boulevard South. He created a cowgirl sign named Vegas Vicki to match the Vegas Vic sign at the Pioneer Club. He bought the Vault casino in downtown and changed its name to Glitter Gulch. Stupak as a teenager was mainly interested in motorcycle racing, and once ranked third in the world after breaking a speed record. Chester Stupak ran a dice game called the Lotus Club in Pittsburgh for over 50 years. Early life īob Stupak was the son of Chester and Florence Stupak. He once played a computer for half a million dollars and won. He also competed on the World Poker Tour, and various other tournaments, as well as cash games, including High Stakes Poker on GSN. He was also a poker player, winning titles at the World Series of Poker and the Super Bowl of Poker. Robert Edward Stupak (Ap– September 25, 2009) was a Las Vegas casino owner and entrepreneur.
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