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William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment . Early years and education. Harrah was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of attorney and politician John Harrah.
William Fisk Harrah (* 2. September 1911 in South Pasadena, Kalifornien; † 30. Juni 1978 in Rochester, Minnesota) war ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer und Gründer der Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (heute Caesars Entertainment Corp. ). Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Herkunft und frühe Jahre. 2 Erste Schritte im Glücksspielgeschäft. 3 Etablierung in Reno.
2. Juli 1978 · RENO, July 1 (UPI)—William F. Harrah, who built a multimillion‐dollar gambling empire by never forgetting the slot machine players, died yesterday after surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in...
William F. Harrah era (1937–1978) The company's background can be traced to October 29, 1937, when Bill Harrah opened a small bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada, a predecessor to Harrah's Reno. [4] [5] In 1955, he expanded to Stateline, Nevada, on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, where he would eventually open Harrah's Lake Tahoe. [6]
William F. Harrah collected approximately 1,450 automobiles, which he stored inside warehouses in Sparks, Nevada. It was the world's largest collection of historic automobiles, and was open to the public. When Harrah died in 1978, Holiday Inn acquired his hotel-casino company and the automobile collection.
William Fisk Harrah was a native of California, born in 1911. In Reno in the 1930s, William Harrah found a congenial climate for his business talents, establishing bingo parlors, bars, and finally a gambling casino. This oral history contains Harrah's recollections of his childhood and youth in California, his early business ventures there, and ...
3. Jan. 2021 · 148 subscribers. 2.4K views 2 years ago STATELINE. ...more. A look back at the gaming empire created by Bill Harrah on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
