Carl Cohen (businessman)
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Carl Cohen, was an American executive in the gambling resort industry in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the 1940s through 1970s and is credited with playing an important role in the development of Las Vegas as
Cohen in his office at the Sands Hotel c. 1950s–1960s
Postcard showing the El Rancho Vegas resort in the 1940s
Sands Hotel and Casino in 1959
Sands Hotel c. 1967
Beldon Katleman
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Beldon Katleman was an American businessman. Katleman bought into a partnership in El Rancho Vegas, a hotel casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and became president of the hotel. Katleman was an investor in t
Carl Cohen (businessman)
…resort. His catering to Hughes was what lost him his job at El Rancho Vegas in 1955 and gained him a new job at the Sands. One night, El Rancho owner Beldon Katleman was inspecting the packed casino when he noticed a man dressed in jeans and tennis shoes sitting beside the well-heeled high rollers at the gaming…
The Last Frontier Hotel and Casino.