The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 34

tt D6 Tuesday Nov 8 1 983 THE FRESNO BEE Partners make Economic rally gives casinos 97 growth 1 If HA i Ua HNWI ion I a mint out of Or Vegas losers CARSON CITY Nevada casinos reboundin from "'-oitir Indicator continuing feei'te ttestate That' up 109 peredrt 69 percent over the same quarter in 1983 In the Reno-North Tahoe area clubs collected $1774 million for a healthy J38 percent growth rate Hyte said tht improved revenues were in line wTrti increases in air and highway traffic 'hi recent months In the Stateline area on South Shore casinos pulled in $914 million for a 158 percent growth rate wsw-r- JSJttJEZAEZ pnttnnn'' eactTquarterly Increase has been the Las Vena nrea an increaaeof Associated Press fir ITS THE IBID PERSOfifiL COfflPUTER fiTCOfflPUTERLnnD ROW KOW VOU CfifS GET THE BEST BJAB9E 198 BUSINESS RADIOS FHOea JUST $329 Just a few of the IBM's key features are: A powcrfiil 16-bit micnipnKrsstir 64K memory expandable to 640K 83-key detachable keyboard Ditik drives -double sided double density Diagnostic self-tester $3313" Come on inVtt want to show txi the IBM fcraonal j- Computecltk one of the most popular computefs on the market and with good ivaMa This computer virtuiilh' ewrtrana you need ft your business or 1 your home With haw aux to a complete software library Comcin and see it LAS VEGAS In a state where high rollers are courted In corporate Jets and fancy limousines and financial strength Is measured in markers one of the most successful gaming operations caters to campers and kids in a circus atmosphere Today arcus Circus Enterprises Inc is considered a virtual money machine with lutel-casino operations in Las Vegas Reno and Laughltn Nev The stock went public Oct 25 selling more than 4 million shares and raising nearly $66 million on opening day For a time it was the most actively-traded issue on the New York Stock Exchange a first for a Nevada corporation But the operation was not always so 'glamorous It was in fact a second-choice white-and-pink elephant for the two gaming executives who turned the property around personally think it would work" arcus Circus board chairman William Bennett said of the idea of operating a family-oriented property in the heart of gaming capital "But we inherited this place and had to live with what we 1973 Bennett and partner William remington were searching for a casino "doing Very badly me on the verge of bankruptcy that We could turn around" Their first choice was the Landmark which was then owned by the late billionaire Howard Hughes Every time they thought they had a deal Hughes or his people would raise the ante vi-The other option was arcus arcus a pink-Und-white circus tent casino and hotel owned by Las Vegas entrepreneur Jay Sarno who also Jxiilt Caesars Palace IV The early arcus arcus housed gaming tables next to kiddie attractions a shooting gallery ung up 2500 square feet of prime casino space bumper cars and a game where you tossed a ball hit a target and knocked a nude woman out of bed It was Bennett recalled rdilving the Gaming Control Board -mitmm a PlwMia urn arcus both Make friends with the Today mHfiNNpMRfiaad Molcsiola dotoonft Just make Ihto moot pttoRHotoua b4lnM iodk In fh woiki Wto alwofltorthe vakra ForHwtanee youoan buy a Motorola MOXV Mok Unit for an unheard-of S329 0 a portable HT-90 for only In lacf wafVai itoductod pitctoa on over 300 modtola Onto of Ihtorneanalwyoulhtoltmto-aavlna fUdtonoylt'afyou cSdnrtmmk you couki afford To find out morto cdl your local Motorola oftlca at TIMES SQUARE 3025 Fresno THE NURSERY SHOPPING CENTER 4047 Blackstone at Griffith Fresno Phone 224-8200 OPEN TUES THRU FRI-10 AM -6 PM SAT -10 AM -5 PM SHOPPING CENTER Shaw at Marks Phone 225-8600 OR CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1-800-626-6606 ASK FOR KAREN KING ggsss? marketing (M) MOTOROLA W53E? 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