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Las Vegas illusionist Franz Harary’s House of Magic celebrates first anniversary in Macau..
By ROBIN LEACH – NICHE DIVISION OF LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The ex-pat community in the gaming enclave of Macau has been growing larger each year, and no one city has made such an impact as Las Vegas with an influx of everybody from hotel and gaming executives to entertainers. Everybody from Cirque du Soleil to boxing’s Bob Arum has planted a stake in its phenomenal growth.
Perhaps no one more than Las Vegas magician Franz Harary, who decided to switch his headquarters from our town to the island 40 miles from Hong Kong. He made the biggest bet of more than $50 million to build his own House of Magic.
Now just as Steve Wynn opens his Palace Hotel there and Sheldon Adelson follows in October with Paris and MGM Resorts International next year, Franz is about to celebrate his House of Magic’s first anniversary. Read more….
Jon Dorenbos continues to ‘wow’ the judges on America’s Got Talent..
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Is there something sports franchises could learn from David Copperfield’s act?..
I’m not a magic guy. I’m not into illusions necessarily. Still, I ended up at David Copperfield’s show at the MGM Grand over the weekend… mostly because I was interested in exploring the staying power of an act that has remained a constant on The Strip while everything else seemingly comes and goes.
It makes me think about sports. Why do certain sports franchises have staying power? What’s with the Patriots and Spurs? Is it as simple as Bill Belichick and Gregg Popovich? Sports is entertainment, right? Both are competitive arenas. As long as we’re studying the greatness of the Patriots and Spurs is there something a sports franchise seeking staying power could learn from an act like Copperfield? Read more of this interesting article at: