Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. makes announcement.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1994--Circus Circus Enterprises is pleased to announce the addition of Dennis Conrad to its management team as the vice president of employee training and development. Conrad brings 20 years of wide-range gaming experience, most recently serving as the director of the William F. Harrah William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 — June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos. Early years and education William Harrah was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of a lawyer and politician. Institute of Casino Entertainment for the Promus Companies, where he was responsible for providing a comprehensive overview of casino operations to Promus' non-gaming executives, as well as to such key outside constituencies as developers, Native Americans This is a list of Native Americans (first nations and descendents) Cherokee
Prior to this assignment, Conrad held several varied and increasingly responsible positions at Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The property is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. The hotel offers 2,677 rooms with an attached casino providing 87,000 square feet (8,051 m²) of space. , including casino floorperson, gaming instructor, special events manager and casino marketing manager. Conrad's key contributions can best be summed up as the recognition of gaming as a form of entertainment and the creative implementation of ideas aimed at fostering this aim. He was the main creative force behind the "Party Pit" concept, now prevalent at many gaming properties. His notion of celebrating slot winners with music, medallions and enthusiasm has created legions of surprised customers, and his concept of inviting these same slot winners to free rooms and a free winners' event in the soft pre-Christmas period led to vastly increased casino revenues at Harrah's Las Vegas during this time and earned the Promus Companies' coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Chairman's Award for Conrad. In his new position, Conrad will be responsible for facilitating the cultural changes already occurring in the Circus Circus Circus Circus is used as the name for two casinos:
Conrad is a 1974 graduate of Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . He and Becky, his wife of 20 years, have two children, Amy, 7, and Casey 4. CONTACT: Circus Circus Enterprises Inc., Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Daniel N. Copp, 702/734-0410, ext. 3975 |
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