EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on May 1, 2023. This is already our second Howard Hughes myth, and there are still a bunch left to bust. Supposedly, the world-famous aviator and movie tycoon began his famous buying spree of Las Vegas casino hotels, partially freeing the Strip from the shackles of mafia ownership and paving the way for the age of corporate ownership, all thanks to the giant shoe atop the Silver Slipper. The Silver Slipper shoe, above, occupies its original spinning perch in 1965. (Image: vintagelasvegas.com) The 12-foot tall, 17-foot wide, rotating high heel was designed by Jack Larsen Sr., a former Disney animator who worked for the YESCO sign company, where he also created the pop-art lamp for Aladdin. Patterned after one of his wife’s pumps, Larsen’s Silver Slipper sign boasted 900 incandescent lightbulbs on the shoe and 80 on the… Read More
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Source: Casino.org
