winning moves games is a maker of classic card games and board games , puzzles , action games and adult party games .

the company is known for game reproduction , republishing and variants like monopoly : the mega edition .

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this is a very cool commercial for the rubik ' s cube by winning moves .
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founded in 2012 by managing director reid herbert , winning moves australia has grown into a 10 - strong team . winning moves australia is a branch of the global winning moves which was founded in 1997 and has its international headquarters “the hub” in paddington , london . other than australia , winning moves has offices in france , germany , spain , poland , russia , turkey and our games are sold around the world .
founded in 2012 by managing director reid herbert , winning moves australia has now grown into a 10 - strong team . winning moves australia is a branch of the global winning moves which was founded in 1997 and has its international head quarters “the hub” in paddington , london . other than australia , winning moves has offices in france , germany , spain , poland , russia , turkey and our games are sold around the world .
winning moves is launching its blackpool monopoly edition next week , but keeping the properties under wraps for now .
winning moves has been recognisied inside the scottish parliament for its latest monopoly creation inspired by the city of stirling .
winning moves - deutschland produces all the transamerica games , some in german , some in english with the rg logo .
winning moves games usa is a maker of classic card games and board games , mechanical puzzles , and adult party games .
winning moves australia manufactures and distributes customised and licensed editions of hasbro ' s classic board games as well as the card game top trumps .
winning moves games , inc . | 75 sylvan street , suite c - 104 , danvers , ma 01923 | ( 800 ) 664 - 7788
the rubik ' s® cube by winning moves games usa is the best - selling mechanical puzzle of all - time . enjoy this fun video !
the rubik ' s® cube by winning moves games usa is the best - selling mechanical puzzle of all - time . enjoy this fun video ! show less
the city based in surrey has been converted into the board game , which has proved to be the fastest selling version for games company , winning moves .
mr . orbanes ought to know . he left hasbro games group several years ago to form winning moves , a company that was supposed to specialize in selling traditional board games .
as part of an extensive roster of new licensing partnerships for the glam rockers , winning moves international is preparing to debut the new title on the world stage in the coming months .
“former prime minister david cameron once remarked that a milton keynes game we produced maybe should have been rounded rather than square , ” said emma lodwick , custom games executive at winning moves .
winning moves manufacture and distribute licensed , custom and regional editions of the world’s hottest games , including : monopoly , cluedo , trivial pursuit , top trumps , guess who , connect four , risk and operation .
winning moves is the home of bespoke products perfect for merchandising and marketing your brand . utilising our range of games , including monopoly , top trumps , cluedo , trivial pursuit and many more global , family favourites .
canasta caliente® has been a best - seller from winning moves for many years . we have re - introduced the standard version with updated graphics and at a cheaper price point . this video shows the comp . . .
play the world ' s greatest game instantly ! an innovative deck of action cards depicts a chess piece and how it moves . once you become comfortable with the moves and powers of each piece , flip the tw . . .
to put it simply , we love what we do here at winning moves and we strive to deliver only the best quality games . we also offer great customer service and run regular promotions that encourages members of the public to get involved .
fox 45 baltimore 11 . 16 . 15 hot retro toys & games for the holiday season . three great winning moves games are featured in this segment : classic guess who , hi - ho cherry - o , and candy land classic !
it ' s doubtful the cube could have reached its iconic status without an element of intellectual appeal , said phil e . orbanes , president of the danvers - based toy company winning moves games , which sells the official rubik ' s cube .
' ' the market has changed dramatically over the past 10 to 15 years , ' ' said philip orbanes sr . , president of winning moves , a game company based in danvers , mass . ' ' new games of that ilk have been continual failures . ' '
winning moves hopes to capitalize on the renaissance of the original rubik ' s cube in the next several months by rereleasing a version of the supersize ` ` rubik ' s revenge , ' ' a 4 - by - 4 cube with 16 squares per side , said orbanes .
a huge part of winning moves is our custom games . we create custom and promotional editions of these iconic titles , such as , the streets of barangaroo , unsw , hilton hotels , vodafone , peugeot and many more ! interested in getting some custom games made ? click here .
a huge part of winning moves is our custom games . we create custom and promotional editions of these iconic titles , such as , the streets of barangaroo , unsw , hilton hotels , vodafone , peugeot and many more ! interested in getting some custom games made ? click here .
after returning from an extended working holiday in the united kingdom , dale is our latest addition to the custom games team . dale’s background in business development has helped him forge close working relationships with a variety of staff and organisations within the sports business world . he adds a calm , yet relentless working attitude to the winning moves office .
winning moves is the home of bespoke products perfect for merchandising and marketing your brand . utilising our range of game , including monopoly , top trumps , cluedo , trivial pursuit and many more global , family favourites , we can create a fully customised game for you to match your specifications , be it for retail , promotional or corporate use .
adam hunt has over 10 years ' experience in the media industry , composing news digests for uk government departments and as a writer for sydney’s the city hub newspaper , interviewing notable figures such as julian assange and anthony lister . adam joined winning moves four years ago , setting up the product development department , and today oversees the development of all our products .
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it ' s been a long , strange journey for the cube , invented back in 1974 by hungarian professor erno rubik . after a worldwide selling blitz , which included dozens of knockoff versions , the puzzle fell out of fashion and distribution in the late 1980s . by the early ' 90s , however , the cube had emerged from toy purgatory and was getting distributed by various companies before winning moves picked up the rights to it in 2000 .
growing up in the toy industry , reid has a passion for toys and enriching the lives of children & adults through interactive game play ! his father worked for ‘milton bradley’ during the 80’s ( which hasbro later acquired ) and this is where reid had has first taste of toys and big business , in fact his first part - time job at age 10 was sweeping the warehouse floor during school holidays and learning all facets of the supply chain process . once completing his hsc in 2000 and completing a course in business management at tafe , reid joined his father’s company ugames in 2002 and steadily rose to the role of national accounts manager . during a 2012 visit to hong kong toy fair , he met winning moves uk ceo , tom liddell and after a lengthy 4 hour chat the deal was done to make winning moves australia a reality and the rest so they say is ‘history’ .
chris graduated from the university of new south wales with a bachelor of design studies majoring in applied object , graphic and media . as a designer , chris has experience working in branding , packaging , web and digital design . in 2017 , chris joined winning moves as a product developer . with his passion for games and design , chris plays a key role in the development of custom games as well as providing a full range of graphic materials for the company .
natalie is our national accounts manager in the commercial team and has over 14 years’ experience in the toy industry . while completing her bachelor degree in business admin . ( international business ) , she started her career as a store associate at toys r us . she held several roles at toys r us including buyer assistant , category planner , buyer for girls toys , impulse toys , seasonal & party goods as well as ecommerce merchant . she then went on to be category buyer on groupon before moving to the sales team at winning moves australia as national accounts manager .
winning moves united states ( wmusa ) was founded in 1995 by phil e . orbanes , mike meyers , tom kremer , and alex randolph . wmusa is a leading maker of board games , card games , and puzzles . since wmusa ' s first year of operation in 1995 , the company has forged a close relationship with one of the world ' s largest game companies , hasbro , inc . , owner of parker brothers and milton bradley . wmusa also has a great relationship with seven towns , ltd . ( the owners of the rubik ' s brand ) . as a result , many long - lived parker brothers and milton bradley games & rubik ' s puzzles are now marketed by wmusa !
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andy camann never intended to become a cultural anthropologist . two years ago , he was just a bored adolescent rooting around in the basement of his family ' s newton home when he unearthed an old rubik ' s cube .
college , pre - mom life , a time when a cube sat on every stylish 20 - something ' s coffee table and was tossed around at every party . sometime around 1984 , rhonda camann ' s used cube got tossed in a box and stowed away .
but the six - sided , three - dimensional puzzle fascinated andy . he started twisting and turning that day and hasn ' t stopped since , except to swap out the antique ' 80s cube for a sturdier imported model . today , at age 15 , andy is the second - fastest ` ` speed ' ' cuber under age 18 in the world , and he holds an esteemed spot in the elite category of ` ` sub - 20 ' ' cubers who can solve a thoroughly scrambled cube with a possible 43 quintillion possible color combinations in fewer than 20 seconds .
he hadn ' t even been born when the cube ' s popularity peaked in 1981 , selling 250 million units worldwide , with a force akin to phenomena such as the yo - yo , the hula hoop , pac - man , pokemon , and the harry potter books . the newton south high freshman shrugs when confronted with the historic significance of his hobby . ` ` it ' s just something i think is fun , ' ' he said .
pionships in toronto . knights was barely out of diapers when cube mania swept the united states , and he didn ' t even pick up a cube until 1999 , mostly because of a friendly challenge by his roommate at middlebury college in vermont .
` ` people getting into it now were too young or not even born the first time around , ' ' he said from san francisco , where he works as a tech support engineer . ` ` back in the ' 80s , most people thought anyone who learned to do it was some sort of math geek with their pants pulled up to their belly button . ' '
the big difference is that today ' s young people actually want to show off their intelligence , not hide it . this is a generation of ` ` matrix ' ' - style computer hackers , not beer - swilling ` ` risky business ' ' partyers .
` ` being smart is cooler now , ' ' said knights . ` ` the cube is an underground way to be smart . it ' s dorky , but it ' s cool to be dorky . ' '
and , increasingly , it ' s becoming cool to own a cube again . sales have been on the rise for years . in 2002 , 500 , 000 cubes were sold , up from 350 , 000 in 2001 , and the cube ' s us sellers say they expect sales to top 700 , 000 this year .
the early 1980s , a time overshadowed by political tension with the former soviet union , created a perfect atmosphere for an individualistic toy like the cube , he said . ` ` the nice thing about the puzzle is that it could be solved when so many other things could not be so easily or quickly accomplished . when your daily life is not so certain , it ' s nice to come home and get a feeling of accomplishment by solving it . ' '
the cube plays into the hands of people seeking a pastime or hobby offering a ritualistic sense of ` ` flow , ' ' said emily kearns , an emerson college sociologist who studies rituals and play .
like crossword puzzles , video games , or even solitary sports such as biking or rock - climbing , the cube puts users in a trancelike meditative state in which worries fall away , she said .
` ` we can free ourselves and find inner joy and a sense of possibility , ' ' kearns said . ` ` there ' s the feeling , it ' s just me and the game . ' '
of course , not everyone finds serenity with the cube . some easily frustrated people might get the urge to hurl it against a wall . but those people can reenter society simply by putting down the cube , kearns said .
the man who helped invent the 1999 smash toy hit furby says the most important factor in understanding the cube ' s enduring appeal is nostalgia . richard levy , also the author of ` ` the toy and game inventor ' s handbook , ' ' said rubik ' s cube has gone from mass - market craze to marginalized cult toy and has reemerged in the 21st century as a classic plaything .
consumers are embracing the ` ` brand equity ' ' of classic board games such as monopoly , clue , and life , as well as the card game uno . many of today ' s toy buyers grew up in the ' 70s and ' 80s and are now 30 - and 40 - somethings buying toys for their own kids .
` ` when mom and dad go into a toy store , they think , ` i had one of [ those ] . ' the toy ' s story is told immediately , ' ' said levy .
toys such as my little pony and the care bears are back , as are the action heroes teenage mutant ninja turtles , levy said . the board game trivial pursuit , released a year after the cube hit it big in the united states , came out with a 20th - anniversary edition . that version was the best - selling game in 2002 , orbanes said .
` ` the rubik ' s brand is popular in the hearts and minds of people , ' ' he said . ` ` of course , it ' s also a reminder to people that life may have a lot of frustration , but you can twist and turn your way out of it . ' '
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in the last year , dozens of patents have been issued to hopeful inventors who dream that their new version of the old - fashioned board game will one day become the next monopoly .
' ' but consumers nowadays just don ' t have the patience , ' ' he said . ' ' it was too formidable an environment . ' ' mr . orbanes ' s company is branching out into other products .
milton bradley and parker brothers , both divisions of hasbro , still produce best - selling board games , according to mr . orbanes , who is the author of ' ' the monopoly companion ' ' ( adams media ) . but they stick to such classics as monopoly or pictionary - - games that people already know how to play .
mr . orbanes offers a grim forecast for board game inventors . but the example of richard c . levy , a successful toy and games inventor in bethesda , md . , suggests a silver lining .
mr . levy recently received a patent , no . d406 , 614 , to protect the design of the board for his game based on the best - selling book ' ' men are from mars , women are from venus ' ' ( harpercollins ) . mr . levy created the game for cardinal industries . it is based on the best - selling book by john gray , and the game - - which has the same title as the book - - has begun to show up on toy store shelves .
these days , mr . levy says , it ' s all about ' ' branding ' ' - - linking up your game with a well - known book or product . he has created board games based on ' ' chicken soup for the soul ' ' ( health communications ) as well as uncle milton ' s ant farm .
what other advice does mr . levy have ? first , don ' t spend a lot of money to patent something until you know you have a truly novel and marketable product . even then , unless the game has a singular electronic or mechanical aspect , often trademark and copyright are more important - - and cheaper to obtain .
second , try to license it . ' ' self - publishing is absolute suicide , ' ' mr . levy said . ' ' more than 99 percent of the people i know who make the games themselves still have them in their basement . ' '
most big companies do not take submissions directly from independent inventors . the manhattan - based toy manufacturers of america ( www . toy - tma . org ) has a list of toy and games agents who , much like literary agents , take a cut of any future royalties as their fee . ( toy agents are not to be confused with invention submission companies , which are reviled by mr . levy as being ' ' carrion birds circling the skies for unsuspecting inventors . ' ' )
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ronald o . weingartner , a former executive at hasbro games group and the co - author with mr . levy of ' ' from workshop to toy store ' ' ( simon & schuster ) , adds that board games need to give children a ' ' wow ' ' experience . ' ' that usually means some kind of electronic enhancement , ' ' he said .
but even mr . levy ' s games , while successful , are unlikely to have an enduring shelf life . according to jonathan becker , a toy agent in new york , hasbro introduced 24 games in 1996 . only two of those were still around in 1997 . and none of them were on the market in 1998 .
contrary to mr . levy ' s advice , the self - publishing route has worked for m . ardell olsen , an insurance salesman in ogden , utah , who recently received patent no . 5 , 820 , 125 for a bible game that he originally assembled in his basement with the help of his wife and children .
' ' we went into a store looking for something to help our family remember and understand the teachings of the bible and we couldn ' t find anything , ' ' dana m . olsen , the inventor ' s wife , recalled .
so mr . olsen decided to invent a game that has the object of entering the kindom of heaven by demonstrating biblical knowledge . he and his family read scriptures together to come up with questions . ' ' then we maxed out a couple of credit cards until we could get a bank loan , ' ' mrs . olsen said .
now more than 250 , 000 copies of biblequest - - which comes in old testament and new testament editions - - have been sold through religious stores and wal - mart stores outlets nationwide . mr . olsen recently licensed the games to specialties , a publisher of religious products that is also based in ogden .
richard recard , a retired management consultant in louisville , colo . , also plans to produce his recently patented science fiction board game himself and begin selling it over the internet this fall .
mr . recard ' s game features hexagonal playing boards that represent different solar systems and that can be tessellated , or attached , together so that they represent a galaxy . players , who draw catastrophe and entropy cards , must navigate their spaceships through hazardous conditions . they receive points both for demonstrating their knowledge of astrophysics and for assisting other spacecraft .
mr . recard , who also plans to develop a digital version of his game , received patent no . 5 , 906 , 372 last month .
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wmusa proudly markets many best - selling titles including pass the pigs , rubik ' s cube , scattergories categories , rack - o , no stress chess and hot new sellers like the rubik ' s void puzzle , brynk and brainspin .
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this special edition people through history top trumps pack is filled with fun and interesting facts about people through time including stone age man , roman soldier , medieval knight , pirate and sailor . but which character wins in the battle of rich rating or criminal count ?
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it is less than three weeks since an emotional david cameron announced his resignation as prime minister after losing a referendum on britain’s membership of the european union . a rather leisurely timeline was proposed for the tory party leadership race to replace him . instead what followed was the swift elevation of theresa may to the top job . the vote never even got as far as the party membership ; just the mps were needed , together with the willingness of mrs may’s last remaining rival , andrea leadsom , to fall on her sword on july 11th .
on this occasion the ruling party has swapped leaders during a parliament , meaning that mrs may has become prime minister without leading the party to an election victory . fully half of britain’s premiers since the start of the second world war have been so chosen ; mrs may , gordon brown , john major , james callaghan , lord home , harold macmillan , anthony eden and winston churchill . indeed , since 1900 britain has had 23 different prime ministers , and on 15 occasions prime ministers have come to power other than in general elections . mrs may’s path to downing street , if not quite the norm , is hardly exceptional .
the omens are not good for those who step into the top job . they have often struggled ( election - winners , by contrast , have sometimes stayed rather too long ) . nine unelected prime ministers had terms of office that lasted less than four years in office since 1900 , compared with only five elected ones .
though there is surely no appetite at the moment for a quick general election , there are some harsh lessons for mrs may in the experiences of two of the previous three unelected premiers . mr brown took over a healthy commons majority from tony blair in an uncontested succession in 2007 . he toyed with holding a snap election to claim his own mandate—only to back down . he struggled against taunts that he had “bottled it” , and when the financial crisis of 2008 hit , his popularity slumped . he lost the 2010 election to mr cameron . in 1976 callaghan won a leadership contest to succeed the labour prime minister , harold wilson , and then spurned the chance to call an election in the autumn of 1978 when he could well have beaten thatcher , the new , relatively unpopular tory leader . by the following year events had turned against him and she won the 1979 election , ushering in 18 years of tory ascendancy .
other unelected premiers have fared even worse . lord home won a bitter leadership battle to succeed macmillan in 1963 , and was prime minister for less than a year . eden took over from churchill in 1955 in an uncontested succession and won a snap election , but was destroyed the following year by the suez crisis . neville chamberlain succeeded stanley baldwin in 1937 and endured a miserable three years culminating in the nazi invasion of france , after which he was forced aside by churchill . even the great war leader did not have it all his own way as an unelected prime minister . the first time he went to the country to win his own mandate , at the end of the war , his party was eviscerated . he had to wait until 1951 , 11 years after he first entered downing street , to win an election himself .
by general consent , the most successful and significant post - war premierships have all been by elected prime ministers ; clement attlee , thatcher and perhaps mr blair . unelected prime ministers may be constitutional , but their lack of a popular mandate weakens their authority , as callaghan and mr brown tacitly acknowledged by contemplating elections well before they had to . with no early feel for the electorate , they were soundly beaten when the time came .
and even when unelected leaders did win their own mandates , things went wrong soon afterwards , as with eden , mr major and arguably macmillan . perhaps it is coincidence . but perhaps , also , their keenness to display the “firm smack of government” , as one critic of eden put it , in order to compensate for their glide to the top , led them into disastrous missteps . mrs may must be hoping that she bucks the trend .
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the games firm launched stirling monopoly last month , which has gone on to receive a motion in the scottish parliament .
last month , the games firm launched stirling monopoly and has received praise from the scottish parliament , with the msp putting down a ‘motion’ of congratulations .
“that’s in recognition of the roundabouts in milton keynes , was made outside of the house of commons and was very firmly tongue in cheek . the motion in the scottish parliament was for real and we are delighted about it . ”
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the motion said : “parliament congratulates stirling on being awarded its own monopoly board , ” and that it “considers stirling is a wonderful city with fantastic scenery and tourist attractions . ”
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the bfg monopoly is scheduled to land in stores in summer 2016 , coinciding with the launch of the movie to cinemas next year .
known as monopoly : pokémon johto edition , the game has been designed on the pokémon gold and pokémon silver games .
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kinney parking company was a new jersey parking lot company owned by manny kimmel , sigmund dornbusch , and mob figure abner zwillman .

prior to its public listing in 1960 , it merged with a funeral home company , riverside memorial chapel , and then expanded into car-rentals , office cleaning firms , and construction companies .

kinney parking company

ross eventually partnered with a garage business called kinney . the new company was called kinney parking company .
kinney merged with the national cleaning company in 1966 to form kinney national company , headed by ross .
still , though , the company was called kinney national company , not warner .
1966 - merged kinney parking with national cleaning company ( for offices ) . renames “his” company kinney national services , inc . ross ran it all .
kinney national services , inc . was formed in 1966 when the kinney parking company and the national cleaning company merged . the new company was headed by steve ross . [ 1 ]
during the 1960s , kinney parking company merged with an office cleaning company owned by a relative of ross’ father - in - law , the national cleaning company .
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it was formed in 1966 as kinney national company , when the kinney parking company and the national cleaning contractors , inc . were merged . the new company was headed by steve ross . [ 1 ]
kinney national service inc . is a media company was formed in 1966 by the merger of kinney parking company and national cleaning company . produced movie studios including warner bros . pictures , television companies including warner bros . television . in 1972 , kinney national company spun off its assets and renamed to warner communications .
1960 – steve ross merged his in - laws’ funeral home company , riverside , with kinney parking company of ny ( one year after the suicide death of one of kinney’s “owners , ” mafia boss abner zwillman ) . ross then takes kinney parking public . never had to sell another casket .
kinney national services , inc . ( later , kinney services , inc . ) was an american conglomerate company from 1966 to 1972 . its successors were national kinney corporation and warner communications .
so in 1967 , dc was part of the kinney national company , not warner brothers .
due to a financial scandal involving price fixing in its parking operations , [ 1 ] kinney national spun off its non - entertainment assets in 1972 as the national kinney corporation , and renamed the remaining kinney national company as warner communications inc . .
wait . . . zwillman died before the kinney parking company purchase national periodicals ( a . k . a , dc comics ) and warner bros . , that later became ( after expansing into other avenues ) kinney national company headed by ross !
1961 – ross expanded kinney parking into car rentals ( funeral limos during the day ; theatre limos at night ) .
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from 1962 to 1966 he was vice chairman of kinney services , which included funeral homes and parking and car - rental businesses .
gaines sold his company in the early 1960s to the kinney parking company , which would also acquire national periodicals ( aka dc comics ) and warner bros . by the end of that decade . gaines was named a kinney board member , and was largely permitted to run mad as he saw fit without corporate interference
during the same period , kinney continued to acquire cleaning companies and funeral homes , but the die was cast with the 1969 acquisition of warner - seven arts limited for $ 400 million in stock . in 1971 , the company sold its funeral operations , and spun off kinney ' s real estate and parking lots to a company called national kinney corp . , retaining a 50 % stake .
the central parking corporation agreed yesterday to buy the kinney system holding corporation for about $ 187 million in cash and stock , increasing central parking ' s presence in new york city and creating a more efficient base in boston , philadelphia and washington . central parking will also assume $ 18 . 6 million in kinney debt . the closely held kinney system , the largest operator of parking facilities in the new york area , is also one of the largest parking companies in the northeastern united states . central parking ' s stock rose $ 5 . 25 a share , to $ 60 . 75 , on the new york stock exchange . new york - based kinney system operates more than 400 parking facilities with about 171 , 500 spaces , of which about 76 , 600 are in new york city .
his involvement with kinney began as an outgrowth of the funeral business . in 1959 he was approached by someone seeking to rent him limosines for funerals . instead , he and a few associates formed abbey - rent - a - car , and in a stock deal in 1961 , became allied with kinney parking systems to offer his customers free parking at kinney lots .
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great space in a light and bright building . great swimming pool with parking . this property features a sparkiling pool , off street parking and a tranquil courtyard view . the unit features laminate wood flooring , dishwasher , 2 parking spaces and large balcony . no pets
in 1970 , kinney national bought jac holzman ' s elektra records and nonesuch records .
so get this - - dc was bought out by a company whose specialty was parking lots - - and cleaning services . uh huh . i checked further . . .
with the headline : business people ; kinney ' s new president looks closely at metals .
a parking scandal ( the parking industry has not always been the most honest of industries ) forced kinney to separate its other industries from its burgeoning entertainment empire , so it split off all of its non - entertainment businesses and and continued under a new name , warner communications , inc .
due to a financial scandal over its parking operations , kinney national spun off its non - entertainment assets in 1971 ( as national kinney corporation ) and changed its own name to warner communications inc . with steve ross as the company ' s sole ceo , president and chairman . directors included charles a . agemian , the ceo of garden state national bank .
mr . katz , who formerly owned katz parking system inc . in new york city , joined kinney in 1970 . he was a past president and chairman of the national parking association , a washington - based trade group , as well as board chairman of the metropolitan garage owners associations inc .
daniel p . katz , board chairman and chief executive officer of the kinney system inc . , a nationwide parking company , died of a gunshot wound wednesday . the police termed his death an apparent suicide . he was 48 years old and lived in great neck , l . i .
alan n . cohen , former president and chief executive officer of the madison square garden corporation , has been elected president of the national kinney corporation , a diversified new york - based company .
in 1967 , the company purchased national periodical publications ( better known as dc comics ) .
with parking facilities in hundreds of cities nationwide plus canada - finding parking in places like nyc , boston , philadelphia , d . c . , chicago , denver , la , san francisco and toronto has never been easier .
it was ross who had the idea of leasing out the idle limousines at night when they were not in use . he then started a rent - a - car firm with five partners . when the car rental business foundered , ross had the idea of offering free parking in congested manhattan . he persuaded kinney service corp . - - the city ' s largest parking lot operator at the time - - to accept a 25 % stake in the rental company in exchange for free parking for car rental customers and the use of its name .
warner bros . - seven arts was acquired in 1969 by kinney national company , ( which had also acquired national periodical publications , later known as dc comics ) who proceeded to delete
seven arts
from the company name , reestablishing it as warner bros . due to a financial scandal over its parking operations , kinney national spun off its non - entertainment assets in 1972 ( as national kinney corporation ) and changed its name to warner communications inc . , which merged with time , inc . to form time warner in 1990 . since its acquisition by at & t in june 2018 , it is now known as warnermedia .
in 1966 , kinney changed its name again and gained a new chairman and co - chief executive in william v . frankel , son of the founder of national cleaning contractors . renamed kinney national service inc . , the company embarked on a search for businesses with growth potential . in 1967 , kinney acquired ashley famous agency inc . , a talent agency , and the next year it bought panavision and national periodical publications , distributor of mad magazine .
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the company expanded into car - rentals , office cleaning firms and construction companies . steve ross joined after marrying carol rosenthal , the riverside owner edward rosenthal ' s daughter and pursued an aggressive expansion of the company ' s properties .
eliot hyman : after selling w7 to steve ross’ kinney national , he retired to become a private investor . he died in 1980 .
then , in 1969 , kinney purchased warner bros . - seven arts . , which was extremely cash - poor at the time .
a year later , the companies merged , forming kinney services . after acquiring other companies , kinney acquired warner - 7 arts and moved into cable television , movies and the entertainment industry . warner communications was born in 1972 and merged with time inc . to become time warner inc .
andrew j . frankel , 49 , continues as chairman and chief executive officer of kinney , positions he has held for the past 10 years .
starting in 1995 , i began going to a lot of
bar shows
in philadelphia . but after about 2 - 3 years , i discovered that every free parking space within half a mile of the delaware river had been eliminated , in an effort to force drivers to pay for parking lotys or garages - - or , pay more for tickets . i figured it was the city joining forces with the
parking authority
to extort more money from people .
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according to mr . cohen , kinney is changing ' ' from a corporation principally engaged in real estate , construction and related activities to a company in metals and related industries . ' ' he cited its pending acquisition of salem tube inc . , a tubing manufacturer , and its purchase of control of the continental metals corporation , a trader in strategic metals . ' ' i looked around for areas that were depressed and bound to prosper as the economy hopefully recovers dramatically in the 1980 ' s , ' ' mr . cohen said . parking facilities still represent a major part of kinney ' s business , he added .
with so many parking locations for nyc parking , sp + is sure to have one that is conveniently located near your favorite destinations . whether you are going to madison square garden , empire state building , rockefeller center , times square and radio city music hall , with over 190 locations in new york , sp + has a location where you want to be .
mr . cohen , who is 50 years old , succeeds morton sweig , 67 , who has left kinney after three years as president and seven as vice chairman . mr . sweig ' s departure came after kinney sold its national cleaning contractors unit , with which he had long been identified ; he will be chairman and chief executive officer of national cleaning .
incredible townhouse with roof top deck ! excellent location just near fountain and la cienega . this spacious unit includes a stove , on - site laundry room , and parking is available . no pets
steve ross was the company ' s sole ceo , president , and chairman . directors included charles a . agemian , the ceo of garden state national bank .
turns out the parent company that bought out dc in the late 60 ' s was kenney national services , inc . let me quote from wikipdeia . . .
kinney national purchased wood flooring manufacturer circle floor from seymour milstein and paul milstein for $ 15 million , with the milsteins remaining as managers of the unit until 1971 . [ 3 ]
mr . rosenthal was vice chairman of warner communications from 1972 to 1983 , when he was named director emeritus . earlier , he had been an executive in major funeral , car rental and parking businesses .
if anyone listened to the interview with gerry conway i posted on the ' jla / jsa in the 80s ' thread , he ascribes a lot of the problems at dc in the 70s to it being run by a parking co . it was the first i ' d heard of that and conway didn ' t have any of the finer details above . nice work henry . strange to see that the mighty warner bros had such prosaic beginnings in the modern form . i suppose ' warner bros presents ' has a better ring to it than ' kinney parking co presents ' of all corporations , parking companies must be the lowest . a licence to print money and your customers usually have no r6eal choice in whether to use your services or not . i can see why gangsters would want some of that action .
mr . cohen - a former law partner of paul weiss rifkind wharton & garrison and executive vice president of warner communications inc . , from which kinney was spun off - came to kinney as a part - time adviser in 1980 and was named vice chairman last january . he headed madison square garden from 1974 to 1977 , and he is also chairman of the new jersey nets basketball team .
this company was added only to resolve and clarify certain inter - label relationships , and otherwise shouldn ' t be used . it became warner communications , inc . in 1972 .
in 1967 , kinney national expanded by acquiring national periodical publications ( more commonly , but not yet officially , called dc comics ) , hollywood talent agency ashley - famous , and panavision . ted ashley ( from ashley - famous ) suggested to ross that he buy out the cash - strapped film company warner bros . - seven arts , which had purchased atlantic records that same year . [ 2 ]
hearing this , ahmet’s eyelids rose above half - mast . ross knows … records ? ten seconds later , ertegun told ross that , yes , all right , he would give kinney a chance . his trio would stay put .
a fast - growing new york ice cream company said wednesday that it was buying troubled swensen ' s inc . in a merger that will create the nation ' s second - largest operator of ice cream parlors .
when the acquisition of warner bros . - seven arts was completed in 1969 , ashley - famous was sold because of anti - trust laws prohibiting a company from owning both a production studio and a talent agency . ted ashley was put in charge of the movie studio . beginning with the unexpected success of the concert documentary woodstock ( 1970 ) , the company started scoring box office hits again , reestablishing warner bros . as a major studio .
dc comics , which was originally founded in 1934 by a swashbuckling pulp author and entrepreneur named malcolm wheeler - nicholson , was taken over by jack liebowitz and harry donnenfeld in 1938 to collect on debt owed to their printing and distribution company , independent news . almost immediately , the new company ( then called national periodical publications ) struck gold with superman in 1938 and batman in 1939 , which turned the disreputable comic book industry into a newsstand powerhouse .
ross pulled together the smart people he knew and could work with . he did hours with ted ashley , who not only believed that w7 was a good buy ( but also that ted would run it ) . ross talked to a ny financial lad , a fast - talking , gum - chewing , hyper - alert manny gerard . manny quickly told steve , “it’s not a movie company , it’s a record company . ” manny joined in on steve’s movement .
1994 - - in december , the aladdin and the 36 acres upon which it sits is sold to the new york - based sigmund sommer family trust for a reported $ 80 million . the company is run by las vegas developer jack sommer .
by 1987 , warner communications was making its comeback . ross proved that he had not lost his nerve with the shrewd acquisition of chappell & co . , the world ' s largest music publishing company . in a three - year period , warner doubled its revenues , and by the end of 1988 posted net income of $ 423 million . in 1989 , warner acquired the powerful television production company lorimar telepictures - - and in ross ' career
capper
- - agreed to merge with time .
by the time time - warner entered into an ill - fated merger with aol in the late 1990s , one of the largest individual shareholders of the combined company was dc ' s jack liebowitz , who died in 2000 at the age of 100 .
with members of his family , he expanded the company into the largest funeral service group in the united states . the group acquired the frank e . campbell chapel in 1948 , universal funeral chapels in 1955 and the walter b . cooke chapels in 1957 .
the success of the venture led to a 1961 merger , which included the funeral chain and a brother - in - law ' s office cleaning business . the 34 - year - old ross was named president , and five months later the company sold shares to the public .
it’s 1969 , and eliot hyman – looking to sell off his recent big buy , now known as warner 7 arts - had moved kinney national’s steve ross to the top of his list of “might buy” - ers . but to hyman , this move wasn’t an issue of “who . ” it was about “how much . ”
the atari losses mounted to nearly $ 1 billion before ross could sell the video game company to jack tramiel . the mid - 1980s were painful , as ross was forced to sell off nearly everything warner owned except its warner bros . studio , recorded music business and cable television holdings .
large apartment in gated building with parking . wet bar and lots of closet space . brand new hardwood floors & very clean . 1 block west of robertson between burton way and 3rd street . prestigious location ! ! ! large unit with laminate flooring , freshly painted , nice counter tops , central ac and heat , lots of closet space , . . .
smith was in phoenix and couldn ' t be reached for comment wednesday , and swensen executives were unavailable . jerry tucci , an executive vice president at steve ' s in lindhurst , n . y . , said the company plans to keep the swensen ' s name and expand the chain eastward .
the next year , the company invested in two cable tv companies and renamed itself warner communications , shortly before the death of frankel , its first chairman . for the next 18 years - - until the $ 15 - billion merger with time - - ross was the sole chairman and chief executive .
the deal gives karl eller , the largest shareholder of swensen ' s , a 20 % interest in steve ' s , making him its third - largest shareholder with about 2 . 1 million shares . richard smith , steve ' s chairman and chief executive , and andal corp . , a metal fabricator and parking lot operator , own about 2 . 3 million shares apiece .
swensen ' s had been shopped around for some time ,
said carol kirby , marketing vice president at glendale - based baskin robbins , which operates 3 , 200 ice cream parlors .
the problem was when you are buying a company with no production capability , you are essentially buying store leases .
once consumers start to adopt vr , comics offer an obvious , immediate , ready - made content source . one company , madefire , just announced a platform and storefront for digital motion books in vr , including several titles from dc in its introductory launch . dc has also had great success selling comics standard digital format for mobile and tablet devices , predominantly through amazon ' s comixology platform . unlike marvel and much of the rest of the comics publishing industry , dc has not yet fully embraced a subscription option for its content . this could be one area where at & t , which is looking to drive volume on its network , could more fully exploit the assets of the company .
atlantic was going to be a bit dicey . its hotties – ahmet , jerry , and nesuhi – felt little loyalty to the new , warner - atlantic combination . they’d sold their label already . so those three needed to be persuaded to stay , too , because they now owned shares in w7 , and those shares meant sharing the whole company’s income now .
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wb is a huge company with a lot of different businesses ; if dc content played some role in the valuation , it was probably a small fraction of the $ 85 billion total at & t offer . however , it ' s worth recalling that dc was a hidden force in the initial formation of warner communications , then time warner , in the 1970s and 80s .
smith got his start working for his father ' s ice cream company but later branched out on his own to start a small ice cream distributorship . known as a shrewd deal maker , he acquired the dolly madison trademark when that firm was in bankruptcy in 1974 and built it into the second - best - selling brand in the new york area , behind kraft ' s breyers .
i feel like it ' s hard to find good slices around the santa monica area so we decided to try this place one day while walking around abbot kinney ! the slices are huge here . their special here is a salad pizza . . . it ' s a must try . after trying this one , i feel like i can ' t get anything else here ! i also always judge a pizza place off of their standard cheese slice , and the one here passed the test !
in the intervening years , the marvel acquisition is starting to look like the deal of the century , especially for a company like disney that needed to fill a market gap ( tween and teenage boys ) in its ip portfolio . disney has turned marvel studios into a production juggernaut capable of monetizing even third - tier concepts ( guardians of the galaxy ? ant - man ? ) , as well as a unified storytelling platform uniting audiences around comics , games , animated shows , toys and apparel in addition to movies .
1997 - - in january , aladdin gaming limited liability company announces it is entering into an agreement to redevelop the aladdin with london clubs international , which will feature a european - style casino in addition to the aladdin ' s casino . in september , it is announced that the aladdin will close in november and nearly 1 , 500 employees will be laid off . while the hotel - casino will be imploded , the theatre for the performing arts will be spared and remodeled . in november , the theater closes following a motley crue concert .
dc entertainment has struggled to execute as quickly and as cleanly as marvel , although the potential is certainly there . dc ' s marquee characters are as iconic as they come , and the mythos of its story universe has a quirky charm that has only come across intermittently in media adaptations . in an effort to drive greater connection between the comics and media elements of the company , dc moved its comics editorial operations to burbank in 2015 . the results of that are now starting to be seen with a resurgence of interest in the comics following a relaunch in june of this year .
how important is dc to the overall wb picture , and how much value did it contribute to the big pile of cash at & t is willing to shell out to acquire the company ? one point of comparison is marvel , dc ' s long - time rival , which was acquired by disney in 2009 for $ 4 billion . at that time , marvel ' s strategy of adapting the superhero characters it had not licensed to other studios ( e . g . , spider - man to sony pictures and x - men and fantastic four to fox ) into movies via its own marvel studios was just beginning to bear fruit , and the prominence of comic - based superheroes across media channels was seen as a fad , not a long - term trend .
1992 - - in april , it is announced that between september 1989 and february 1992 the bankrupt aladdin turned a $ 9 million profit . the resort had earned $ 173 . 9 million from the casino , room sales , food and beverage sales and entertainment and had spent $ 164 . 9 million for salaries and benefits , payments to vendors and for property , sales , room and gaming taxes . in june , a bankruptcy trustee awards possession of the aladdin to the jmj inc . management company , owned by joseph burt , who for 15 years was chief executive officer and chief financial officer for the maxim hotel - casino . he becomes chief executive officer of the aladdin and runs the property along with title - holder bell atlantic - tricon leasing corp . of new jersey .
one of the jewels in at & t ' s proposed $ 85 billion acquisition of time warner is dc entertainment , whose super - heroic ip is powering a significant chunk of warner brothers ' film and tv strategy . dc - powered movies like b atman v . superman : dawn of justice and suicide squad , while underperforming their artistic potential , have brought more than $ 1 . 5 billion to the corporate coffers in the past year . supergirl , arrow , the flash and legends of tomorrow anchor an increasingly hero - centric cw lineup , while other dc properties like preacher , gotham , lucifer and izombie bring in viewers on other networks . even the company ' s comic book publishing business has turned things around from a dire 2015 , besting rival marvel in market share the past couple of months .
abbot ' s pizza company is in a perfect location . it ' s near an ice cream shop and next door to the most popular bars in venice . half of the appeal comes from the ability to eat pizza late night after having a few drinks . i ' ve had some really phenomenal pizza here , namely the margherita . my last time here , i did not have such a great experience . i ordered two slices of cheese and they were ok , nothing special , but still filling . i came in around 10 : 15 pm on a monday and the place was pretty much already packed up , the water station wasn ' t set up , but nonetheless my other experiences have all been 5 stars and i probably could have asked for water . little to no wait , and service is always super friendly .
stumbled across this place while walking abbot kinney and wow , thoroughly impressed ! i went with my boyfriend and we were too hungry so we shared two pizzas . we loved that they were exclusively gluten free as i ' m intolerant . we got the goat cheese and pepperoni for about $ 4 a slice . let me say , the slices are huge ! the crust isn ' t as floppy as regular new york , probably due to being gluten free . it ' s definitely more dense but absolutely not dry at all ! the sauce had a nice flavor . the goat cheese was the definite winner . it had mushroom that was very crunchy that my boyfriend who hates mushrooms even liked it ! also , i loved that they gave real crushed red pepper and not the dry canned ones ! it was such a nice change and gave a good kick . i definitely want to be back to try their popular salad pizza ! overall , love this place ! !
i recently worked for a cemetery for 2 years . our biggest customer , a local funeral parlor , the owner ' s wife repeatedly struck me as having come up from a
street gang
mentality , totally at odds with that kind of business . she was incessantly rude , pushy , bossy , obnoxious , obscene and threatening to anyone who rubbed her the wrong way . when i learned her husband had learned all he knew from the late owner of the # 2 funeral parlor in the area , it hit me . . .
hey , do you mean to tell me it ' s personal ?
( the 2 companies have a heated , hateful rivalry . . . mainly , the # 1 place showing hatred and contempt for the # 2 place . the other thought that crossed my mind was ,
it ' s okay to start your own company to create your own success , but revenge should not be part of your motivation .
)
abbot ' s pizza company opened in 1995 and has been going strong ever since . the owner , richie , is happy to have an amazing staff who help make our pizzeria world class . our specialty involves customizing any pizza or slice to our guests tastes . from extra thin to regular crusts , extra to light sauce or cheese , adding a layer of delicately prepared salad and avocados , in a process called saladifying , the possibilities are endless . we also pride ourselves on serving old school slices in the traditional sense your neighborhood storefront pizzeria . you can get in and out with a delicious slice or two and a drink within 5 minutes for an affordable price . our creation the salad pizza , the brainchild of richie , has been a huge hit ever since we starting serving it several years ago . we always want to be innovating and creating while maintaining our quality and consistency for our guests . we emphasize quality in our product , cleanliness , and customer service . hope we see you here . . .
disclaimer : i am not a salad girl . i don ' t order salads , i don ' t eat salad at home , although i will certainly take add some to my plate at a luncheon or buffet to give off a false pretense of being health - conscious . my sister , who ' s got much better eating habits than me , recently visited la and we shared two slices at this venice location : popeye ' s pizza for me and salad pizza for her . let me tell you this - they were huge ! ! ! we definitely got our money ' s worth ( only $ 5 . 50 / slice ! ! ) . i ' m usually not a fan of thin - crust but it was wonderfully chewy yet crispy . the popeyes pizza was , of course , delicious . chicken , spinach , mushroom , pesto . . what else could you ask for ? i doused my bites in red peppers , so maybe that . however , i was shocked at how amazing the salad pizza was . it was cheesy and creamy from the avocado , and light and refreshing from the salad . it was the perfect mixture ! eating regular pizza usually leads to some self - loathing for the grease and oily fingers afterwards , but this was soo filling and balanced . some negatives are the tight space , the messy countertops , and near - impossible street parking in venice . but fight your way through la traffic and it will certainly be worth your while .
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steve ' s , fast - growing n . y . ice cream firm , scooping up swensen ' s - latimes
steve ' s , fast - growing n . y . ice cream firm , scooping up swensen ' s
steve ' s homemade ice cream , which operates nearly 100 ice cream parlors in the east , is buying phoenix - based swensen ' s for stock and warrants valued at $ 9 million based on wednesday ' s share prices . swensen ' s operates 340 ice cream parlors , mostly in the west , with 135 parlors in california alone .
the deal marks the second time in less than a year that money - losing swensen ' s has agreed to sell itself . last october , it agreed to merge with hobson ' s international , a small santa barbara ice cream outfit , but the deal fell through last december .
kirby said that swensen ' s locations were
spotty . some were good and some bad .
she said she did not think the merger between swensen ' s and steve ' s would have much effect on baskin - robbins .
steve ' s and swensen ' s are really two separate concepts and probably have different customers ,
explained tucci .
swensen ' s serves ice cream , but it also serves food . steve ' s serves just ice cream , and it ' s different from swensen ' s .
swensen ' s has lost money in each of the past four years . in 1986 , it lost $ 1 . 17 million on sales of $ 9 . 35 million .
steve ' s earned $ 270 , 915 on sales of $ 11 . 84 million last year , but wednesday reported a $ 243 , 861 first - quarter loss on sales of $ 3 . 76 million . steve ' s also said it expects to lose money in the second quarter , because of increased advertising and marketing costs .
the merger comes at a time when america ' s appetite for gourmet ice cream is growing . ice cream parlor sales are expected to reach $ 1 . 7 billion this year , up from $ 1 . 2 billion in 1985 , according to find / svp , a new york market research firm .
the deal , which involves no cash , is the latest in a string for smith , the 44 - year - old chairman and chief executive of steve ' s homemade ice cream and an almost legendary figure in the ice cream business . after buying steve ' s from the new york investment firm , integrated resources , in december , 1985 , he moved quickly to expand the parlor chain and introduce steve ' s colorful pints in supermarkets around the country .
in 1979 , he invented frusen gladje , emulating the successful and foreign - sounding haagen dazs ice cream . he then sold frusen gladje ' s pint business to kraft , keeping the 40 or so ice cream parlors and the right to market frusen gladje outside the united states .
in addition to steve ' s , smith continues to operate dolly madison . he also controls calip dairy , the largest distributor of ice cream in the new york metropolitan area .
1963 - - the tally ho , a non - gaming resort , is built where the aladdin now stands . the 450 - room hotel , opened by ed lowe , is later sold to kings crown of kokomo , ind .
1965 - - the kings crown tally ho adds a casino and theater restaurant . the strip property ' s estimated worth is $ 16 million .
1966 - - in january , gaming pioneer milton prell , who in 1947 founded the club bingo which became the sahara hotel , buys the tally ho for an undisclosed price and makes $ 3 million in renovations . in april , prell reopens the resort as the aladdin hotel and casino . comedian jackie mason opens the 500 - seat baghdad theatre . in july , las vegas amateur golfer edward engstrom records two holes in one on the fourth hole of the aladdin country club . he uses a six - iron for both 120 - yard - plus shots .
1967 - - as it would do for most of its history , the aladdin loses money - - $ 63 , 961 for the year . by march , the resort has $ 2 . 5 million in liabilities and only $ 1 . 2 million in assets . in may , elvis presley , the king of rock n ' roll who would become a las vegas showroom mainstay , marries priscilla beaulieu at the aladdin .
1968 - - in september , the parvin - dohrman co . of los angeles buys the aladdin for an estimated $ 10 million .
1970 - - the nevada supreme court rules that the hotel - casino is liable for damages when one of its dealers punches a customer . the case involves an aladdin 21 dealer who knocked out a gambler after the man called him an obscene name . the aladdin argued that the dealer was acting outside the scope of his employment . the supreme court , however , found that the dealer was acting ,
within the scope of the very tasks assigned to him - - that of dealing 21 . in these circumstances the employer is responsible .
a clark county jury had awarded the gambler $ 2 , 567 in damages .
1971 - - in october , aladdin hotel corp . , led by st . louis businessman peter webbe and longtime local casino executive sam diamond , buy the resort for $ 5 million . in december , the justice department tells the aladdin it is dissatisfied with the hotel ' s efforts to hire blacks in accordance with a consent decree by 17 las vegas resorts to employ blacks in 12 . 5 percent of all job classifications . joe neal , then - chairman of the economic opportunity board who today is an outspoken nevada senator , accuses the aladdin of hiring just one black among 70 new hirees between july 1 and sept . 30 .
1972 - - the aladdin becomes the first strip resort to offer double odds on craps .
1974 - - a $ 50 million expansion , including a 700 - room tower and the aladdin theatre for the performing arts , begins . the expansion is completed two years later and becomes the genesis for the hotel ' s years of financial problems and allegations of mob control . in may , a daring thief snatches $ 10 , 000 from a baccarat game at the aladdin and makes a spectacular getaway by diving through a construction chute to a waiting car . the robber , however , drops $ 5 , 000 in stacks of $ 100 bills during his escape .
1975 - - in february , james abraham , a retired air force lieutenant colonel and veteran strip casino executive , is named aladdin general manager . he would later play a key role in the downfall of the aladdin amid charges of mob infiltration .
1976 - - in july , pop legend neil diamond opens the new $ 10 million aladdin theatre for the performing arts . it is a high point for aladdin entertainment director james tamer , who later comes under intense scrutiny by nevada gaming officials and others who investigate whether he is overseeing the detroit mob ' s interests in las vegas .
1977 - - in may , reports surface that the aladdin is in danger of going bankrupt because it owes the teamsters union ' s central states pension fund $ 39 million - - a loan that was used to finance the expansion . in august , an fbi affidavit says detroit mobsters have hidden interests in the resort . reports later would link midwest crime bosses to controlling the aladdin and skimming millions of dollars in gaming revenues .
1978 - - in august , the aladdin installs the first progressive dollar slot machine capable of paying a $ 1 million jackpot . before year ' s end , the world ' s first $ 1 million slot jackpot is hit at the resort .
1979 - - in march , four men are convicted by a federal jury in detroit of illegally running the aladdin . among them are abraham , who is sentenced to two years probation , and tamer , who is sentenced to three years in prison . in april , the aladdin introduces the first $ 2 slot machines in nevada . they fail to catch on . in june , webbe and sam diamond are stripped of their gaming licenses . in july , entertainers johnny carson and wayne newton become part of separate investment teams looking to buy the aladdin for greater than $ 100 million . in august , the state closes the aladdin but , several hours later , federal judge harry claiborne orders that the resort be reopened . in september , the aladdin hotel corp . and others are indicted on federal charges involving a purported $ 1 million in kickbacks from the hotel ' s 1974 - 76 expansion .
1980 - - in january , ed nigro gains a court - sanctioned takeover of the aladdin after he and carson sign an agreement to buy the property for $ 105 million . the deal falls through . in july , the state once again closes the hotel . in september , newton and ed torres , former chief executive officer of the riviera , buy the resort for $ 85 million and reopen it in october .
1981 - - in december , powerful st . louis attorney sorkis webbe , peter ' s brother and the aladdin ' s legal counsel , is acquitted with seven others of conspiring to defraud the teamsters pension fund of $ 1 million during the mid - 1970s expansion . the six - month trial is one of the longest federal criminal proceedings in las vegas history . one of the defendants , contractor robert tindell , is represented by local attorney oscar goodman , who today is mayor of las vegas .
1982 - - in july , torres buys out newton ' s interest for $ 8 . 5 million after they disagree on how to run the aladdin . in the coming years there are several reports that newton would buy back the troubled property .
1983 - - sorkis webbe is convicted of income tax fraud for not paying taxes on $ 160 , 000 in construction kickbacks he took during the 1974 - 76 aladdin expansion .
1984 - - in february , torres ' ownership group files for bankruptcy after falling several months behind in payments to the teamsters pension fund , which at the time is owed $ 34 million . teamsters fund officials had threatened foreclosure .
1985 - - sorkis webbe dies of cancer at age 55 while his kickback conviction is under appeal . in february , the aladdin is cited for failing to meet the state ' s tough new retrofitting laws that were passed following the deadly mgm and las vegas hilton fires in 1980 and ' 81 to help prevent future high - rise disasters . the aladdin had inadequate and improperly constructed exits , fire officials said at the time .
1986 - - in january , japanese businessman ginji yasuda buys the aladdin for more than $ 50 million and closes it in november for a $ 30 million - plus remodeling project .
1987 - - in march , the aladdin reopens . in september , its race and sports book opens with a unique restriction - - it cannot take bets on horses owned by yasuda . the first time that happens is in early september when nonillion runs at del mar .
1989 - - in august , the aladdin , which 13 months earlier had fallen seriously behind in payments to its creditors , files for bankruptcy . it lists debts $ 38 million greater than its assets . nevada gaming authorities order an ailing yasuda ' s name removed from the license and his wife , yoko , takes over . in december , ginji yasuda dies at age 57 .
1990 - - in january , reports surface that entertainer frank sinatra is interested in buying the aladdin , but that does not pan out .
1991 - - in january , the aladdin lays off 150 of its 1 , 700 employees , saying that a weak economy and the persian gulf war were contributing factors . in february , 40 more workers and 15 management officials are let go . in june , the resort fails to get the minimum $ 53 . 5 million bid for its purchase .
1993 - - in february , linda thomas , an unemployed bookkeeper who had moved to las vegas after losing her business and home in granada hills , calif . , hits a then - record quartermania slot jackpot of $ 1 . 88 million at the aladdin . in july , burt dies in a motorcycle accident at the grand canyon .
1998 - - in april , the 17 - story aladdin hotel is imploded during an event highlighted by a charity function for the make - a - wish foundation of southern nevada . eight hundred guests pay $ 250 per person to attend the fund - raiser in a tent where they get a good view of the implosion and a 10 - minute fireworks display .
1999 - - in april , 39 - year - old construction worker steve abernethy , a journeyman ironworker from utah , is killed after falling seven stories when the concrete flooring collapses beneath him while he is helping to build the new aladdin .
august 2000 - - the new $ 1 . 4 billion aladdin with 2 , 600 rooms , all with computers and internet access and all within seven doors of an elevator ; the 500 , 000 - square - foot desert passage shopping center with 130 - plus shops ; 21 restaurants ; 75 , 000 square feet of meeting rooms ; two swimming pools ; a 100 , 000 - square - foot casino with 2 , 800 slots and 87 gaming tables ; a 7 , 000 - seat aladdin theatre for the performing arts ; and the 35 , 000 - square - foot london clubs international european gaming room . the resort will employ 7 , 000 .
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