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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.10.1


                          AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT to lease agreement entered into on the 24th day of July,
1954, by and between LAS VEGAS LODGE NO. 32, FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS of Las
Vegas, Nevada, hereinafter, designated as the Lessor, and H. JOHN GLUSKIN of Los
Angeles, California, hereinafter designated as the Lessee.

                             W I T N E S S E T H :-

     REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH II

     Lessor represents that each of the present occupants and Lessees of the
premises is on a month to month basis and that they will be duly given the
legally required 60 days' notice to vacate the premises. Lessor shall deliver
possession of said premises to Lessee no later than October 1, XXX

     That Lessee shall be under no obligation to pay any consideration for the
use and occupancy of said premises during said period from October 1954 and
until the formal term of this lease begins as herein provided.

     The purpose of this provision is to afford Lessee an opportunity to comply
with the provisions of Paragraph III of this lease.

     REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH III

     As to sub-division (a)

     In the event that the completion of the new building is prevented by
reason of things beyond the control of Lessee and through no failure or fault on
the part of Lessee, such as strikes, governmental restrictions etc., then the
completion date of said building shall be deemed extended by such time as said
condition exists. However, nothing herein contained shall relieve the Lessee of
his obligation to pay the rent specified herein.

     Although a 90 day date for the commencement of the wrecking is fixed, time
shall not be considered of the essence.

     As to sub-division (b)




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     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, it is agreed
that the general contractor to be selected by Lessee shall be approved by the
Lessor and that the contract given for the demolition of the present structures
as well as the construction of the new building shall be approved by the Lessor.
That said contract shall be guaranteed by the delivery by Lessee to Lessor of a
standard form of lien and complete bond as provided in said lease. Although said
bond will guarantee the completion of the building and the payment of all bills
in connection therewith, it will not necessarily guarantee the date of
completion.

     REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH IV

     As to sub-division (c)

     Except insofar as the payment of rent is concerned, the default period
shall be 30 days instead of 10 days.

     REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH VI

     As to sub-division (a)

     The notice to be given Lessee therein shall be 30 days instead of 10 days.

     As to sub-division (c)

     Any award made in condemnation wherein the improvement made by Lessee are
made a part of the consideration for the award of damages same shall be shared
by Lessor and Lessee on the following basis: The full cost of the improvements
shall be amortized over a 50 year period and whatever the remaining period shall
be at the time of the condemnation its proportionate share shall go to the
Lessee. In other words, for this purpose only, the landlord becomes the owner of
the improvements at the rate of 2% per year and entitled to receive any award to
damages based upon the number of years expired.

     In the event that the Lessor shall decide to sell said premises, the right
of first refusal shall be given to Lessee who


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          shall have 30 days within which to accept the same.

               In the event of a sale of the premises by Lessor, any
          restrictions regarding the use of said premises shall be deemed
          terminated and from that point forward said premises may be used for
          any lawful purpose.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lessor, acting by and through its duly
          authorized trustees and Lessee, have executed this AMENDMENT TO LEASE
          AGREEMENT in duplicate, each copy of which is deemed to be and is an
          original, the day and year in this AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT first
          above written.

                                        LAS VEGAS LODGE NO. 32, FREE & ACCEPTED
                                        MASONS, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lessor

                                        By /s/  K.H. Zahn           Trustee
                                           -------------------------

                                        By /s/ W.E. Fitzgerald, Sr. Trustee
                                           -------------------------

                                        By /s/ Kenneth W. Saxon     Trustee
                                           -------------------------


                                        H. JOHN GLUSKIN, of Los Angeles,
                                        California, Lessee

                                        By /s/ H. John Gluskin
                                           -----------------------




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          STATE OF NEVADA  )
                           ) SS
          COUNTY OF CLARK  )

               On this 24th day of July, A.D., 1954, personally appeared before
          me, a Notary Public in and for Clark County, KENNETH W. SAXON, known
          to me to be one of the Trustees of the LAS VEGAS LODGE NO. 32, FREE &
          ACCEPTED MASONS, of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, the corporation
          that executed the foregoing AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT as Party of
          the First Part and Lessor, and upon oath did depose that he is one of
          the trustees of said corporation as above designated; that he is
          acquainted with the seal of said corporation, and that the seal
          affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation;
          that the signatures to said instrument were made by Trustees of said
          corporation as indicated after said signatures; and that the said
          corporation executed the said instrument freely and voluntarily and
          for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
          notarial seal in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, the day and year in
          this certificate first above written.

                                        /s/       L.O. Hawkins
                                           --------------------------
                                           Notary Public As Aforesaid
                                            My Commission Expires: Jan. 4, 1955

                                           (NOTARIAL SEAL)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA    )
                       ) SS
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES  )

               On this 26 day of July, 1954, personally appeared before me, a
          Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County, State of California, H.
          JOHN GLUSKIN, known to me to be the Lessee who executed the foregoing
          AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT, and upon oath did depose and duly
          acknowledge to me that he executed the above instrument freely and
          voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
          official seal in Los Angeles, California, the day and year in this
          certificate first above written.

                                        /s/    Harry J. BAUER
                                           -------------------------
                                           Notary Public in and for
                                            said County and State

                                           My Commission Expires: May 11, 1957

                                           (NOTARIAL SEAL)

DOCUMENT #16356 RECORDED                     CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND
JULY 27, 1954  3:16PM                        CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL
                                             NEVADA SOUTHERN TITLE, INC.

                                             BY /s/ XXX
                                               -------------------------

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                               Power of Attorney


          Know All Men by These Presents:  That  H. JOHN GLUSKIN
          the undersigned (jointly and severally, if more than one) hereby make,
          constitute and appoint HY GOLDFELD (as per signed rider attached) my
          true and lawful Attorney for me and is my name, place and stead and
          for my use and benefit:

               (a) To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect and receive each
          and every sum of money, debt, account, legacy, bequest, interest,
          dividend, annuity and demand (which now is or hereafter shall become
          due, owing or payable) belonging to or claimed by me and to use and
          take any lawful means for the recovery thereof by legal process or
          otherwise, and to execute and deliver a satisfaction or release
          therefor, together with the right and power to compromise or compound
          any claim or demand;
                (b) To exercise any or all of the following powers as to real
          property, any interest therein and/or any building thereon; To
          contract for, purchase, receive and take possession thereof and of
          evidence of title thereto; to lease the same for any terms or purpose
          including leases for business, residence, and oil and/or mineral
          development; to sell, exchange, grant or convey the same with or
          without warranty; and to mortgage, transfer is true, or otherwise
          encumber or hypothecate the same to secure payment of a negotiable or
          non-negotiable note or performance of any obligation or agreement;
               (c) To exercise any or all of the following powers as to all
          kinds of personal property and goods, wares and merchandise, choses in
          action and other property in possession or in action; To contract for,
          buy, sell, exchange, transfer and in any legal manner deal in and with
          the same; and to mortgage, transfer in trust, or otherwise encumber or
          hypothecate the same to secure payment of a negotiable or
          non-negotiable note or performance of any obligation or agreement;
               (d) To borrow money and to execute and deliver negotiable or
          non-negotiable notes therefor with or without security; and to loan
          money and receive negotiable or non-negotiable notes therefor with
          such security as he shall deem proper;
               (e) To create, amend, supplement and terminate any trust and to
          instruct and advise the trustee of any trust wherein I am or may be
          trustor or beneficiary; to represent and vote stock, exercise stock
          rights, accept and deal with any dividend, distribution or bonus, join
          in any corporate financing, reorganization, merger, liquidation,
          consolidation or other action and the extension, compromise,
          conversion, adjustment, enforcement or foreclosure singly or in
          conjunction with others of any corporate stock, bond, note, debenture
          or other security; to compound, compromise, adjust, settle and satisfy
          any obligation, secured or unsecured, owing by or to me and to give or
          accept say property and/or money whether or not equal to or less in
          value than the amount owing in payment, settlement or satisfactions
          thereof;
               (f) To transact business of any kind or class and as my act and
          deed to sign, execute, acknowledge and deliver say deed, lease,
          assignment of lease, covenant, indenture, indemnity, agreement,
          mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of mortgage or of the beneficial
          interest under deed of trust, extension or renewal of any obligations,
          subordination or waiver of priority, hypothecation, bottomry,
          charter-party, bill of lading, bill of sale, bill, bond, note, whether
          negotiable or non-negotiable, receipt, evidence of debt, full or
          partial release or satisfaction of mortgage, judgement and other debt,
          request for partial or full reconveyance of deed of trust and such
          other instruments in writing of any kind or class as may be necessary
          or proper in the premises.

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          Giving and Granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority to
          do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
          necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully
          to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally
          present, hereby ratifying all that my said Attorney shall lawfully do
          or cause to be done by virtue of these presents. The powers and
          authority hereby conferred upon my said Attorney shall be applicable
          to all real and personal property or interests therein now owned or
          hereafter acquired by me and wherever situate.
               My said Attorney is empowered hereby to determine in his sole
          discretion the time when, purpose for and manner in which any power
          herein conferred upon his shall be exercised, and the conditions,
          provisions and covenants of any instrument or document which may be
          executed by him pursuant hereto; and in the acquisition or disposition
          of real or personal property, my said Attorney shall have exclusive
          power to fix the terms thereof for cash, credit and/or property, and
          if on credit with or without security.
               The undersigned, if a married woman, hereby further authorizes
          and empowers my said Attorney, as my duly authorized agent, to join in
          my behalf, in the execution of any instrument by which any community
          real property or any interest therein, now owned or hereafter acquired
          by my spouse and myself, or either of us, is sold, leased, encumbered,
          or conveyed:
               When the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the
          feminine and/or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural.
          See rider attached.

          Witness my hand this 26th day of July, 1954
                              ------      ------

                                        /s/  H. JOHN GLUSKIN
                                             ------------------
                                             H. John Gluskin

STATE OF CALIFORNIA  )
     COUNTY OF       ) SS:
                     )
LOS ANGELES

On, July 26, 1954
before me, the undersigned A Notary Public in
and for said County and State, personally appeared
          H. JOHN GLUSKIN

NOTARIAL SEAL

known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
that he executed the same.              No. 16357
                                        RECORDED AT THE REQUEST OF
WITNESS my hand and official seal       Hawkins and Cannon
                                        Jul 27 3:27pm '54
(SEAL AFFIXED)  HARRY S BAUER           OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK NO. 17
                Notary Public           Clark County, Nevada


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          The powers hereinabove enumerated shall apply only to acts performed
          in connection with the property hereinafter legally described as:

               Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4) in Block Thirty
               (30), Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, as recorded in Book 1 of Plats
               on page 37 in the Office of the County Recorder for Clark County,
               Nevada; to which record reference is hereby made for a more
               detailed description of the said lots.

                                        /s/ H. JOHN GLUSKIN






                                             CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND
                                             CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL
                                             NEVADA SOUTHERN TITLE, INC.

                                             BY /s/ XXX
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