She was positive about Tahoe’s future as a gaming destination. “We’ve been able to gradually turn that property around from a losing proposition to a profitable proposition,” she said. “For me to be able come back and own the property that was his very first job was something very special.”īennett and Paragon co-founder Scott Menke took over the Hard Rock when it was the subject of around 60 lawsuits filed in the wake of its remodel. “My dad only worked here for one year before they gave him a promotion to Las Vegas as assistant general manager of the Mint and then made him general manager of the Sahara,” she said. “That’s the first place my dad ever had a job in gaming.”īennett said she attended Whittell High School for a year until her father, gaming legend William Bennett was transferred to Las Vegas Paragon Gaming is the majority shareholder of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Stateline.īennett said taking over the Hard Rock was like coming home because her father got his start in gaming at the Sahara Tahoe. I wonder what my family would do if I said I think I want to retire to Minden.’ We need to figure out what is so unique about your environment.” “I walked up and down the street yesterday when we got here, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is so beautiful. “We have to sell what’s so beautiful here,” she said. She pointed out that while Western Nevada tourists focus on summer and winter, they don’t do much with the shoulder seasons. “I think Tahoe has never taken advantage of fall. “In Reno and Tahoe you have to take advantage of what you have that makes you unique,” she said.

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