Milton Prell was a hotel owner and developer most notable for his projects in Las Vegas, Nevada.
12 Facts About Milton Prell
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Milton Prell was good friends with Colonel Tom Parker, best known as the manager of Elvis Presley.
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Milton Prell was married to Devorah Zion on July 9,1945; they had one child, Sheila Milton Prell.
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Milton Prell started in the gambling business with a "bingo palace" in California.
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Milton Prell ordered that the prizes were to be given honestly to the players and word got out that the place was to be trusted.
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Milton Prell was an automobile salesman and later a successful jewelry salesman in Los Angeles.
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Milton Prell later opened the $5.5 million Sahara hotel-casino on the property in 1952.
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In 1965, Milton Prell bought the Aladdin hotel-casino from the Indiana-based Cook Brothers Trusts for $10.25 million on the Las Vegas Strip.
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The place had been failing and Milton Prell remodeled it and added an Arabian Nights theme; it opened in 1966.
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Milton Prell had added restaurants, a lounge, a 500-seat showroom and a golf course.
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Milton Prell promised his brother-in-law a job and made him the manager.
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Milton Prell needed to use a wheelchair much of the time, but continued to walk with two canes through the casino to his office each morning.