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American Casino is a current American reality television series. The show originally aired on the Discovery Channel, but in June 2005, it was moved to The Travel Channel. The series tracks the daily events of the managers and employees of the Green Valley Ranch Casino resort in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people over professional actors. ...
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Henderson is the fastest-growing large city (over 150,000 pop. ...
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The show began airing in 2004 and was loosely patterned after Discovery Channel's successful American Chopper reality show. American Chopper is a Discovery Channel reality television series produced by Pilgrim Films & Television Inc. ...
Subjects of the show have included:
- Joe Hasson - General Manager
- Ralph Marano - Assistant General Manager
- Wayne Shadd - Director of Marketing
- David Demontmollin - Marketing Manager
- Michael Tata - Vice-President of Hotel Operations (2001-2004)
- Bret Magnun - Vice-President of Hotel Operations (2004-present)
- Ninya Perna - Hotel Manager
- Joe Mulligan - Executive Chef
- Willie Bierlien - Banquet Chef
- James Fricker - Pastry Chef
- Alex Peluffo - banquet and Convention Operations
- Dawn Laguardia - Director of Food and Beverage
- Bill Burt - Director of Casino Operations
- Matt Sacca - Director of Player Operations
- Cheryl Rose - Director of Slot Operations
- Fred Tuerck - Assistant Security Manager
- Kelly Downey - Manager, Race and Sports Books
Relatively free of interpersonal drama, episodes have included a behind the scene look during rock concerts, slot promotions, blackjack tournaments, weddings, and other events.
One episode followed memorial events after the sudden death of Michael Tata, one of the shows subjects. Tata, 33, died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in July 2004.[1] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
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Trivia
- Ninya Perna, a show regular, was a contestant in the 1995 Miss Clark County beauty contest.[2]
- In addition to being the setting for American Casino, portions of the hit crime series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation have been filmed on location at Green Valley Ranch. [3]
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...
References - ^ Alcohol, painkiller blamed for hotel executive's death, Vegas News, October 2, 2004
- ^ Miss Clark 1995 website
- ^ CSI Files website
External links - Green Valley Ranch website
- Travel Channel's American Casino
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