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Article: French Flag Flies Again at Paris-Themed Casino in Las Vegas.
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- Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2003
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Byline: Rod Smith
Jul. 8--In a sign of the times, the flag of France, Le Tricolore, again flies over Paris Las Vegas.
The colors of France were struck in March, following that county's opposition to the United States' invasion of Iraq.
At the time, Park Place Entertainment Corp., spokesman Robert Stewart said guests seemed to feel the flag symbolized the government rather than the culture of France.
"The decision to temporarily take the French flags off the outside of the property reflected the political sentiments of many of our guests at the time given what was happening in the Middle East," he said Monday when the French flag was ...