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Article: Las Vegas Tourism Industry's Rebound Impresses Travel Executive.
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- May 10, 2002
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By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 10--Like any devoted Las Vegan, Mayor Oscar Goodman accepted a challenge to back the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in a home football game against Wisconsin in September.
Like any smart Las Vegan, the mayor made sure he had the best possible odds of winning his bet. He got the Rebels plus 14 points.
The bet was made Thursday with Bill La Macchia Jr., chief executive officer of La Macchia Enterprises and son of the president and CEO of The Mark Travel Corp., based in Milwaukee.
In conjunction with National Tourism Week, Goodman presented La Macchia ...