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Article: 'Beverly Hillbillies' casino revived
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 16, 2003
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CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nearly four years after his dreams for a
Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies casino fizzled in Reno, actor Max Baer
Jr. outlined plans Friday for a $54 million resort in a former Wal-
Mart store a half-hour's drive away in Nevada's capital city.
"It's a very different concept from anybody that's doing anything
else," Baer said in describing the 240-room hotel-casino venture that
will key on the popular "Beverly Hillbillies" TV series in which he
starred as the doltish Jethro Bodine.
Among the highlights: a 200-foot-tall, flame-belching oil derrick,
a "Granny's shotgun wedding chapel," Uncle Jed's gift shop, Jethro's
buffet and "Elly May's buns bakery." Baer also envisions a ...