{"id":159536,"date":"2020-12-24T13:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=159536"},"modified":"2020-12-24T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:44:40","slug":"former-las-vegas-mayor-ron-lurie-eulogized-for-casino-career-civic-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/former-las-vegas-mayor-ron-lurie-eulogized-for-casino-career-civic-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie Eulogized for Casino Career, Civic Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

One-time Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie (D), who spent many years working in the gaming industry, passed away this week.<\/p>\n

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Ex Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie pictured above in recent photo. He also worked in the casino sector. He passed away this week at the age of 79. (Image: Las Vegas Sun<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both casino experts and noted politicians have fond memories of the 79-year-old, second-generation Nevadan.<\/p>\n

What a loss for our community,\u201d current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) said in a statement released upon his passing. \u201cRon was a man with a giving heart and huge smile. A friend to all, like his dad, Art, Ron made a difference to Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lurie\u2019s parents moved to Las Vegas from California in the 1950s, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>. His father, Art Lurie, was a boxing judge and former chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n

Ron Lurie worked as a sales manager for a slot machine company. He got involved in politics, and was a Las Vegas councilman for 14 years.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Ron Lurie beat out Bob Stupak in 1987 for the mayor\u2019s post. Stupak was a casino owner and championship poker player.<\/p>\n

In 1999, Lurie was named general manager of Arizona Charlie\u2019s Decatur, a hotel and casino, located in Las Vegas. He retired in January.<\/p>\n

Golden Entertainment, which owns Arizona Charlie\u2019s, recalled in a statement this week how Lurie \u201cmade an indelible mark on Las Vegas through his work as a leader in the gaming industry, as a philanthropist, and as the former mayor of Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lurie Was Mayor at Pivotal Time for Las Vegas<\/h2>\n

UNLV gaming historian and academic administrator David G. Schwartz<\/a> recalled for Casino.org<\/em> how Lurie \u201cwas mayor of Las Vegas during a pivotal period in its history (1987-1991), when the gaming industry began to respond to the expansion of casinos outside of Nevada.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis deep roots in the community and his work on behalf of local nonprofits like the Discovery Museum and Natural History Museum show that his impact on Las Vegas far transcended politics,\u201d Schwartz added. \u201cAs a long-time gaming industry employee and manager, he is an example of someone from the industry having a positive impact on their community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alan Feldman<\/a>, now a Distinguished Fellow in Responsible Gaming at UNLV\u2019s International Gaming Institute after decades of work for MGM Resorts, agreed.<\/p>\n

Ron was a terrific person in addition to being a terrific mayor,\u201d Feldman told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cHe also won a particularly important race, as his opponent that year was a wheeler-dealer casino owner named Bob Stupak who was the opposite of the stabilizing manager that Ron epitomized as mayor.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cRon loved the community long before and long after his term as mayor. He was a mentor to many in the political community and dedicated public servant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local Gaming Players Are Savvy, Lurie Advised<\/h2>\n

Lurie took his job at the casino seriously. He enjoyed it, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing the general manager of a property is just like being a politician. You have to be able to communicate well,\u201d Ron Lurie advised the Review-Journal <\/em>during a 2007 interview. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to research some of the issues customers bring up.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLocal customers are pretty savvy, and to be successful, you have to know what\u2019s important to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-time Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie (D), who spent many years working in the gaming industry, passed away this week. Both casino experts and noted politicians have fond memories of the 79-year-old, second-generation Nevadan. What a loss for our community,\u201d current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) said in a statement released upon his passing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":159539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie Eulogized for Casino, Political Careers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One-time Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie (D) who spent many years working in the gaming industry passed away this week. 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