{"id":229748,"date":"2022-09-01T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=229748"},"modified":"2022-09-01T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T01:17:35","slug":"discrepancy-just-when-did-last-original-caesars-palace-employee-begin-working-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/discrepancy-just-when-did-last-original-caesars-palace-employee-begin-working-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Palace’s Last Original Employee Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"
The last remaining original Caesars Palace employee retired on Wednesday. Blackjack dealer Benny Figgins, 78, started as a porter a month before the casino’s Aug. 5, 1966 opening. (He took a break from the casino in November 1966 before being rehired on April 27, 1967.)<\/p>\n