{"id":309385,"date":"2024-07-26T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=309385"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:46:15","slug":"vegas-myths-busted-apartment-building-holdout-refused-to-sell-to-steve-wynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-apartment-building-holdout-refused-to-sell-to-steve-wynn\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Holdout Apt. Owner Refused Steve Wynn Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"
EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: <\/strong>\u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.\u00a0<\/em>Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Feb. 26, 2024.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n The internet has made modern folk heroes of real-estate holdouts who stand up for what’s right in the face of corporate might. One of the most famous is Edith Macefield of Seattle<\/a>, the little old lady who refused to sell her family’s 108-year-old farmhouse to developers, forcing them to construct their commercial building around it. (If that story sounds familiar but you don’t know why, it inspired the 2009 Pixar movie Up.<\/em>)
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Las Vegas has a David-and-Goliath story just like that.<\/p>\r\n