Staff
- Andy Samuelson (Project Manager)
- Mary Manning (Writing/Principal Research)
- Billy Steffens (Technician/Research)
- Matt Toplikar (Video Producer/Photo Editor/Research)
- Trent Ogle (Videography/Video Producer)
- Zach Wise (Multimedia Producer)
- Bethany Acree (Illustrations)
- Ed Koch (Writing)
- Todd Soligo (Multimedia Design/Site Design)
- Tyson Evans (Site Design)
- Linda Wrzesinski (Editing)
- Hepi Mita (Asst. Photo Editor)
- Stephanie Kishi (Asst. Photo Editor)
- Natasha Shepherd (Writing/Research)
- April Corbin (Writing/Research)
- Rob Ponte (Writing/Research)
- Jenna Kohler (Writing/Research)
- Michael Lyle (Writing/Research)
- Brian Greenspun(Video Narration)
- Rebecca Clifford(Research)
- Steve Marcus(Photography)
- Dave Toplikar(Editing)
- Josh Williams(Resources Coordinator)
- Doug Twyman(Technical Support)
- Tim Thiele(Technical Support)
- Kit Dallege(Technical Support)
- Brhan Berihun (Research)
- Michael J. Kelley(Special Thanks)
- Sean Hellwig(Special Thanks)
- Mark Damon(Special Thanks)
- Sam Morris(Special Thanks)
- Su Duhadaway(Special Thanks)
- Cindy Robinette(Special Thanks)
On-Camera Interviews
- Myram Borders (Historian)
- Trent Carlini(Elvis tribute artist at Sahara)
- Tanya Combs (Liberace Museum Operations Manager)
- Robert Frey (PURE owner)
- Jesse Garon (Elvis Tribute Artist)
- Michael Green (Historian)
- Brian Greenspun (Las Vegas Sun Editor)
- Jan Jones (Former Las Vegas Mayor)
- Darren Lee (Elvis tribute artist at Stratosphere)
- Robert Maheu (Howard Hughes’ alter ego)
- George Maloof (Palms owner)
- Dennis McBride (Hoover Dam Historian)
- Eugene Moehring (Historian)
- Irwin Molasky (Developer)
- Joe Neal (Former State Senator)
- Cork Proctor (Entertainer)
- Tony Ricotta(Cirque Du Soleil operations manager)
- Jim Rogers (Chancellor Nevada Higher Education)
- Dina Titus (State senator)
- Pete "Big Elvis" Vallee(Elvis tribute artist at Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon)
Special Thanks
- Su Kim Chung and entire UNLV Special Collections Department
- Jim Rose, Las Vegas News Bureau
- Bob Stoldal, KLAS Channel 8 News
- Shelley Mansholt, The Liberace Foundation
- American Nevada
- Kirvin Doak Communications
- United States Air Force (The Thunderbirds)
- The Flamingo Hotel
- MGM-Mirage
- Ralph Steadman
- archive.org
- Jazz-on-line.com
- publicdomain4u.com
- Jim Palmquist, VEGAS.com
- Jennifer Whitehair, VEGAS.com
- Lee Minard, KLAS Channel 8 News
- Jon Glover, Documentary Filmmaker
- Alan Weil, Musician
- Nate Barbarick, Musician
Acknowledgements
- Denton, Sally and Roger Morris: The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America 1947-2000, 2001 Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- Fischer, Steve: When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem and Murder, 2005 Berkline Press
- Griffin, Dennis N.: The Battle for Las Vegas: The Law vs. the Mob, 2006 Huntington Press, Las Vegas
- Land, Barbara and Myrick Land: A Short History of Las Vegas, 2004 University of Nevada Press, Reno
- Levy, Shawn: Rat Pack Confidential, 1998 Doubleday
- Maheu, Robert and Richard Hack: Next to Hughes, 1992 Harper Collins, New York
- McBride, Dennis, curator of the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society
- Moehring, Eugene: Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-1970, 1989 University of Nevada Press, Reno
- Moehring, Eugene and Michael Green: Las Vegas: A Centennial History, 2005 University of Nevada Press, Reno
- Quirk, Lawrence J. and William Schoell: The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool, 1998 Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas
- Reid, Ed and Ovid Demaris: The Green Felt Jungle, 1963 Trident Press
- Rocha, Guy, Nevada state historian
- Steadman, Ralph, illustrator of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, By Hunter S. Thompson
- Titus, Sen. Dina, D-Las Vegas, interview about atomic weapons experiments at the Nevada Test Site
- Thompson, Hunter S.: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, 1971 Random House, Inc.
- Wilkerson III, W.R.: The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, 2000 Ciro’s Books