Former Mayor Oscar Goodman has been hosting a series of dinner events at his namesake steakhouse at Downtown's Plaza, mostly featuring colorful stories of Vegas past served as a tasty side dish. The next such event has him particularly excited.

"When we got here in 1964 our social lives revolved around two places, and one of those was the Venetian," Goodman says. "Our family probably went once a week, and we saw everyone in town there, from reputed mobsters to elected politicians. I guess there's some similarity between those two."

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