December 2000. Shuffling into the sumptuous office of the larger than life mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar B Goodman, a cigar-chomping good ol' boy, was an assortment of the best that Blackpool had to offer ...
Trevor Hemmings, businessman who bought Blackpool Tower, owned three Grand National winners and saved Preston North End – obituary A protégé of Fred Pontin, he became a billionaire with a property and ...
Britain's biggest seaside resort has mixed feelings about becoming the Las Vegas of the UK. While business leaders and leisure bosses in Blackpool are eager to embrace plans for casino hotels and £1m ...