Stan Mallin, a Las Vegas hotel and casino developer who was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2019, died on Saturday night, according to his wife, Sandra Mallin. He was 98.
A pioneer in the Las Vegas hotel scene, Stan Mallin met his longtime business partner Jay Sarno when the two were college roommates. After serving in the army, he and Sarno visited Las Vegas on a “junket,” Sandra Mallin told the Review-Journal on Sunday.
“They were shocked that there were no hotels and upscale stuff,” she said. “And they had this vision of creating something.” The two would create Caesars Palace in 1966.
