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Photograph of Frank Sinatra in a space helmet with Jack Entratter, Las Vegas, circa 1957
Frank Sinatra, on the left in a space helmet, with Jack Entratter. The "Sandsnik" image in the photograph is a spoof of the Sputnik 1 satellite, launched in October 1957.
>Jack Entratter
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Jack Entratter (February 28, 1914 – March 11, 1971), nicknamed "Mr. Entertainment", was an American business executive. He is best known for management positions at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City in the 1940s and early 1950s, and at the iconic Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from the early 1950s. He is closely associated with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the history of Las Vegas.[1][2]
Biography
Entratter (second from left)
Born to a Jewish family,[3][4] Entratter began working in the French Casino in Miami as a reservation clerk[5] as a teenager.[6] He later worked as a bouncer at the Stork Club in New York City in the 1930s. In 1940, he was appointed as an assistant to Jules Podell at the Copacabana nightclub,[7] and was later general manager of the club.[8][9] By 1949, he had a controlling interest in the nightclub,[6] and he was still at the club in July 1952.[10]
Sands Hotel and Casino
Entratter became general manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas when it opened in December 1952.[6] At the time, it was the most luxurious hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and among the world's best hotels.[8] Entratter made many show business friends during his time as a manager at the Copacabana, where he gained renown for his smoothness in dealing with its performers and patrons. [11] He was able to use these connections to sign performers for the Copa Room at the Sands, a nightclub that he built especially for Sinatra.[2] Entratter offered entertainers an additional incentive to perform at the Sands. Headlining stars received "points", or a percentage of ownership in the hotel and casino.[12] Entratter's personally selected "Copa Girls" wore $12,000 worth of costumes on the hotel's opening night (equivalent to $138,000 in 2023). This surpassed the salary of the Copa Room's star, Danny Thomas.[5]
Due to the American Mafia involvement in the development of Las Vegas, Entratter was associated with mobsters such as Meyer Lansky and Hyman Abrams in the financing of the Sands,[13] which he ran with Carl Cohen, who was its entertainment director and vice president.[14] Nancy Sinatra wrote in her 1986 autobiography: "Sands was the place. Jack Entratter, Nick Kelly, Carl Cohen, they were quite a team. They knew what talent to book, what food to serve. They also knew how to be generous, and they weren't afraid to be. There were always free drinks for the gamblers".[15] Entratter was still the manager of the Sands in 1966 when Sinatra's live album, Sinatra at the Sands, was recorded, as during the "Tea Break" Sinatra mentioned that Entratter had told him that many of the hotel suites of the new hotel block being built at the time would be given names to glamorize it, including the Danny Thomas, Red Skelton, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis suites.[16]
Entratter died in Las Vegas on March 11, 1971, after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
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Photograph of John F. Kennedy and Jack Entratter, Las Vegas, circa 1961
Date
1961
Description
An image of President John F. Kennedy (left) with Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel.
Digital ID
pho000134
Physical Identifier
0287_0313
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Photograph of Hugh M. Hefner and Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, December 31, 1968
Creator: Las Vegas News Bureau
Date
1968-12-31
Description
Hugh M. Hefner (left), the editor and publisher of "Playboy Magazine," with Jack Entratter (right) at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Printed across the bottom of the image: "Hugh M. Hefner, editor and publisher of Playboy Magazine. (left) pix taken @ New Year 1969 (old year) '68." Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Digital ID
pho014131
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The Magic 300-Mile Circle Map
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The Magic 300-Mile Circle. A map showing Las Vegas as the hub of a 300-mile circle containing the most significant tourist attractions in the southwestern United States.
Digital ID
pho033240
Physical Identifier
0171_0637
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