![]() Two years later, Valley Bank's Perry Thomas loaned Stupak a million dollars to build the original Vegas World on the site of the former gambling museum. ![]() On May 21, an air conditioner caught fire and the building burned down. "The name was about 10 ft (3.0 m) longer than the casino", Stupak recalled years later. On March 31, 1974, Bob Stupak's World Famous Historic Gambling Museum opened. Stupak bought a 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) parcel north of Sahara Avenue at Las Vegas Boulevard South. He created a cowgirl sign named Vegas Vicki to match the Vegas Vic sign at the Pioneer Club. ![]() ![]() He bought the Vault casino in downtown and changed its name to Glitter Gulch. ![]()
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