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Casino Mogul Hosts Wounded Soldiers In Vegas

cbsnews.com — The soldiers-turned-high rollers took a private jet to Las Vegas over the weekend for an all-expenses-paid getaway with all the perks normally saved for casinos' richest regulars. They were greeted at the airport by Wayne Newton, chilled backstage with the guys from Blue Man Group and hobnobbed with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul

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  • vault, on 05/26/2008, -1/+10Very nice gesture apart from subjecting the soldiers to Wayne Newton.
    • Stevanoski, on 05/26/2008, -1/+10lol,

      almost teared up when the young man told the flower lady "they didn't have money for that"
  • elleigh2, on 05/27/2008, -1/+9What a wonderful gesture! God Bless them!
  • Qong, on 05/27/2008, -1/+6That's a fine story.

    That is definitely a good and honest act by Mr. Adelson. It's interesting that the AFF spokesperson said that there would be many more trips to come, and that Adelson wanted to offer the same thing to every veteran admitted to both of the hospitals. It really is a nice gesture.
  • DWalla, on 05/27/2008, -1/+3When I lived in Vegas I met Sheldon Adelson... he's a great guy.
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