America 1919

Chapter 1592 - 583: Las Vegas

As Donnie achieved what he desired, he refrained from expressing any further opinions on the New Deal.

The bankers in the United States and Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal once again fell into a tug-of-war.

In response, Donnie no longer paid much attention.

Donnie even left Atlantic City, causing many who came to visit him to find him absent, unaware of his whereabouts.

After inquiries, it was discovered that Donnie had gone to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas, located on the edge of the desert in Nevada, United States, is surrounded by barren stone deserts and gobi terrain. It has a subtropical desert climate, with little rainfall all year, hot summers, cold windswept winters, and large temperature differences between day and night.

In 1931, Nevada passed a bill legalizing gambling.

Las Vegas also became the second city in the United States where gambling was legalized.

However, at that time, it could not be compared with Atlantic City at all.

Because although gambling was legalized in Las Vegas, there were actually no large casinos present there yet.

Naturally, one couldn’t see any sign of the prosperity that would later come.

Walking down Las Vegas Boulevard, Donnie felt the same as when he first arrived in Atlantic City.

A variety of taverns, lodging houses, as well as small casinos...

Tang Fei and his group walked down this street, drawing a lot of attention from people, including some from Las Vegas’ local gangs.

But they only dared to cautiously and secretly observe Donnie and his group before quickly averting their gaze.

All of this was because Donnie and his entourage were too conspicuous, anyone could see that they were important figures.

Accompanying Donnie to Las Vegas were Tyrone Capello and Joachim Lang.

One tall, one short, one fat, one thin, the two stood on either side of Donnie, resembling his loyal guardians.

Besides them, there were also Donnie’s ten-man bodyguard unit and Mackenzie Pop.

"This is where you two will be working in the future, any thoughts?"

Donnie smiled as he spoke to Tyrone Capello and Joachim Lang.

Joachim Lang quipped, "Boss, this place is much poorer than our Atlantic City!"

Donnie burst into laughter; in later times, Las Vegas’ prosperity far outshone Atlantic City.

As Philadelphia became a zombie city, its heavy industry relocated abroad.

Atlantic City’s development began to stagnate and fall behind.

In contrast, Las Vegas flourished and thrived.

However, that was a tale from another timeline.

With Donnie’s presence, Atlantic City would not follow the same path of development as in the original timeline.

But this didn’t mean Las Vegas wouldn’t continue to become Las Vegas.

"After the legalization of gambling in Las Vegas, I sent people over to buy land. Now at least half of Las Vegas’ land belongs to us.

But the most important thing is the gambling industry here, I believe Las Vegas will one day become a city no less than Atlantic City in this regard.

Moving you two here is also hoping that you can utilize your strengths.

I can allow other casinos here, but no casino can compare with our own!"

As the largest gambling tycoon in the United States, Donnie naturally would not overlook Las Vegas.

However, the situation in Las Vegas is different from that in Atlantic City.

New Jersey is Donnie’s own territory, where he can implement a gambling license system in Atlantic City.

But Nevada is different; Donnie’s influence here is limited.

He couldn’t get them to adopt a gambling license system, nor did the Las Vegas city government want such a system.

They wanted competition.

Because they believed that only competition could bring about greater development.

So Donnie changed his strategy, and after Las Vegas became Casino City, he had Mackenzie Pop send people to buy land in Las Vegas.

Now Las Vegas has seen the initial success of its casino scale, attracting many celebrities from Los Angeles...

The distance between Los Angeles and Las Vegas is over 400 kilometers, much closer than to Atlantic City.

However, the dissatisfaction among the celebrities from Los Angeles was because there were no large casinos that could match their status.

Donnie had actually considered who to send to Las Vegas.

Initially, Donnie thought of Nate Sermont, as Nate Sermont had been responsible for all gambling businesses in Atlantic City.

But then Donnie abandoned this idea.

Firstly, Atlantic City’s gambling business couldn’t manage without Nate Sermont.

Secondly, Nate Sermont’s personality suited maintaining the status quo rather than expanding territory.

Then Donnie thought of John Block.

But he quickly gave up on that idea. Donnie wanted to develop Las Vegas into a second Atlantic City.

Not turn Las Vegas into a battlefield.

After much consideration, Donnie finally decided to let Tyrone Capello and Joachim Lang handle part of the business in Las Vegas, and as for the other part of the person in charge, they would arrive soon!

Tyrone Capello and Joachim Lang, one calm, one dynamic, one adept at planning, the other suitable for leading charges.

And they had worked together quite well when in Atlantic City.

"Don’t worry, Boss. With the two of us here, other casinos are nothing but ’little brothers’!"

Joachim Lang said confidently.