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McCarran Airport (Las Vegas) to be renamed for former Senator Harry Reid (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2021
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NameAlreadyTaken
(2,271 posts)1. That will piss off every Republican in Nevada
They still hate Reid with a passion. There is still a sign in Tonopah that says, "Will Rogers never met Harry Reid." They never took it down and never will.
panader0
(25,816 posts)4. Too bad about Tonopah.
I've been through there several times, staying once at the Mizpah and gambling late into the
night. It was said that Jack Dempsey was a bouncer there after he quit boxing.
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,271 posts)5. The Mizpah is beautiful and there is a
"Jack Dempsey Room" for private banquets or parties. If you are there again look along the walls in that area for framed checks signed by the stars.
babylonsister
(172,656 posts)2. Really nice, especially to know he's
alive to appreciate it.
Leith
(7,864 posts)3. Good!
If rethugs don't like it, they can do like I did when Washington National Airport was named for their dementia god - use the old name or call it Las Vegas International Airport.
