Dreaming

Another odd dream; this time it was all about casinos. And I can’t remember the story line for the dream, as usual. Perhaps the dream came about because of the news I read the other day; Harrah’s, the giant name in the gaming industry is changing that name to Caesar’s blah blah something Inc. So there it is. The Harrah name is gone.

But, how many people, today, know that Harrah was the name of a man? William Harrah was still alive when we moved to Janesville and I began working in Reno. And working on new Harrah’s casinos.

Memory: We had a chance to see his famed automobile collection before it was broken up and sold to pay taxes. (There’s still a collection of cars in Reno, the National Automobile Museum, but it’s only a shadow of the original.) When we took the kids to Sparks, where the museum was located in approximately 5 giant warehouses, we only made it through 3 of the warehouses before our children made it quite clear that they had seen enough cars for the day…or the year, or forever! We were always going to go back.

After he died, the casinos and hotels were sold to the Holiday Corporation. (Holiday Inn) Many owners later, the name really has no connection to the man and they might as well change it. He would have been embarrassed by the current owners anyway.