Sam Nazarian Wire

Sam Nazarian wants "to shed his party boy image and become a Vegas mogul, hoping to parlay his success in L.A.'s fiercely competitive club scene into the cutthroat world of casinos." Check out this interview with Nazarian that covers his move to convert the old Sahara into his biggest SLS hotel yet. "He says his aim is to take the legacy of the Sahara — the Rat Pack haunt synonymous with Sixties cool — and update it for today's legions of glitzy clubbers and gamblers." [LA Times]