Turnover at Tropicana mob exhibit
Power struggles aren't confined to the content of the Las Vegas Mob Experience. The Tropicana attraction confirmed Tuesday the resignation of managing partner Jay Bloom.
Bloom guided the project, which mixes museum elements with live actors, and did most of the interviews to promote the organized-crime attraction, which opened in March.
But he also has been involved in litigation from the get-go, including a financial dispute with Antoinette Giancana McDonnell, who originally was hired to promote the attraction and is the daughter of famed gangster Sam Giancana.
Bloom's Eagle Group Holdings at one point had twin deals with the Tropicana to manage both the Mob Experience and the casino's main showroom.
Hotel management moved to regain partial control of the showroom this year by contracting singer Gladys Knight directly, rather than through Bloom.
The mob attraction remained open Tuesday, spokesman Spence Johnson said.
Michael Unger, a former Caesars Palace executive, remains as the chief officer of Murder Inc., the company that runs the Tropicana attraction.
In March, the New York firm Strategic Funding promoted the fact that it provided the final $4 million in funding to complete the $14 million attraction.
Bloom's name also was attached to a recent proposal to bring a "Star Wars" museum to the Strip.
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