SWC75
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8/26/56 Del Webb and Dan Topping, owners of the New York Yankees. They are the first guests.
Webb made his fortune in home construction after the war and wound up building casinos. he's in the "Gaming Hall of Fame", per Wikipedia. I didn't know there was one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Webb
Dan Topping was heir to a fortune based on the tin industry. He and Webb bought the Yankees from Jacob Ruppert in 1945 and sold them to CBS in 1964, so they owned the team through the period of their greatest success.
Webb made his fortune in home construction after the war and wound up building casinos. he's in the "Gaming Hall of Fame", per Wikipedia. I didn't know there was one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Webb
Dan Topping was heir to a fortune based on the tin industry. He and Webb bought the Yankees from Jacob Ruppert in 1945 and sold them to CBS in 1964, so they owned the team through the period of their greatest success.