WOW! You guys have opened up a lot of old time memories here.
The Tanny's and some of the old time wrestlers used to spend daylight hours on Waikiki Beach directly behind the Outrrigger Hotel, so I would pass by and say "Aloha" to them whenever I ran the beach which was just about every day because I lived about 100 yeard from the famous spot.
I have some stories to pass on about those good old Waikiki beach days but not enough time right now.
And... MB ,,,, I was also a member of AHS when it first opened up in the SF Bay Area but that business didn't last too long. If I recall correctly it was originally owned by a group of old time bodybuilders who ran it into the ground financially and it had to close up.
At that same time, Vic Tanny had the fancy chrome plated place on Market Street in San Francisco and to true best of my knowledge Jack Lalanne had yet to open anything except of his small place in an old building down by the Ferry Building.
I believe that it was Wyn Paris who got his operation open starting with Lalanne's first major operation in the Los Angeles area. That's another interesting story that should be told someplace on this internet.
Do you have more info regarding any of that stuff mentioned above? I bet you knew Wyn.
As I mentioned earlier, I was a good friend of George Eifferman's and that photo taken at the Sahara Hotel in LV brought back some other old time memories.
George's gym was in a small shopping center about half a mile from the Sahara so I think he spent a lot of time there when it was a popular place to be.
Now the SAHARA HOTEL CASINO is the newly upgraded and remodeled SLS Hotel Casino and like all the other Strip Casinos it is having its financial difficulties but should be turing around soon if the economy continues to improve. And something called Rock'n Rio will be going on across the street and that it supposed to be of interest to thousands of Rock Fans.
I'd go see what that's all about but the daily tickets are over $300 and I now have little interest in Rock Groups but some kid by the name of BRUNO MARS will be appearing on opening day along with seven other major rock stars over a multi hour period.
That will help the SLS fill their rooms immensely.
Speaking of LV hotel rooms. I've heard that the cheapest room you can get now is $500 due to the big fine this weekend and if you want a good seat at that fight it will cost you $26,000
and up.
I have been to lots of fights and have always sat within he first three rows ringside (compt) so I'm not willing to spring $26,000 for any fight nowadays and it's hard to believe that anyone is actually shelling out that much money.
What would happen if the fight only lasted one round???!!!!
FUNK, once again, Thanks for the photos. I've known or have met at least 80% of the peeps on those photos. Maybe 90%!!!!
Gotta head out. Thanks you all for all this new input of historical interest for someone .