Courtesy of Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid
“For about twenty-five years Parry Thomas was Eeny, Meeny, Miney, and there was no Mo. If you wanted to build a building, you wanted to build another tower, if you wanted to buy a casino, or if you wanted to get a bankroll loan for working capital, he was the one guy.”
- Steve Wynn
“There’s no one who had a broader view of what Las Vegas could become than Parry, nor is there anyone who had better intentions for the direction the city might go.”
-Elaine Wynn
“Parry asked me once whether I’d ever been in a casino cage. I told him ‘No.’ He said, ‘Good, don’t ever go in the cage. Don’t ever handle the money.’ That advice turned out to be very beneficial to me later on.”
- Robert Maheu, alter ego to Howard Hughes
“I’d put Parry Thomas in the top five in his importance to Las Vegas. He not only put his own reputation on the line; he put the success of his financial institution on the line to help build a city he loved and was committed to.”
- Michael Milken
“Las Vegas was extremely lucky the day that Parry Thomas moved here. He saw to it that we would become a respectable neighborhood.”
- Larry Ruvo
“My father called Parry ‘Wall Street,’ which was a perfect name for him, if you think about it. He was blessed with movie star looks, had a personality and charm that was undeniable, and he was very decisive. He was there to make deals.”
- Jack Binion