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Virgin Holidays NewsNew film 'could boost Las Vegas tourism' Virgin Holidays | 16th of April 2008 |  Read or post comments (0) From Virgin Holidays News in Tour Operator News It is hoped that a new movie about a gifted student who picks up the basic strategies of blackjack and then teams up with accomplices to count cards could bolster tourism to Las Vegas.
Keen card sharks may be booking their Virgin Holidays">Virgin Holidays breaks to Las Vegas in a bid to emulate the protagonist of 21, a Columbia Pictures film starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne and Kate Bosworth, according to In Business Las Vegas.
In the film, the team members work as students during the week before taking flights to Las Vegas on the weekend where they make a fortune by gaining the edge on the house in blackjack games.
The movie is based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions.
"We felt that [21] reinforced the theme that you can express your adult freedom when you're in Las Vegas and it depicted the city in a very sophisticated way and that there are many opportunities to do things here," Vince Alberta, of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, commented.
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