{"id":2215,"date":"2016-07-12T23:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T23:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=2215"},"modified":"2016-07-12T23:52:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T23:52:01","slug":"venetian-theater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/venetian-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that my old school friend, David Gross, has a connection to the Venetian Theater through his grandfather, George P. Gross, who was the manager there. David says, &#8220;Used to spend weekends with my Grandpa George P. Gross at his theater the Venetian growing up. Many a time digging through the posters, orchestra pit and backstage playing hide and seek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2217\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/David_Gross_Grandfather_and_3_stooges_13681778_10209900323724681_1904742205_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/David_Gross_Grandfather_and_3_stooges_13681778_10209900323724681_1904742205_o-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Three Stooges with the manager of the Venetian Theater, George P. Gross.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/David_Gross_Grandfather_and_3_stooges_13681778_10209900323724681_1904742205_o-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/David_Gross_Grandfather_and_3_stooges_13681778_10209900323724681_1904742205_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/David_Gross_Grandfather_and_3_stooges_13681778_10209900323724681_1904742205_o.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Three Stooges with the manager of the Venetian Theater, George P. Gross.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2219\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13649714_10209900739855084_941735824_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2219\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13649714_10209900739855084_941735824_n-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cane used in vaudeville routines at the Venetian from David Gross&#039;s collection\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13649714_10209900739855084_941735824_n-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13649714_10209900739855084_941735824_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cane used in vaudeville routines at the Venetian from David Gross&#8217;s collection<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13650457_10209900743215168_1136982803_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13650457_10209900743215168_1136982803_n-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"vaudeville_cane_13650457_10209900743215168_1136982803_n\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13650457_10209900743215168_1136982803_n-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaudeville_cane_13650457_10209900743215168_1136982803_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that my old school friend, David Gross, has a connection to the Venetian Theater through his grandfather, George P. 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