According to the Culinary Union, during Elardi’s ownership of the Frontier, workers held a six-year-long strike that featured a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week picket line.
The strike was reportedly over cuts to compensation and benefits and saw more than 500 workers gather outside the luxury hotel.
The record-breaking protest, reported as the nation’s longest ongoing labor dispute at the time, didn’t end until 1998 when Kansas businessman Phil Ruffin purchased the Frontier.