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...Stays in Vegas

We all know that what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there, thanks to the creative slogan penned by聽Jason Hoff聽(Jour鈥�00) and a colleague.

In early 2003 the tagline 鈥淲hat Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas鈥� was introduced to the public at the forefront of a new campaign from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority aimed at revitalizing the city鈥檚 image of adult freedom. Hoff and co-worker Jeff Candido at the advertising firm R&R Partners came up with the now-famous concept separately.

鈥淲e often do that as creatives,鈥� Hoff says. 鈥淲e go off on our own and come up with stuff, then come together and talk about it. This time we both had basically the same idea, with some variation. So we knew it was strong.鈥�

The pair presented their tagline and wrote many alternate ways to express the idea, such as 鈥渁nything goes鈥� or 鈥測ou never know,鈥� but the original 鈥淲hat Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas鈥� remained the favorite.

The campaign is still in use today, and the tagline earned a permanent place on New York鈥檚 Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame in 2011.

鈥淚 still hear celebrities using it, movies using it,鈥� says Hoff, creative director of digital integration at the advertising and marketing agency Grey Group. 鈥淚 feel proud to hear it being used and adapted. But the most interesting thing to see now is how tourists actually believe it when they go to Las Vegas.鈥�

Despite its roaring success, Hoff says the tagline hasn鈥檛 defined his career.

鈥淏elieve it or not, in advertising most people don鈥檛 care about something they did 10 years ago,鈥� he says. 鈥淏ut every now and then it鈥檚 brought up in a meeting, and it鈥檚 usually a meeting stopper. I鈥檓 asked to tell at least one story.鈥�

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