Revivals of any sort―from white Castle hamburgers to the Ford T-Bird―carry a high risk. So what were Timothy Poster and Thomas Bre-itling thinking when they recently agreed to pay $215 million for the Golden Nugget, the oldest continually operating casino in Las Vegas? (The price included a sister establishment in downscale Laugh-lin, Nev.) "There's a cachet and a history behind this property," says Poster, a chain-smoker with a baby face. "And when people realize they're going to get treated better here than anywhere else, they're going to come to the Nugget." You may detect a certain Steve Wyn-nish bravado. The casino proved his ticket to prosperity after he bought it in 1973, and Poster, 35, and Breitling, 34, are hoping some of that gilded sheen rubs off. Poster is planning to move into Wynn's former apartment in the hotel atop the casino, once the Miami Vice decor is gutted.
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