Shaquille O’Neal Once Convinced an Entire Management That He Had Purchased Their Hotel: “Everyone Believed It!”
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 23: Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal laughs as he attends the unveiling of the Shaq Courts at the Doolittle Complex donated by Icy Hot and the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation in partnership with the city of Las Vegas on October 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Icy Hot)
Shaquille O’Neal had a successful NBA career spanning 19 years. However, he managed to remain successful even after his retirement through his businesses and investments. His success off the court now comes in the form of endorsements and returns from his past investments.
Shaq has a net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He makes around $60 million every year, even after his retirement, through endorsements. Shaq had an illustrious career and won four NBA championships. That led to an increase in his market value and he is still one of the top celebrities in America.
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Shaquille O’Neal speaks during Pepsi Stronger Together and CTG Foundation Atlanta Law Enforcement on in McDonough, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Pepsi Stronger Together)
Shaq’s celebrity status once led to him fooling an entire hotel’s management that he had bought their hotel. Jimmy Kimmel, in an old episode of the Jimmy Kimmel Show, revealed how Shaq fooled the hotel staff.
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Shaquille O’Neal once fooled an entire hotel’s management that he bought their hotel
Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal once appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. During the show, host Jimmy Kimmel revealed how Shaq once fooled a hotel’s management that he had bought them.
Jimmy Kimmel said, “I’m thinking about you and I were shooting something for one of your shows. And we went across the street to this hotel and we walked in the hotel and of course, people are like ‘oh my god, Shaq is in the hotel”.
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He added, “People were going crazy. They’re like ‘what are you doing here’ and you just told people in a very serious way, ‘I just bought the hotel’. Everyone believed it. Not for one second did they think. They’re like ‘oh wonderful, well, I’m the General Manager. It’s great to meet you’.”
Shaq already owns several properties, and everyone knows that he is capable of buying a few more. The hotel he managed to fool knew that Shaq could pull this off. That’s why they didn’t confirm it once before believing Shaq.
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Shaq has been active in the real estate market for quite some time. He started the O’Neal group that invests in real estate. In fact, he even admitted once that he dreams of owning a billion/year in affordable housing.
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