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Posted At : April 21, 2008 04:36 PM | Posted By : D McKee
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... and, no, it isn't that I perform anatomical impossibilities on myself.
Rather, one of LVA's faithful "Question of the Day" readers suggests we run a poll or forum topic (or maybe both) on niggling little subtractions from Vegas casino floors which might save a few bucks on the bottom line but which detract from the guest-service experience -- traditionally one of the casino industry's strongest links.
Such false economies could include the closing of the Las Vegas Club's sports book, the reported removal of the shoeshine stand from the Gold Coast, Harrah's Entertainment's cessation of single-copy sales of the Las Vegas Review-Journal (Steve Friess reports that Harrah's may done a lot more than that) or the Tropicana's ... well, you could fill a whole column with what the Tropicana has discontinued (seven things occur to me off the top of my head).
Any other suggestions? My personal peeve is the closing of the IMAX theater at Luxor, a place where I dropped a fair amount of $$. Given the number of movies in rotation at any point, repeat visits were an absolute must. Now it will give way to two funerary exhibits (Titanic and Bodies) for which one visit apiece is probably sufficient.* It may be the more remunerative course for Luxor to take, but it blows all the same.
* -- One visit to Bodies would actually be one too many for me, but others find it less ghoulish and more fascinating.
Komodo Dragons at Mandalay Bay! Well, one Komodo Dragon. But one is a 100% improvement on none. Besides, if you dropped off your tax forms at M'Bay on April 15, you got free Shark Reef tix, which are good through June 30 ... meaning that you've got 11 days to see Mr. Dragon gratis, from his June 20 debut onwards.
That's all for today. Not that there isn't a ton of news worth reporting (the Adelson vs. Richard Suen throwdown, the ongoing OSHA controversy, more Columbia Sussex craziness, just for starters) but other responsibilities at LVA take priority at the moment. But that means expanded LasVegasAdvisor.com content will be yours sooner rather than later.
I miss the $2.99 steak and egg specials that were big when I moved here back in '96. That first year I was here the Rio offered this special, and they sweetened the pot by offering unlimited pancakes. People who really know me well will tell you that pancakes are one of my favorite food items, so this special was a college kid's dream come true. The Luxor also offered the $2.99 steak and egg special. Alas, the $2.99 steak and egg special has largely gone the way of the dinosaur.
I totally agree with your comments about the Imax at Luxor. I don't understand why a property would take out a venue with a constant stream of new content (including more and more Hollywood "blockbusters") and replace it with two exhibits that, as you said, can be checked off a visitor's to-do list after one visit. Is the box office take and traffic flow really that bad with the Imax theater?
They always seem to have a couple of dozen people per IMAX showing.
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