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Posted At : September 8, 2008 09:01 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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Contrary to a popular local sentiment, government performs some useful functions -- like monitoring the cleanliness and safety of swimming pools. (Unless you're of the persuasion that your landlord never has anything but your best and highest interests at heart.) Clark County's pool inspectors are subject of a Jason Whited cover story in this week's City Life, in which three Vegas-area casinos play supporting roles.
Yes, casino pools sometimes have to be shut down, although not for reasons that are particularly grotty. The casinos' attitude toward the matter, though, can sometimes be surprisingly flip. Whited's story cites four incidents, including ...
May 6: The pool at Palazzo is closed, partly due to excessive chlorination. Do Las Vegas Sands executives wait for the county to recertify the pool? To borrow a Steve Friess coinage, hell to the no! They just reopened it on their own. When you're bringing the Sands brand to China, Taiwan, Singapore, India and points west, I guess you don't have time to follow the rules back home.
July 10: For similar reasons, New York-New York's pool is closed. Again, not only was the pool reopened without permission but the check for the closure fee bounced (and MGM Mirage is at a loss as to why). Seems the company can borrow billions but can't cover a $348 check. Bizarre.
July 18: Red Rock Resort's Backyard Pool is discovered operating without lifeguards on duty. Sure, people come here to gamble, but probably not to the extent of wagering their lives.
At least MGM Mirage faced the music when City Life came calling. Sands and Station Casinos dove under the table. The latter can at least brag that Red Rock made LVA's Cool Pools list, while NY-NY and Palazzo didn't.
If the trade of Brett Favre to the NY Jets was sufficiently earth-shaking to get Jets betting lines temporarily pulled off of Vegas sportsbooks, I can only imagine what disorder is running rampant today. The torn ACL suffered by Tom Brady has kicked a season's worth of prognostication into a tricorn hat. That sound you hear is reams of exhaustive analyses going clear out the window.
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