I've heard from a very reliable source that the free ride is over for Aria's marketing folks.
It seems that prior to opening, they were given free reign to the entire MGM database; this is why many of us who were in the system got an introductory offer from there.
The honeymoon is now technically over....if you don't gamble a penny there, you're not entitled to any offers. I know this sounds logical but the point is that this explains why people like me who gave them no out of pocket cach were still getting offers.
For those who give a lot of credit to casino marketing departments, try to understand this and explain it to me. I'm already a player in the MGM family....instead of trying to attract players from Ventian/Palazzo, Wynn/Encore and CET, they opt to eat their young and pirate off of their sister properties. Explain to me where this is beneifical to the bottom line? Nope, sorry, but I see things like this and wonder if anyone there took a single marketing or economics class. Amazing....
Dan