Caesars is spending in excess of $500 million on the Linq project and is now eyeing Toronto as a potential site for a new resort. My question is, with all this new building going on why did they let the Margaritaville Hotel & Casino project die in Biloxi? After four years it is still just a huge slab of concrete on the beach. Grand Biloxi is a poor substitute and does about half the business of the Beau Rivage or Hard Rock (just one mile down the road) on a normal weekend.

I have been coming to Las Vegas 3-4 times a year for 20 years and avoid the Strip at all costs. I like to stay at the locals casinos (South Point, Stations, Ellis Island, etc.) Are there any stats on how many out-of-towners do as I do?

Your QOD of May 17 spoke to the impact of the new Ohio casinos in Detroit. However, the new casino in Cincinnati may have a bigger impact on the Indiana casino business as there are like two or three casinos within minutes of Cincinnati. Wouldn't Indiana feel a greater impact?

Now that pool season has begun, is there a health code regarding bringing your own food, snacks, soda, water, etc. into a pool area? Friends of ours were staying at Tahiti Village (time-share) last week and were not allowed to take snacks, soda, water into the pool area. Their bags were searched everytime and they could only purchase these items on the premises. They were cited a health code, but it had never happened before. New health code, or a scam?

When I started reading about Vegas I had wanted to go to the Reserve Hotel & Casino, that later became the Fiesta Henderson. I made it out there just after it had changed to FH. The Reserve sign was still in the parking lot and the hotel rooms were still jungle-themed. It seemed like such a cool gimmick. Can you give the history of the Reserve and who owned it.

Just returned from a trip to the Palms. With the pending closure of the Playboy Club, what will happen to the Playboy store at the ground level of the Fantasy Tower? Also, will they be removing the bunny from the Fantasy tower? Has there been any update on what they will turn the club space into? Enjoy all the QODs. Thanks.

I have a bunch of chips I forgot to cash in before I left town. I called the three casinos that I had chips from and two said that it was against the law for them to buy via mail and one said "no problem". Is there a law preventing a casino from buying my chips back through the mail?

I hate to see the old buildings of Vegas go under (especially when it's a "first" of something.) So when I was out the other night taking some shots of the White Cross while I still could, I was wondering if you guys knew anything more about the place, about its past, about what happened, about the future of the building and of Tiffany's? (I'd hate to see Tiffany's go as well...)

There is a lot of speculation that the four new casinos opening in Ohio may cause major losses in revenue for the three Detroit casinos, as the new Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio is only 60 miles from Detroit. What do you think?

My sister and I have been making yearly trips to Las Vegas for seven years now and one of the things we enjoy there is the free show of Big Elvis at Bill's. You recently mentioned that he is moving to Harrah's May 3rd. Will this mean that he is no longer going to be a free show and will everyone with his show make the move as well?