My wife and I travel to Las Vegas two to three times a year, staying 10 to 14 days each trip. We are fans of Station Casinos, having stayed at all of them, but Aliante. I have been following the bankruptcy saga of the Stations brand in the online versions of the LVRJ and the Sun. I have heard nothing since mid-May, after the last forebearance agreement extension. Can you enlighten your loyal readers and Station Casinos patrons on the state of the Stations brand? What does Mr. Curtis see happening with the Station casinos post bankruptcy?

We will be in Las Vegas this weekend and are wondering what casinos will be having fireworks on the Strip.

Do any of the hotels offer free Wi-Fi for staying?

I have a relative with epilepsy who’s just turned 21. He wants someone to help him gamble at table games and wondered if the casinos provided such help or if someone could be hired to help?

Who is Carl Icahn and what does it mean for the Tropicana Atlantic City if he gains control of it?

Who owns the O’Shea’s casino?

We will be driving to Laughlin from Vegas on our next trip and after reading your answers to questions on how Laughlin was started and the drive to Reno, we are wondering if there is a drive to Laughlin from Vegas where it would have interesting places like you described in the Reno drive. Does the drive to Laughlin have any worthwhile places to stop or are there any alternate routes, even with more miles, that one could enjoy. I know the distance is only 1/4 of the Reno trip, but we would like to take advantage all Nevada has to offer.

I just saw a review for a band called The Mapes. Did it get its name from a hotel in Reno?

Why doesn't Hard Rock let me take alcohol into the hotel room? There is a guard watching for violators.

Over the past couple of years a number of condo/condo-hotels have opened on or near the Strip: Allure (428 units), Boca Raton (756), Juhl (341), Loft 5 (168), Panorama Towers (600), Turnberry Place (636), Platinum (255), MGM Signature (1,728), Palms Place (599), Trump International (1,282). These (there may be others) total 7,293 condos. Yet to come in the next or two are some additional thousands at CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Planet Hollywood, and others. Considering the current real estate market, how have the sales gone for the projects already open? Are many in foreclosure? Were many deposits (made several years ago when prices were still escalating) forefeited?