With hotels becoming pet friendly, are there any established policies about pets that are not service animals on the casino floor? (I have a photo from a couple weeks ago showing two dogs on the casino floor at M. Neither was wearing service animal collars.)

Are there special rooms at "pet-friendly" hotels or do you get whatever room is handed out?

I hear Golden Gate is expanding their casino. When are they starting and how long will it take to expand? And [a different but related question], what can you tell us about the closing of Du Par's at the Golden Gate?

What is Palace Station doing? They are all torn up. Did I miss this in an earlier question?

It seems to me that as the gulf widens between the Strip ripoff casinos and the locals' joints in terms of price and value, the latter might be missing out in terms of not marketing to out-of-towners. A weekend at South Point, Orleans, Red Rock, etc. will provide a visitor with all the standard Vegas amenities and gambling opportunities, but costs several hundred dollars less than a stay on the Strip. So why aren't the locals' casinos trying to pull in the tourists?

Why is Binion's hotel tower empty?

Have you heard any news on Caesars bankruptcy? Have any casinos been closed or sold?

I seem to recall that Carl Icahn was given a deadline of August or September to cover up his his Strip monstrosity [Fontainebleau] to make it less dreadful. The deadline has come and gone without any sign of anything happening. What gives?

You said [in the November 25 QoD] MGM only sold one of the former Mirage resorts [Treasure Island], but what about the Golden Nugget? I'm pretty sure that was included in the MGM sale and was sold within four or five years of the original transaction.

Concerning the QoD on December 8 [about casinos aimed specifically at a Latino market]. My wife and I make the drive from Fresno to Las Vegas twice a year and we like to go through Death Valley. We often pass by a big sign for El Sueño, in Beatty, Nevada, and wonder about it. It appears to be an abandoned casino project. Was that aimed at Hispanics?