As of 01/01/2017 marijuana will be legal. My question is will be legal to smoke weed in a hotel-casino if you request a smoking room?

How did MGM come to acquire Steve Wynn's Bellagio, Mirage, Treasure Island and Monte Carlo hotel-casinos? Did he willfully sell these to MGM? Could you please related the full story on how this came to be?

Considering the apparent problems SLS continues to have establishing itself in the market, can we speculate that maybe tearing down the Stardust was a mistake? Outside of a smaller buffet size, what was really wrong with the old place? (Wayne Newton's act doesn't count.) Was it falling apart or just plain old? We never stayed there but did gamble there, a little.

Are there any new plans for the shrink-wrapped steel structure in front of the Venetian?

The Lucky Dragon is opening December 3. I heard it was an Asian-oriented casino. Any truth to that? I was also wondering where it is located and if there are any pictures of the casino, restaurants, floor, etc.?

I have visited Las Vegas since 1969 and moved there in 2004, now living in Pahrump since 2009. I mention all these dates for a reason. I recently explored the downtown streets in Las Vegas, searching for a business that I no longer found in the phone book but did exist when I moved to Las Vegas. I was dismayed at the state of the downtown businesses, many closed and in disarray, littered with homeless. It all seems ripe for cheap realty acquisition and renovation of downtown casino businesses. Has all hope abandoned Las Vegas or is there some positive future in the works?

Certainly there have been several false starts, but what would you project the north Strip area (from Wynn to Stratosphere) will have available five or so years from now? Or will it continue to be basically a blight -- one abandoned construction project after another?

Do any Las Vegas buffets take reservations?

What effect, if any, do you feel the outcome of the presidential election will have on the gambling industry in Nevada? Do you see the run up to the election as a good time or a bad time to invest in casino stock?

I was reading David McKee's column about the Moulin Rouge and how so many in the Las Vegas area love the idea of bringing it back but no one will commit the cash because the original is in a bad area. Why not pitch to Derek Stevens the idea of bringing back the Moulin Rouge at the Las Vegas Club downtown?