As a customer who has lost money on every visit to Las Vegas, I wonder: How do casinos fail?

Is there any chance of a timeshare condo or extended stay hotel taking the place of the recently closed downtown properties on Fremont Street?

After seeing recently that Monte Carlo is being remodeled, I was wondering if this is a complete remodel of both hotel and casino and when the estimated completion date will be? I have a trip to Vegas planned for November.

Which casino had a margarita fountain?

The history and future of Las Vegas' convention facilities and event areas, Part II.

Is the concert and convention "pie" big enough for everybody? Certainly some off-Strip venues, like Boyd Arena and UNLV will suffer. Rodeos are now moving to T-Mobile next month. This latest proposal from Sands is for a 17,500-capacity concert hall? And there are new proposals from Wynn? Good grief!

You recently wrote that property taxes are being paid on the stagnant Fountainebleu. Since Carl Icahn purchased the property in 2010 and he's trying to sell it, how much has he paid so far in property taxes?

I recently saw on "Pawn Stars" the D casino was selling their Sigma Derby game (my all-time favorite machine -- I used to stay up all night at the Stardust back in the '80s playing it). On the show, Rick's expert appraised it for $35,000 to $40,000, so did they make a deal or not? And if it's gone from the D, are there any other casinos in Las Vegas that still have a Sigma Derby machine?

You’ve recently been talking about the history of hotel themes, including MGM Grand, with the Wizard of Oz and all. Do you have any information you can share about the "kidnapping" of Toto from the former Emerald City in the casino, and his subsequent return?

The themed era in Vegas is often regarded as a bust but wasn't that period one of the most profitable? Isn't this the time when visitation was at its highest and gross revenues at near all time highs? It seems to me that once the removal of all the themes started is when everything tanked.