A deal @ Vdara

Just as I said, CityCenter is becoming the mid-market epicenter of Las Vegas. Today's mailbag yielded a $129/night offer for Vdara, plus $50 in amenity credits — more evidence of the downward pressure CityCenter is exerting on the Strip. But anything that means greater affordability for John Q. Public is A-OK with S&G. Besides, having bunched as much as 85% of the new room product at the upper end of the market, companies like MGM Mirage were bound to have this come-to-Jesus moment sooner rather than later.