Another quiet evening on the Strip; Big noise in Atlantic City

You might call it “UFC Smackdown”: Police were summoned to Wynncore in the pre-dawn hours of last Saturday to break up the proverbial “domestic disturbance.” Former Playboy model and current UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste (née Arianna Lopez) and boyfriend Praveen Chandra (who, whatever else he may be guilty of, is culpable of having the ‘douchebag’ look down pat) went 15 rounds with each other. Just the thing by which you want to be awakened at 4:30 a.m., no? If UFC owners Frank (III) & Lorenzo Fertitta were chagrined that one of their highest-profile employees was passing over Station Casinos‘ hotels in favor of a Wynn Resorts property, that sentiment surely turned to relief as soon as they realized that the ensuing PR problem is Marilyn Winn-Spiegel‘s headache and not theirs.

Ka-ching! Hotels and other businesses in Atlantic City are reporting “extraordinary” revenue increases over Memorial Day weekend. For instance, room revs at Resorts Atlantic City leapt 50%(!). Strangely, the opening of Revel gets only a parenthetical mention, although its opening festivities — four Beyoncé concerts included — would have been an obvious tourist draw.