Category Archives: Cannery Casino Resorts

Mont-blew it; more E-Can; Trump struggling

"Montbleu screwed our pooch." That's the conclusion of Chuck Monster, who chronicles a bait-and-switch at the former Caesars Tahoe. It's now part of the prospering casino fleet that is Columbia Sussex and its "pet friendly" package turned out to be … Continue reading

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E-Can debuts

We got out of the way of the front doors of Eastside Cannery last night just in the nick of time. For all the apprehension about opening new casinos in the current economy (especially when locals' gambling budgets have taken … Continue reading

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Eastside Cannery update

Yesterday, I asked how William Paulos and William Wortman were able to bring in Eastside Cannery (which opens tonight) for 250 million clams — $425 million less than Station Casinos is splurging on Aliante Station. In today’s Sun, Liz Benston … Continue reading

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Durango Station, slightly downsized

Station Casinos has filed its latest set of plans for Durango Station and it looks like they’ve pulled back a bit, although you can judge for yourself. Hotel inventory has been reduced from 1,040 rooms, then 1,000, to 726; the … Continue reading

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Case Bets: Luxor, Excalibur, Cannery East

MGM Mirage has provided a little more insight into just how much it’s doing in terms of spending on renovations to Luxor and Excalibur. “We are spending around $100M in improvements on each of these properties this year, and we … Continue reading

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