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Quote of the Day
“Apparently, even the Invisible Hand [of the marketplace] doesn’t want to pick beans.” — Stephen Colbert, on the dynamics that cause our reliance upon migrant labor. His virtuoso performance illustrates how satire can elucidate complex issues better than any amount … Continue reading
Barrack 1, Bankers 0; Criminal stupidity
A skirmish over the fate of the Atlantic City Hilton ended in victory for Colony Capital. A Superior Court judge decided there were too many unresolved issues in the dissolution of Colony’s East Coast casino portfolio to warrant taking the … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, California, Colony Capital, Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Harrah's, Horseracing, International, Lake Tahoe, Marketing, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Mississippi, Neil Bluhm, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sports, Station Casinos, The Strip, Tilman Fertitta, Tourism, Tribal, Wall Street
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11 Lady Gagas … and Phil Hellmuth
If James Bond were hosting a poker tournament it may look like the World Series of Poker Europe,” WSOP commissar Jeffrey Pollack once told Pokerlistings.com. It may. Then again, it may not. If you’re Phil “Hellmouth” Hellmuth and lack a … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Harrah's, International, World Series of Poker
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Quote of the Day
“[N]obody ever said politics was easy, or civil, or respectful. But there’s a certain value in listening to the other side that we should encourage and appreciate.” — Las Vegas CityLife Editor Steve Sebelius, reacting to a fistfight that broke … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Election, Harry Reid, Politics
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Live, naked girls
Every few days brings a story pitch from some long-suffering PR professional. Today’s mail finds this plea on behalf of IAM Corp.: Since the beginning of online gaming, every other market has flocked to Live Dealer Casinos, but the US … Continue reading
Fertitta to rescue A.C. Hilton?
Tilman Fertitta, that is. The Landry’s Restaurants CEO has sussed out a bargain on the Boardwalk, in the form of the unprofitable Atlantic City Hilton. No doubt Fertitta’s interest has not a little something to do with the fact that … Continue reading
“Osmopo”
Oh, to have a functioning digital camera once again! But I digress … If you can, get on down to the Las Vegas Strip today, where letters have been affixed to the roof of Cosmopolitan‘s east tower (left). It looks … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cosmopolitan, Current, The Strip
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Leaving Liberace
This is a cruel year for Nevada. Vision-care and dental programs for the elderly are being cut back, funding for treatment of problem gambling is in short supply, entire degree programs (you read that right) at UNLV are being eliminated … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Entertainment, history, TV
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Desperate times
They call for desperate measures, it’s said. MGM Resorts International has just rolled out a heckuva bargain play. If you can afford a two-night stay at Aria or Vdara between Sept. 24 and Dec. 23, and you can find a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, CityCenter, Columbia Sussex, Cretins, Current, Lake Tahoe, Macau, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Planet Hollywood, Tamares Group, The Strip, Tourism, Tribal
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Snooki Nation
Like it or not, this is the new Las Vegas, folks. If you don’t want to be trampled by the douchebagerie, you probably shouldn’t come here. Last night, Encore‘s casino floor and hallway looked like a Jersey Shores casting call. … Continue reading
Posted in Cretins, Current, Election, Encore, Entertainment, Harrah's, Morgans Hotel Group, Regulation, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism
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Plaza postscript; exit Liberace; Teller spooks!
One of my conjectures in regard to yesterday’s disclosure that the Plaza Hotel was tentatively scheduled to be sold at foreclosure auction on Oct. 1 was that a postponement of the auction from Sept. 1 betokened an in-progress renegotiation of … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Harrah's, history, Regulation, The Strip
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The Plaza’s $56 million question
Back in 2005, Mayor Oscar Goodman told a reporter — that’d be me — with “a local business publication,” formerly known as the Las Vegas Business Press — that he hoped to see the Plaza Hotel imploded to make room … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Oscar Goodman, Tamares Group
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Quote of the Day
“If you don’t hold us accountable, we’ll do some real bad things in Washington, D.C.” — casino heir and swinger Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), pleading to be saved from himself. Who knew Foggy Bottom was the real Sin City?
Posted in Current, Election
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Tamares’ Memorial Day Massacre
Four hundred Las Vegans will find themselves pink-slipped by Tamares Group, whose latest bequest to downtown will be an Armistice Day closure of most of the Plaza, its showroom and certain portions of the casino floor excepted. If the tenure … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Current, Dining, Downtown, Economy, Tamares Group, Tilman Fertitta
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Would you buy a used casino from this man?
Donald Trump has even more reason to scowl and squint today. His old buddy Richard Fields — to my complete non-surprise — walked away from his interminably protracted attempt to buy Trump Marina at ever-lower prices. (He’s got a point: … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Current, Dennis Gomes, Donald Trump, Economy, Harrah's, MGM Mirage
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Singapore keeps on booming; Kudos to WMS, Golden Gaming
While it’s still a stretch that Sheldon Adelson is going to bank an annual $1 billion profit on Marina Bay Sands, as he predicts, he’s making money hand over fist there anyway. J.P. Morgan analysts say Marina Bay is on … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Current, Downtown, Economy, Golden Gaming, Marketing, Morgans Hotel Group, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Technology, Wall Street, WMS Industries
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Harrah’s does it again (and again … and again)
Hey, Gary Loveman, don’t let the doorknob hit you in the butt as you skedaddle out of Kansas for the second time. Ever-fickle, Harrah’s Entertainment turned tail and ran from the Sunflower State on the very date its Wichita-area proposal … Continue reading
Western Passage & the new Rat (Rod) Pack
Let’s try this again … Today’s guest blog hails from the keyboard of reader Jeff_in_OKC who recently paid not one, not two but three (brave man!) visits to the Western Hotel, on the fringe of downtown Las Vegas. The Western … Continue reading
Murren vs. Angle
Taking a moment from fluffing Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren finally pointed out the elephant in the middle of the room, Sharron Angle‘s laughably primitive grasp of economics. (Except Murren used a nicer word than … Continue reading
Posted in Cirque du Soleil, CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Current, Economy, Election, Entertainment, MGM Mirage, New York
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