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Category Archives: Current
Smashing concept at Palms; Strike vote today
Station Casinos is firing up the marketing machine for the rollout of its $620 million re-do of the Palms. The new ad campaign is branded “From Dust to Gold” and is heavy on the smashing of glitzy objects. Whether gleeful … Continue reading
Posted in Culinary Union, Current, Economy, George Maloof, history, Internet gambling, LVCVA, Marketing, Mississippi, Sports, Station Casinos, The Strip
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Culinary girds for battle; Let’s get it on
Collective-bargaining-agreement talks between the Culinary Union and 34 casinos must not be going well. The Culinary fired off an e-mail blast yesterday, publicizing the fact that it will hold a strike vote May 22 and, should it pass, will hit … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmopolitan, Culinary Union, Current, Dining, Downtown, Entertainment, Florida, Harrah's, history, MGM Mirage, Politics, Seminole Tribe, Sexual misconduct, Taxes, The Strip
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On vacation
There will be considerably less blogohrrea this week, since I’m in the great state of Florida, learning how to snorkel. (If all goes well, I’ll fill you in on the details later.) At the moment, I’m in Jacksonville, overlooking the … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Election, Florida, Hard Rock International, Politics, Seminole Tribe
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Quote of the Day
“Since you can’t take it with you the IRS removes the temptation.” — quip on the marquee of a Methodist church in Augusta, Georgia.
Quote of the Day
“In the case of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, curing existing patients also decreases the number of carriers able to transmit the virus to new patients, thus the incident pool also declines … Where an incident pool remains stable … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Goldman Sachs
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Interruption in programming
Just minutes ago, I found myself lying on the kitchen floor, surrounded by the shattered remnants of a Stewie Griffin drinking glass. I’d had a momentary blackout and, had my loving wife not been home, perhaps it could have been … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day
“As a senator, I spent a lot of my time and effort on mental health issues. There is no question that the shooter in Parkland is, like the perpetrators of all these mass killings, deeply troubled; and in this particular … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day
“Everyday young children are being dropped off at schools that are wide-open, soft targets for people bent on mass murder. In every community in America … they must come together to implement the very best strategy to harden our schools, including … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Law enforcement
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Quote of the Day
“I have so much to do that I am going to bed.” — old Savoyard saying. It’s how I feel when I have a fibromyalgia attack, as was the case today.
Georgia on my mind
Full disclosure time: Yesterday, I referred to Las Vegas as “here,” on the presumption that Sin City is as much a state of mind as a city in Nevada. However, since October 2016 S&G has been headquartered in the solarium … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Georgia, Harrah's, Nevada, Wall Street
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Cold January in Atlantic City, Pennsylvania; Bull runs rampant in Vegas
Just when everything seemed settled into a comfortable groove in Atlantic City, January revenues fell off the table, down 12.5%. The silver lining, if it qualifies as that, was that online revenues ($22 million) climbed 17%. Golden Nugget, with 33% … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Culinary Union, Current, Dan Gilbert, Detroit, Economy, Eldorado Resorts, Greenwood Racing, Harrah's, Internet gambling, Isle of Capri, MGM Mirage, Mohegan Sun, Neil Bluhm, North Las Vegas, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Sheldon Adelson, Station Casinos, Tilman Fertitta, Tropicana Entertainment
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Wynn: “The End of an Era”
That’s how Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli headlined his investor note alerting stockholders to the news that Wynn Resorts CEO/Chairman Steve Wynn has opted to step down. One can only speculate, but Carrie Geer Thevenot‘s long-buried Las Vegas Review-Journal report … Continue reading
Posted in Current, George Maloof, history, Macau, Massachusetts, Nevada, Regulation, Sexual misconduct, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Wall Street
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Steve Wynn: Time’s up
Yesterday, the penny dropped on Steve Wynn, as multiple reports of sexual predation made the news. According to the Wall Street Journal, we’re not talking about one or two accusers but “dozens,” over a period of decades. Without diminishing the … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“On January 12, 2018, Governor Sandoval’s Office announced that Becky Harris would fill the vacant position of chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. I applaud Governor Sandoval for making this decision and suggest it is a nice start, but … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Nevada, Regulation
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Quote of the Day
“There is no ambiguity here. This is an underlying principle of our democracy. We cannot stand silent. We will not allow any president to achieve by intimidation what our Constitution precludes him or her from achieving in court. We need … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Donald Trump
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Rethinking riverboats in Louisiana; Santa hearts Boyd; High and dry
Baton Rouge is one of the markets that hews to the archaic practice of mandating that godless gambling be conducted over water. H2O has remarkable cleansing properties on filthy casino lucre, it seems. At any rate, even though L’Auberge Baton … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Boyd Gaming, Churchill Downs, Current, Economy, Eldorado Resorts, GLPI, Greenwood Racing, Internet gambling, Isle of Capri, Louisiana, Macau, Palms, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Sports, Station Casinos, Taxes, Tilman Fertitta, Tropicana Entertainment, Wall Street
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Wynn’s new frontier
Wynn Resorts made it official last night: It had paid just under $335 million for the old New Frontier site, which it is taking over from James Packer. The deal makes a fool of Packer, who paid $570 million for … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Cretins, Current, Dan Gilbert, Detroit, Donald Trump, Florida, Genting, Hard Rock International, James Packer, Lucky Dragon, LVCVA, MGM Mirage, Minnesota, Penn National, Phil Ruffin, Riviera, Sports, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tribal, Wall Street
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Enter the Aces; Dan Gilbert, failure
With a breathtaking lack of imagination, MGM Resorts International has settled upon a new name for its almost-as-equally-new WNBA franchise. It will be called — wait for it, folks — the Las Vegas Aces. At least it wasn’t “Las Vegas … Continue reading
A taxing topic … but mostly good for gaming
As the Trump administration’s tax bill heads into the reconciliation process, it could spark a new era of fiscal responsibility. That’s if corporations behave as they are predicted to do in this analysis. It forecasts that, with the slashing of … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, California, Current, Economy, Harrah's, Illinois, Macau, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Nevada, Palms, Pennsylvania, Station Casinos, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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Coming soon to Las Vegas
A fistfight during an Oakland Raiders game? Horrors! Surely you jest! The Aqib Talib–Michael Crabtree slugfest constituted the undercard to a Raiders/Denver Broncos tilt. Las Vegans can look forward to many such fisticuffs a few years hence. (It’ll probably be … Continue reading