-
Recent Posts
- You can’t fix stupid; Good-bad news on the bayou
- If you can’t beat ’em, cheat ’em; Fun & games
- Pennsylvania soggy; Epic fail in North Carolina
- Sibella scandal spreads; Supremes forestall Seminoles
- Atlantic City rebounds; Sibella dumped; NFL suspicions
- MGM limping back; Atlantic City follies; Wall Street Jottings
- On and off the radio
- MGM crippled; Illinois & Indiana report; Bally’s shaky in Chi
- MGM paralyzed; DraftKings debacle; Mount Airy wins
- Bally’s opens, Chicago yawns; MGM, tree murderers
Categories
@Stiffs_Georges
Error: Invalid or expired token.-
Archives
Recent Comments
- Alice Eskandari on Durango Station, slightly downsized
- David McKee on You can’t fix stupid; Good-bad news on the bayou
- American Gaming Guru on You can’t fix stupid; Good-bad news on the bayou
- Ray Lebowski on Sibella scandal spreads; Supremes forestall Seminoles
- David McKee on Sibella scandal spreads; Supremes forestall Seminoles
- Ray Lebowski on Sibella scandal spreads; Supremes forestall Seminoles
- David McKee on MGM crippled; Illinois & Indiana report; Bally’s shaky in Chi
- Paul Shanahan on MGM crippled; Illinois & Indiana report; Bally’s shaky in Chi
- ACGambler on MGM limping back; Atlantic City follies; Wall Street Jottings
- Bob on Bally’s opens, Chicago yawns; MGM, tree murderers
Views
- Sibella scandal spreads; Supremes forestall Seminoles - 56,280 views
- You can’t fix stupid; Good-bad news on the bayou - 56,182 views
- If you can’t beat ’em, cheat ’em; Fun & games - 54,614 views
- Pennsylvania soggy; Epic fail in North Carolina - 55,550 views
- Atlantic City rebounds; Sibella dumped; NFL suspicions - 55,530 views
- Profit vs. investment on the Strip - 1,055,332 views
- Lame nag; Frissora overpaid? - 578,441 views
- The evils of bingo; Wynn’s Aqueduct exit - 90,461 views
- That casino smell - 63,586 views
- Bally’s opens, Chicago yawns; MGM, tree murderers - 58,066 views
- MGM crippled; Illinois & Indiana report; Bally’s shaky in Chi - 57,647 views
- MGM paralyzed; DraftKings debacle; Mount Airy wins - 57,070 views
- MGM limping back; Atlantic City follies; Wall Street Jottings - 56,697 views
Blogroll
Admin.
Category Archives: Dining
Internet gambling hits Jersey high; Hard Rock back to Vegas
April was the worst of months and best of months for New Jersey. Sports books are estimated to have lost out on $450 million in handle while Internet casinos did better than ever, raking in $80 million. “Seeing New Jersey’s retail … Continue reading
MGM’s seven steps; Culinary throws tantrum
Add MGM Resorts International to the roster of Las Vegas companies announcing reopening protocols. (Earth to Caesars Entertainment, come in Caesars … ) The company calls it a “comprehensive, multi-layered approach resulting from months of consultations and guidance from public … Continue reading
Roy Horn, R.I.P.; Tourism on life support
Now every John Q. Public in America knows someone who has died of Covid-19. That someone is erstwhile magician Roy Horn, who died at age 75 of Coronavirus complications. Horn had been involuntarily retired from show business since 2003 when … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Economy, Entertainment, Health, International, Phil Ruffin, Regulation, The Strip, Tourism, Transportation
Comments Off on Roy Horn, R.I.P.; Tourism on life support
Nevada begins reopening sooner than expected
What do brothels and casinos have in common? (Some would say you get screwed in both.) Neither can reopen during Phase One of Gov. Steve Sisolak‘s multi-stage resumption of business as usual in Nevada, starting tomorrow. Most of the continuing closures … Continue reading
Posted in Caesars Entertainment, Conventions, Cretins, Dining, Economy, Entertainment, G2E, Health, Massachusetts, Nevada, Technology, The Strip, Wynn Resorts
3 Comments
Creative responses to a crisis
Leave it to Derek Stevens to find a way to literally drive sports-betting business in Downtown. Starting this morning, Circa Sports began taking curbside sports bets at the Golden Gate. You pull up, flash your cash (or plastic) and a … Continue reading
Goodman batshit crazy; Detroit puts casinos on ‘hold’
Could we be seeing the last of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I), and her ‘every man for himself and devil take the hindmost’ approach to Coronavirus? Poker pro Doug Polk has begun a recall petition drive to try and … Continue reading
Posted in Caesars Entertainment, Detroit, Dining, Downtown, Eldorado Resorts, Health, Michigan, Politics, Sports, Tilman Fertitta, Tribal, Wall Street
3 Comments
Las Vegas breakthrough; Shoot the messenger
Las Vegas-based Avidium Labs says it has developed a Covid-19 test that has been validated at laboratories in California and New York. Said CEO Evan Louie, “Our team is diligently working on getting our tests to a wide range of … Continue reading
Carnage in Louisiana; Documentary slams MGM
Louisiana casinos grossed $97 million last month, having been closed on March 17. April appears to be a dead loss. Surprisingly, the Baton Rouge market was the least hard-hit although at -58% everything is relative. The 61% statewide plunge compares … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, Charity, Churchill Downs, Dining, Eldorado Resorts, GLPI, Law enforcement, Louisiana, Mandalay Bay Massacre, MGM Resorts International, Movies, Penn National, Sahara, The Strip, Tilman Fertitta
Comments Off on Carnage in Louisiana; Documentary slams MGM
Union: Where there’s a will, there’s a way
Discontent with casino management is spreading from Las Vegas to the Gulf Coast and beyond. In a Unite-Here teleconference, local union President Marlene Patrick Cooper expressed the general sentiment, saying, “This is a disaster that’s 10 times worse than Katrina. They chose … Continue reading
Las Vegas: What next and when?
While everyone from Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman up to the highest ranks of the federal government trying to rush people back to work, we’re forced to consider what Sin City will look like after the Coronavirus pandemic … and when … Continue reading
Macao bad, worse to come; No casinos for Brazil
“With the government keeping limitations on individual and group visas into the market and transportation options remaining impaired we believe the Macau market could take five to seven months to start stabilizing and showing improvement,” Stifel Financial analyst Steven Wieczynski … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Caesars Entertainment, China, Connecticut, Dining, Economy, Foxwoods, Galaxy Entertainment, Hard Rock International, Health, history, International, Internet gambling, Japan, Las Vegas Sands, Macau, Maryland, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Mohegan Sun, Ocean Resort, Politics, Scientific Games, Station Casinos, Taxes, Wall Street, Wynn Resorts
1 Comment
Feds screw small casinos; Coronavirus detritus
Unless there’s a change in the rules in Washington, D.C., the current pandemic could cut like an economic scythe through small gaming operators and slot routes. The Small Business Administration has fallen back on a pettifogging old rule that businesses … Continue reading
Posted in AGA, Dining, Economy, George Maloof, Georgia, Health, Las Vegas Sands, LVCVA, Mississippi, Movies, Oscar Goodman, Slot routes, Sports betting, Transportation, TV
Comments Off on Feds screw small casinos; Coronavirus detritus
Las Vegas is sickly; Local heroes
As though Las Vegas weren’t reeling already from Coronavirus comes a bulletin that it’s one of America’s 25 worst cities for spring allergies. (Tell me about it!) As though one’s immune system weren’t compromised enough. Sin City clocks in a … Continue reading
The cost of not doing business
Saying “This is not the time to look for loopholes,” Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) doubled down on his quarantine order, threatening nonessential business that remain in business in defiance of his directive (and there have been some) to close … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Churchill Downs, Cirque du Soleil, Dining, Downtown, DraftKings, Economy, Election, Entertainment, Florida, Golden Gaming, Health, Internet gambling, Las Vegas Sands, Macau, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Seminole Tribe, Station Casinos, TV, Wall Street, Wynn Resorts
Comments Off on The cost of not doing business
Tough times return to Atlantic City; KY Derby delayed
As we saw earlier today, Las Vegas and Reno are pretty badly screwed for at least the next month. What about perennial problem child/comeback kid Atlantic City? Just when it’s back on its feet and roaring again, along comes Coronavirus … Continue reading
Posted in AGA, Atlantic City, California, Dining, Economy, Election, Health, Horseracing, Internet gambling, Kentucky, Macau, Maryland, MGM Resorts International, New York, North Carolina, Regulation, South Carolina, Sports betting, Taxes, Tilman Fertitta, Tourism, Tribal, TV, Wall Street, Washington State
Comments Off on Tough times return to Atlantic City; KY Derby delayed
Las Vegas is closed
America‘s favorite 24-hour town has finally caved to the inevitable and done what neither Sept. 11 nor the Great Recession made it do. It has turned out the lights and hung the “Closed for business” sign in the window. Finally … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, California, Canada, Cosmopolitan, Culinary Union, Dining, Downtown, Economy, Election, Golden Gaming, Health, Illinois, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Resorts International, Nevada, Phil Ruffin, Real Estate, Regulation, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism, Transportation, Wall Street, Wynn Resorts
Comments Off on Las Vegas is closed
Darkness at noon
Casino dominos continue to topple. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is the latest Las Vegas Strip casino to close thanks to Covid-19, “temporarily.” (Well, none of the closures has been permanent but there are different degrees of temporary-ness, MGM Resorts … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Atlantic City, Caesars Entertainment, Connecticut, Cosmopolitan, Detroit, Dining, Foxwoods, Health, Las Vegas Raiders, Las Vegas Sands, Louisiana, Massachusetts, MGM Resorts International, Michigan, Mississippi, Mohegan Sun, New Jersey, New York, Penn National, Sports, The Strip, Tribal
Comments Off on Darkness at noon
Crisis mode hits Las Vegas
Our country is still trying to grasp the ramifications of Coronavirus, as Broadway goes dark, Disneyland and Disneyworld are closed, The Masters and Boston Marathon are postponed, and cancellations of sporting and cultural events (here and abroad) comprise a list longer … Continue reading
Gaming stocks immune to rally; Casinos get serious about coronavirus
Gaming stocks by and large didn’t feel the love on Wall Street yesterday, trending slightly downward, not counting 9% rallies for Station Casinos and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (the latter the only Macao operator to bounce back). The market recouped … Continue reading
Posted in AGA, Alex Meruelo, Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, Cosmopolitan, Current, Detroit, Dining, Donald Trump, Economy, Eldorado Resorts, Florida, Health, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas Sands, Macau, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maverick Gaming, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Michigan, Penn National, Phil Ruffin, Reno, Rhode Island, Sahara, South Dakota, Sports betting, Station Casinos, Taxes, The Strip, Tilman Fertitta, Tourism, Transportation, Vermont, Wall Street, Washington State, Wynn Resorts
Comments Off on Gaming stocks immune to rally; Casinos get serious about coronavirus
Emergency in Rhode Island; Kaos by any other name
Twin River Holdings just got some bad news. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) proclaimed a state of emergency, after four citizens contracted coronavirus. “This is real. This is here. We expect more cases,” said Raimondo. While governments in the … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Dining, Entertainment, Health, International, Palms, Regulation, Rhode Island, Station Casinos, Tilman Fertitta, Twin River, Wall Street, Wynn Resorts
Comments Off on Emergency in Rhode Island; Kaos by any other name