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Category Archives: Entertainment
Penn, Vegas to GSA: Thank you!; What price Victorville?
With so many fine hotels to choose from in Las Vegas, it’s no wonder that it took disgraced General Services Administration Regional Commissioner Jeffrey Neely no fewer than eight ‘fact-finding’ missions at a cost of $130,000 (or $16,250 per vacation … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Cordish Co., Current, Economy, Entertainment, Hard Rock Hotel, Harrah's, Harry Reid, Illinois, International, Isle of Capri, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Racinos, Technology, The Strip, Tourism, Transportation, TV, Wall Street, Warner Gaming
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Quote of the Day
“I was brought up Catholic; this feels wrong.” — Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron, when brought onstage and instructed to shake his booty by Lacey Schwimmer during last night’s preview of the DWTS satellite show at the Tropicana … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Current, Entertainment, The Strip, Tourism, TV
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Crash landing
Over the last two days, while I’ve been at home, supervising having the roof put back on our house (seriously!), some of you have been kind enough to send variations of this story. It will soon be the subject of … Continue reading
Last night at the Palms
Kelly Clarkson rocked The Pearl to its foundation with a joyous, 80-minute set. Unfortunately for us (but happily for them), these anonymous videographers had better
Posted in Current, Entertainment, George Maloof, The Strip
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Trump Plaza reprieved; Stirrings at Sahara
Good news for Trump Plaza: It’s off the “death watch,” having dramatically reversed its fortunes last year. Although revenues continue to decline, gross operating profit swung from a $2 million loss in 2010 to a nearly $3 million gain last … Continue reading
The Trop and the truth; Crock of Vegas
Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden has penned a gripping account of how veteran racetrack executive Don Johnson (no, not that one) cleaned the clocks of the Tropicana Atlantic City, Borgata and Caesars Palace Atlantic City, to the tune of … Continue reading
Revel gets a rave review
Deutsche Bank‘s Carlo Santarelli took a jaunt down to Atlantic City to check out Revel, the biggest noise on the Boardwalk in almost a decade. He thought … well, let him tell it: “From the check in reception area, complete … Continue reading
Choy challenges Vegas
This is the conclusion of a two-part interview with Riviera boss Andy Choy in which he answers questions submitted by S&G readers. Can the Riv survive if nothing is done with the Sahara, Fontainebleau or Echelon sites for another five … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Culinary Union, Downtown, Economy, Entertainment, Fontainebleau, LVCVA, Marketing, Plaza, Riviera, Sahara, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism, TV
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Quote of the Day
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Do not go and take that money and have fleet feet and go on vacation or go to Las Vegas or Atlantic City.” — Suze Orman, on what … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Current, Dining, Economy, Entertainment, The Strip, Tourism, TV, Wall Street
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Andy Choy takes your questions
The music you play in the casino hasn’t changed for a very long time. It’s all sad, lost love, women complaining about bad, bad men, and very loud music. It makes me want to run out of the casino. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Dining, Entertainment, history, Marketing, Riviera, Technology, The Strip
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Bad timing; The wrong amount of WTF?; Uncle Sheldon speaks
Surely the worst entertainment coverage in Vegas is Wayne’s World, penned by former Lance Burton flack Wayne Bernath. A copy of his April effort (pictured) is available upon request, as it’s sure to be a collector’s item — along the … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmopolitan, Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Marketing, Sahara, Sheldon Adelson, Tamares Group, Technology, The Strip, Wall Street
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Aria: Take it again from the top, boys
Y’all remember that ‘consciousness-raising’ campaign MGM Resorts International announced on behalf of Aria, earlier this week. The first in a six-part series of videos, The Reveal, went live late this afternoon. Subsequent blipverts will include The Motive and Entrapment. (It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Current, Entertainment, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Movies, Technology, The Strip
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Saucer crash; Whither Harmon Crossing?
Yesterday afternoon, a heterogenous smattering of Las Vegas media toured the new Area 51 wing of the National Atomic Testing Museum.”Wing” might be a generous term for this cramped, fetid space. The subtitle of the exhibit is Myth or Reality, … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Architecture, CityCenter, Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Harrah's, history, The Strip, Tourism
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Investor Week: The slot makers speak; More Ohio expansion
Themes! Themes! Themes! That was the promise made by WMS Industries, which plans to introduce no fewer than 55 of them between now and year’s end. I’d thought we were past the era in which slot manufacturers indiscriminately licensed every … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Bally Technologies, Cordish Co., Current, Economy, Election, Entertainment, Harrah's, IGT, Illinois, International, Internet gambling, Macau, Maryland, Ohio, Penn National, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Shuffle Master, Slot routes, Technology, Wall Street, WMS Industries
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Ides of March: Caesars, MGM, Wynn court Wall Street
Evidently J.P. Morgan‘s Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Management Access Forum, being held this week at Wynncore, isn’t sufficiently important to merit the attendance of Big Gaming’s CEOs. If Steve Wynn couldn’t make the stroll from his office to Encore’s meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, CityCenter, Current, Detroit, Economy, Encore, Entertainment, Harrah's, Illinois, Internet gambling, Macau, Marketing, Maryland, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Neil Bluhm, Ohio, Politics, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street, World Series of Poker
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Putting the cart before the racino; Men of eXit
VLTs in Ohio are still being litigated but MTR Gaming is rushing in where major operators fear to tread. It’s already begun conversion of Scioto Downs Casino & Racetrack to a 2,100-machine racino. The nomenclature is a bit premature but … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Harrah's, Hooters, Isle of Capri, Ohio, Penn National, Racinos, Regulation, Tamares Group, Tropicana Entertainment
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Faustian pacts at the Plaza
Update: Just minutes ago, John Katsilometes tweeted that Avant Garde has already closed. Wow! That may be an all-time record, unless you count Triumph: It Runs on Steam, which never officially opened at the Las Vegas Hilton, in another Colony … Continue reading
Posted in Colony Capital, Dining, Downtown, Entertainment, Hooters, Tamares Group, The Strip
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End of an era; Butera: Down is the new up
Bunny blues. Given the travails affecting Hugh Hefner‘s eroding PEI empire — including a recent abandonment of its Chicago offices and spinoff of its Cyber Club — it was only a matter of very little time before the Palms’ franchised … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, George Maloof, International, Marketing, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, The Strip, Tribal, Wall Street
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