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Category Archives: Entertainment
“I’m not dead yet!”
Taking its cue from Monty Python‘s interpretation of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots, management of the Riviera refuses to roll over and die. Its latest enhancement is somewhat out of the box as far as Strip watering holes … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“So many of the [blackjack] tables have been removed and turned into sucker games. They’re killing the cash cow instead of milking it.” — Pi Yee Press General Manager Al Rogers, distributor of Blackjack News, on the rise of 6-5 … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, The Strip
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Aqueduct: Penn screws the pooch
Since tout le monde is fixated upon where LeBron James will play next season (is it OK for me to say I don’t care?), this seems like the moment to observe that Penn National Gaming bricked an easy layup. That’s … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“I think all of us who have success become assholes for about five years, and if you’re lucky, you can get through your asshole period and go back to being a regular person.” — Paris-Las Vegas headliner Barry Manilow.
Posted in Entertainment, Harrah's, The Strip
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Meltdown at Hooters
Too many Las Vegas shows are afflicted with a lack of spontaneity (the Celine Dion/Franco Dragone snoozer A New Day was the worst offender in my experience). No such worries where Hooters Casino Hotel headliner Todd Paul is concerned. Last … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Regulation, The Strip
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Cosmo sets a date
Dec. 15 is the Cosmopolitan‘s date with destiny. That’s when it begins rolling out its room inventory and casino product. That doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? It’s hard to get worked up about a place so grammatically challenged it … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Current, Economy, Entertainment, Genting, International, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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Brad Garrett: Enter at your own risk; Bargains & magnanimity
First, the good news. After going null for two with Paul Rodriguez (PR nightmare) and Wayne Newton (artistic disaster), the Tropicana Las Vegas appears to have swatted an 0-2 pitch into the bleachers. Brad Garrett‘s eponymous comedy club is a … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Architecture, Current, Detroit, Economy, Entertainment, Marketing, Movies, Regulation, Reno, The Strip, Tourism, Wayne F. Newton
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Quote of the Day
“‘Champagne wishes and caviar dreams’: Sounds kind of faggy, don’t you think?” — Brad Garrett, at the Tropicana Las Vegas last night, in reference to local blogger Robin Leach (who was in the audience).
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Current, Entertainment, The Strip, TV
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Dick Cheney, casino headliner
It’s no joke. The ex-veep is part of a new entertainment regime at the Atlantic City Hilton. After nearly mismanaging the property into extinction, owner Colony Capital has given President Michael Frawley $20 million, which Frawley’s plowing into a new … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Colony Capital, Dining, Economy, Entertainment, Marketing, Politics
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Penn’s door prize: toxic waste!
Penn National Gaming got a little something extra when it bought an old General Motors site for its Columbus, Ohio casino: 81 sites’ worth of toxic waste, so much sludge it takes 3,000 pages to catalog. Penn didn’t have to … Continue reading
Posted in Colony Capital, Current, Detroit, Election, Entertainment, Environment, Harrah's, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Ohio, Penn National, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sahara, Technology, The Strip, Tribal, TV
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Your moment of Circus Circus
According to Vegas Chatter, visitors to the Circus Circus and Excalibur Web sites will get drop-down offers for Aria when they try to book stays at MGM Mirage‘s lower-end properties (a reflection of that heavy Circus Circus/Aria demographic overlap, no … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Current, Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Station Casinos, The Strip
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The best Deepwater Horizon commentary yet
While the obscenity known as Deepwater Horizon continues to hover ominously near the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, it remains one of those subjects so depression- and despair-inducing that even I can’t bear to write about it. (“Enjoy the resort offerings … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Entertainment, Environment, MGM Mirage, Mississippi
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That tricky Steve Wynn
As you probably saw on Twitter or LVA yesterday, Wynncore has quietly introduced a $20 “resort fee,” joining the parade of dishonor that includes practically everyone not named Harrah’s Entertainment or — believe it or not — Tamares Group. (Keeping … Continue reading
Steve Wynn scores 50 grand
If this story, heard through the grapevine, isn’t true then it should be: Supposedly, on opening weekend at Encore Beach Club business was sufficiently brisk that bungalows were fetching as much as $20,000 apiece. One man was so desperate — … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Encore, Entertainment, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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“Yup, it’s in bad shape”
That’s what a correspondent wrote after seeing a ginormous photo of the sadly faded Paris-Las Vegas “balloon” marquee. For the grisly details click here. Planet Hollywood, this could be you. Just give it a few years. On the subject of … Continue reading
Look who’s getting into the pool-party scene
If you seek a casino pool on the Strip that’s relaxing, quiet and douchebag-free, my experience says, “Try the Riviera.” After all, “tranquil” and “Vegas” needn’t be oxymoronic. But Riv management’s out to change all that … OK, one doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, Marketing, Riviera, The Strip
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So much news …
… so little time. East Coast casinos are stepping up their Asian-American marketing … and people are complaining? Don’t do it and you’re culturally insensitive. Do it and you’re predatory. This is one of those perception battles casinos will never … Continue reading
When bad things happen to bad people … plus Cher
Two of the three casinos that say they were stiffed for $822,000 by ex-Boston Celtic Antoine Walker are now owned by Harrah’s Entertainment. The unlucky third is Red Rock Resort. Back “in the olden days” (a Sue Lowden-ism that’s quite … Continue reading
Posted in Cretins, Economy, Entertainment, Fontainebleau, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Movies, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Sports, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism
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