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Category Archives: Harrah's
Case Bets: Loveman & ladies’ shoes, CityCenter, Singapore, the Palms and Wayne Newton
Naptime in the casino. If American casinos are less frenetic than those of, say, Macao, the gambling culture in Singapore is very relaxed indeed. Fancy a catnap at your slot machine? No problem! Oh, to see the expression on Sheldon … Continue reading
New Donny in town
As in Clay, Donny Clay, played by the versatile Jason Alexander in The Donny Clay Experience. This delightful one-man show will be a peripatetic and hopefully long-lived visitor to Planet Hollywood … unless Gary Loveman‘s crony Frank Biondi (ex-Viacom CEO) … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Cirque du Soleil, CityCenter, Current, George Maloof, Harrah's, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Movies, Planet Hollywood, The Strip, Tourism
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Adelson, Earl & a paper tiger
Opening a drowsy eye, the Las Vegas Review-Journal belatedly took note of Las Vegas Sands‘ Singapore project, although the story was just a puff piece (perhaps because its writer used to toil in Vegas’ PR shops, including a stint at … Continue reading
Posted in Archon Corp., Current, Economy, Genting, Harrah's, Lake Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Wall Street
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Introducing Planet Harrah’s
Newly Harrah’s-ized Planet Hollywood has got a new Web site. OK, it’s a little rudimentary by 2010 standards but we’re in the top of the first inning here. (If for some reason the page doesn’t show in your browser, the … Continue reading
Case Bets: Wynn in Philly, topless in Vegas, Pegasus crashes
It’s a slow news day in the industry, though not without its amusing elements. For instance, the Philadelphia Inquirer devoted a significant amount of ink to the weighty question of whether half-dozen casinos in the greater Philly area might be … Continue reading
Harrah’s: too big to fail
Take a good look at that fresh-faced man to the left. His name is Jonathan Halkyard and he’s the CFO of Harrah’s Entertainment. If he seems like a kid who’s running up a reckless tab on Dad’s credit card, blame … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Harrah's, Herbst Gaming, James Packer, Lake Tahoe, Melco Crown Entertainment, Ohio, Planet Hollywood, Racinos, Station Casinos, The Strip, Wall Street
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The Flying Dutchman of the Strip
Pity poor Rockstar: The Tribute. It briefly played Planet Hollywood‘s Wyrick Entertainment Complex last June, then got the boot. An announced revival at the Harmon Theater never materialized. A late-2009 move to the Riviera was ballyhooed. Guess what? Rockstar never … Continue reading
President-ial politics
You know January was bad in St. Louis when the lowly President‘s $2 million take was the only revenue increase in the area. While the Harrah’s Entertainment/Ameristar Casinos pair of Maryland Heights riverboats continues to dominate the market with a … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Current, Harrah's, Missouri, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, Taxes
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Aqueduct: Penn got hosed
Despite its runaway hyperbole, this Empire State editorial makes a good point: The Aqueduct racino deal smells like a week-old fish and ought to be investigated. (It isn’t — but it should be.) Since all bids involved multiple players, sorting … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Atlantic City, Carl Icahn, Downtown, Fontainebleau, Harrah's, Macau, MGM Mirage, New York, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Sahara, Steve Wynn, Tamares Group, The Strip, Tribal, TV
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Kudos for Loveman
Harrah’s Entertainment is no longer going to the dogs — or won’t be, if it gets its way in Iowa. It’s offered to pay the Hawkeye State a tidy $70 million in exchange for being released from its greyhound-racing requirement … Continue reading
Torino’s big gamble
At a time when the bottom has fallen out of Las Vegas Strip land prices what possessed Brett Torino to make an uncontested, above-market bid for a small and awkwardly configured piece of Strip real estate? Before we get to … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“I’m rooting for Frank Marino‘s Divas at the Imperial Palace and the Singing Naked Boys [sic] at the Onyx Theater because it’s the smaller shows that are the true meat and potatoes of entertainment.” — Las Vegas media event fixture … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Harrah's
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Aren’t we glad?
When given lemons, make lemonade. When hit with a throat infection, lay low and scrounge around for S&G fodder. So it is today — and I didn’t have to scrounge very far. While Las Vegas didn’t dodge too many bullets … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Architecture, Atlantic City, Bally Technologies, Carl Icahn, Dubai, Economy, Entertainment, Harrah's, IGT, Illinois, Indiana, James Packer, Pennsylvania, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Transportation, Tropicana Entertainment, Wall Street, WMS Industries
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Adieu, Bourbon Street
Kitty-korner from Bally’s Las Vegas is the former site of Bourbon Street, long since imploded by Harrah’s Entertainment and not the least bit missed. It had a skanky reputation and the tightest slots you ever did play. After it was … Continue reading
Posted in Harrah's, Louisiana, The Strip, Wayne F. Newton
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Case Bets: Laughlin postmortem, Newton grounded, Gibbons robs problem gamblers
It’s an S&G Special Austerity Edition (i.e., no pictures) … Three grand. That’s the value of a human life in Nevada. The Washingtonian who crashed his car into Laughlin‘s Edgewater casino, killing two and injuring seven, is out on $6,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Architecture, Boyd Gaming, Current, Detroit, Economy, Entertainment, Harrah's, IGT, Laughlin, MGM Mirage, Midnight Jim Gibbons, Movies, Politics, Problem gambling, Regulation, Reno, Transportation, TV, Wall Street, Wayne F. Newton
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Enter Loveman, exit jobs; Tamares’ legacy
Just this morning I was thinking that the first thing Planet Hollywood employees could expect when Harrah’s Entertainment took over was large-scale job losses and so it will be. This is one of those occasions I really hate being proven … Continue reading
Posted in ABBA, Ameristar, Columbia Sussex, Current, Downtown, Economy, Entertainment, Harrah's, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Tamares Group, Wall Street
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Feast or famine
While we in Las Vegas struggle to reconcile long nightclub lines and (depending on which casino you visit) full gaming floors with but smallish increases in revenue and visitation, it’s one big-ass Christmas over in Macao. Revenue skyrocketed 63% last … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Economy, Entertainment, Harrah's, Harry Reid, James Packer, Lawrence Ho, Macau, Melco Crown Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Pansy Ho, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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Gettin’ “Gossy” with it
Our staff is definitely having too much fun today. They’ve suggested a new, Gossyfied look for Lance Burton … which certainly beats the Criss Angel-ic angst currently adorning his billboards. Personally, having recently seen Burton in performance, I can’t decide … Continue reading
Posted in Cirque du Soleil, Entertainment, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, The Strip
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Dog shoots man
No, really. Now that’s putting the “sport” into hunting. Meanwhile, out in the Aloha State … A McDonald’s employee in Hawaii, commenting on the customer who got impatient at the drive-through and ran over a fellow customer — twice, and … Continue reading