Category Archives: Harrah's

Safety scandals still fester

Posted on April 25, 2008 by David McKee

No harm, no foul. That's more or less the company line coming out of One Harrah's Court, after Clark County reluctantly released a document detailing 34 fly-by-night remodeling jobs during the 2000-07 period. But following procedures codified in law apparently … Continue reading →

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Did he or didn't he?

Posted on April 22, 2008 by David McKee

While I'm somewhat skeptical of the claims of Richard Suen, vis-a-vis his relationship with Las Vegas Sands, if he wins his lawsuit in Clark County District Court, he'll probably have Sands executives to thank for it. They've been tripping over … Continue reading →

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A reader's suggestion

Posted on April 21, 2008 by David McKee

… and, no, it isn’t that I perform anatomical impossibilities on myself. Rather, one of LVA‘s faithful “Question of the Day” readers suggests we run a poll or forum topic (or maybe both) on niggling little subtractions from Vegas casino … Continue reading →

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Double whammy in Atlantic City

Posted on April 10, 2008 by David McKee

Casinos made a bad bet in Atlantic City. They wagered that the City Council didn’t have the resolve to ban smoking altogether (except in what promise to be hellish little cells). So they dragged their feet when it came to … Continue reading →

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The Westin scandal …

Posted on April 4, 2008 by David McKee

… is growing legs. No, not these kind of legs. (Well, that too.) It’s also unearthed another strange-but-true story of business as usual at Columbia Sussex. That $25/bedbug bounty at the Trop is unwontedly generous by ColSux standards — a … Continue reading →

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Plaza still a "go", Tropicana gets new boss, Gibbons still irrelevant

Posted on March 20, 2008 by David McKee

It's Day Five of the "Hell No, We Won't Go" crisis and Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners members Drs. Daniel McBride and Javaid Anwar continue to thumb their noses at Gov. Jim Gibbons. As does board Executive Director Tony … Continue reading →

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Stalemate at The Orleans; Big Easy has big month

Posted on March 19, 2008 by David McKee

It’s been almost nine months since the majority of Boyd Gaming‘s stagehands voted to unionize. Since then, they’ve been subjected to a managerial smackdown and their elected representative, IATSE, is virtually powerless to alleviate the situation — or even to … Continue reading →

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A.C. Trop to go begging?

Posted on March 17, 2008 by David McKee

You have to wonder after reading this story, which suggests that — out of a field of two-dozen potential suitors for the Atlantic City Tropicana — virtually everyone is heading for the tall grass. Or maybe it's an en masse … Continue reading →

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Atlantic City, the glass half-full

Posted on March 10, 2008 by David McKee

Normally a 1.5% jump in casino revenue wouldn’t be cause for dancing in the streets and maybe today’s numbers aren’t reason to get carried away. Given that there’s a quadrennial aberration (i.e., Feb. 29) in play, the +0.1% in slot … Continue reading →

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Clintons: 'Burn it down'; Save the Rio!

Posted on February 18, 2008 by David McKee

Well, actually that was the motto of Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael … but, in essence, that's the message coming out of the camp of Sen. Hillary Clinton, favored candidate of Harrah's Entertainment. I knew in my heart that the … Continue reading →

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Case Bets: So long, HET … and plenty more

Posted on January 28, 2008 by David McKee

According to Bear Stearns, the privatization of Harrah’s Entertainment closed on schedule. HET stock finished trading just three cents shy of the $90/share buyout price. Voters in Miami-Dade County will be asked whether to allow

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