Category Archives: Morgans Hotel Group

This is news?; plus Station/Harrah's/Echelon notes

Way back when Vestin Group made a loan to the Castaways that exceeded the doomed casino's appraised value (as revealed by a Vestin-commissioned appraisal that miraculously emerged when the Castaways filed for bankruptcy*), I did some digging into Vestin's financials. … Continue reading

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More bankruptcies predicted

Financial Week weighs in the casino industry's current doldrums, amplifying the newly recurrent refrain that the revenue diversification which we thought would shield Las Vegas and other destination markets from the bad times is instead increasing its exposure to same. … Continue reading

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Don't tax me, bro!

Guess who's kvetching about his property tax bill? Why it's our old buddy, Columbia Sussex CEO William J. Yung III — or at least his surrogates at Horizon Vicksburg. It's been the better part of a year since Yung announced … Continue reading

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Boyd Has Brass Balls

Yesterday, I got a hint that Something Big was going to be announced in today’s Boyd Gaming earnings report. Little did I suspect it would be the completely unprecedented (in my recollection) step of halting a megaresort project in mid-stream … Continue reading

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