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Category Archives: Steve Wynn
North Strip: SLS yes, F-blew no, Riviera maybe
S&G contributor JeffInOKC returns from a too-long absence with some thoughts on one of our favorite topics, the North Strip … It is common for us to hear the term “Too Big to Fail,” but I think the true story … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Boyd Gaming, CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Current, Fontainebleau, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Riviera, Sahara, Sam Nazarian, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism
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Sahara Sam’s SLS surrealism
Kudos to Chuck Monster for finding this fanciful rendering of SLS Las Vegas, presumably designed to mislead would-be EB-5 Visa investors from China and points East. Shazam! The former Sahara has miraculously floated down the Strip and over to Koval … Continue reading
Posted in International, Sahara, Sam Nazarian, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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Adelson: Yes, we did! Wait, no, we didn’t! Well, OK, sorta … but not really!
“On the U.S. side … we view the State of Nevada as having uninspiring oversight of activities occurring in Macau. For every gap of oversight that exists from the Nevada Gaming Control Board or Nevada Gaming Commission, the U.S. Federal … Continue reading
Your move, Steve Wynn
Philadelphia casino-applicant frontrunner Bart Blatstein has a new sidekick. He’s ditched Hard Rock International in favor of … Isle of Capri Casinos. It’s a big win for Isle and a very embarrassing public setback for the Seminole Tribe, which Blatstein … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Iowa, Isle of Capri, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Steve Wynn, Tribal
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Christie: Oops, he did it again; Maryland: Take my casino, please
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) loves to veto Internet gambling bills so much that he’s just done it for a second time. There was incremental progress: In punting the ball to the Legislature’s one-yard line, Christie endorsed the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Current, Economy, Goldman Sachs, Harrah's, Internet gambling, Marketing, Maryland, Massachusetts, Penn National, Politics, Regulation, Steve Wynn, Taxes, The Strip, Tribal
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All roads lead to Springfield
That idyllic scene above is not Massachusetts but Vermont. However, the Green Mountain State is not only shaped like a funnel, it is one, an untapped market just waiting to be drained by whichever casino lands the coveted western Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Architecture, Economy, Election, Harrah's, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Tribal, Wall Street
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Caesars: Cui bono?; Loveman woos Britney
Our question for the day is, “Who benefits?” Taking the long view of Caesars Entertainment to bundle a mixed bag of Planet Hollywood, its-casino-to-be in Baltimore and Caesars Interactive, in whose interest is it to purchase minority stakes, since CEO … Continue reading
Case Bets: Super Bowl, WMS, Bally, Wynn, Penn vs. MGM
“The twilight’s last reaming”?!?!? Christina Aguilera said it, I didn’t. Of all the proposition bets being made on Sunday’s “Big Game” (the favored Vegas euphemism), my favorite is how long it will take Alicia Keys to crawl through the National … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Bally Technologies, Current, Economy, Entertainment, IGT, International, Macau, Maryland, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Scientific Games, Slot routes, Sports, Steve Wynn, Tourism, Wall Street, WMS Industries
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Case Bets: Magic Mike; Bahamas boo gambling; New moves in Massachusetts, Philly
Sheldon Adelson being too busy trying to dictate American foreign policy, it was left to his Number Two Man, COO Michael Leven (left) to go to Toronto and make the case for a Las Vegas Sands megaresort. Leven soft-pedaled the … Continue reading
Adelson fleeing Pennsylvania
Back when Las Vegas Sands was waffling over the completion of Sands Bethlehem and rattling its tin cup for joint-venture partners, I suspected that Sheldon Adelson had lost his stomach for the project and would probably sell it. Sands has … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Current, Genting, New York, Ohio, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Racinos, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tribal
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Massachusetts … and then there were 11; End of the Colony Capital era?
“[W]ell-connected developer” — but so not well financed — David Nunes (below) just got his casino-application fee across the transom, meaning that there are 11 contestants vying for two casino licenses and a slot parlor in Massachusetts. A couple of … Continue reading
MGM Cotai clears final barrier; devil in the Maryland details
Although the government of Macao enjoys nothing better than to make casino owners wait and fidget for their land leases to be “gazetted,” today is MGM Resorts International‘s lucky day. MGM China received final approval for its Cotai Strip megaresort. … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, California, Current, Macau, Marketing, Maryland, Melco Crown Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Politics, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Tourism, Transportation, Tribal, TV, Wall Street
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Pinnacle punks Penn, swipes Ameristar
We’ve learned two important things today. One, that the Mayan calendar is not the most reliable predictor of events. Two, that Ameristar Casinos‘ on-again/off-again talk about putting itself up for sale was back in “on” mode. Before hardly anybody got … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Columbia Sussex, Cordish Co., Current, Dan Lee, Economy, Election, Goldman Sachs, Harrah's, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Mississippi, Missouri, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Taxes, Texas, Wall Street
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“Soul” too soulless?; The Sunshine Boys
One weekend down, nine to go. Bear that in mind if you simply must see Faith Hill and Tim McGraw play The Venetian. The clock’s a tickin’. Since my knowledge of the McGraw-Hill oeuvre (separately and together) consists of the … Continue reading
Wynn comes (back) to Massachusetts; Revel’s rattling tin cup
Despite several months of doom-and-gloom economic predictions from Steve Wynn, the mogul has decided to “buy American” again, not only returning to the site of previous skirmishes (Philadelphia) but also taking a second run at Massachusetts. S&G was no fan … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Atlantic City, Cannery Casino Resorts, Current, Economy, Election, Environment, Harrah's, Marketing, Massachusetts, Neil Bluhm, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Revel, Steve Wynn, Tourism, Tribal, Wall Street
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Springfield: Ameristar pulls the chicken switch
In an even more surprising development than Steve Wynn getting voted out of Foxborough, the seemingly leading contender for a western Massachusetts casino abruptly withdrew from the fray last Friday night. In a stunning abdication, Ameristar Casinos CEO Gordon Kanofsky … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Current, Marketing, Maryland, Massachusetts, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Tribal, Wall Street
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Vegas: Is recovery finally for real?
So says the Brookings Institute, which raised Las Vegas to 194th from 245th in GDP (now at $47K/year) and job growth over the last year, behind such feeder markets as Bakersfield, California and Monterrey, Mexico. That’s the first year of … Continue reading
If you’re staying at a Hilton …
Here’s a handy guide to using the online Las Vegas guidebooks written by yours truly — sort of a tourist’s extension of S&G, available through all Hilton-branded hotels and timeshares. Since these only concentrate on carefully selected highlights of Sin … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Dining, Downtown, Entertainment, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Tourism
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Lou Lang up to old tricks; Dog-and-pony show at Sahara
For months, state Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), has been threatening to push an enormous gambling expansion through the Illinois Legislature during its lame-duck session. He says he’s “getting very close” but we’ve heard that kind of braying from Lang previously. … Continue reading