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Quote of the Day
“Money is not everything in life. Happiness is much more important than money. After all, money is a good servant, but a very bad master. Perhaps that is a lesson that Steve Wynn should learn.” — former Wynn Las Vegas … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmopolitan, Current, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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NLRB deals Wynn a rebuke; The twilight of Stanley Ho
Steve Wynn has enjoyed so many victories in his long-running battle with his casino dealers that he was perhaps overdue for a loss. It came yesterday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Wynn Resorts had engaged in retaliation … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Current, Election, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Macau, Movies, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism, Tribal
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Cosmopolitan: Towers of Babel
It’s here and it’s a sensory overload. If the severe CityCenter six-pack is a convent of Carmelite nuns, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is a drag queen. It’s unstintingly flamboyant, often fabulous, unremittingly outrageous and campy as all get-out. On … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Current, Dining, Entertainment, Fontainebleau, IGT, LVCVA, MGM Mirage, Movies, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Tourism
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D-Day for Philadelphia
Investors in the stymied Foxwoods Philadelphia riverfront casino project have a date with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Thursday. That’s where they’ll make their last-ditch pitch to retain custody of the project. State legislators and other officials have voiced … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmopolitan, Current, Donald Trump, Economy, Harrah's, LVCVA, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Pennsylvania, Regulation, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism, Tribal, Vdara Death Ray
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Atlantic City’s future: “Bleak”
Such is the prognosis from J.P. Morgan analyst Joseph Greff after the November revenues rolled in from the Boardwalk. Basically, the double-edged sword that was table games in Pennsylvania and a casino in Philadelphia has swung, and lopped 12.5% off … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Carl Icahn, Colony Capital, Cretins, Current, Dennis Gomes, Donald Trump, Economy, Entertainment, Harrah's, Marketing, Morgans Hotel Group, Movies, Neil Bluhm, Pennsylvania, The Strip, Tilman Fertitta, Tourism, Tribal, Tropicana Entertainment, TV, Wall Street
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Case Bets: Caliendo, ColSux & Sixty Votes’ latest
After 14 months on the job as Monte Carlo‘s resident headliner, Frank Caliendo is calling it quits, effective some time next spring. The impressionist and Fox Sports regular cited having to spend time away from his family and the rigors … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Election, Entertainment, history, Kentucky, Lake Tahoe, MGM Mirage, Politics, Sahara, Station Casinos, The Strip, Tribal, Wall Street
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Sheldon Adelson is so busted
Congratulations, Sheldon Adelson! You’ve just upped your street cred — and become the butt of 1,001 pimp jokes. Is the Las Vegas Sands CEO going to start hangin’ with Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent (or maybe Eliot Spitzer and Hugh … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“The Eighties called. They want their graphics back.” — comment overheard during the archaic video montage that precedes Striptease The Show at the Sahara, the seediest topless show in town (bottom of page).
Posted in Entertainment, Sahara, The Strip
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Nevada: “Cautious optimism”
That’s how UNLV‘s gaming guru, Prof. David G. Schwartz, describes his reaction to the October revenue numbers, released today. The 11% autumnal bounce may be less notable for the fact that the Strip was up 16% than the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Boulder Strip, Boyd Gaming, Cordish Co., Current, Downtown, Economy, history, International, Marketing, Mesquite, MGM Mirage, Pets, Regulation, Reno, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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Explore the “Schtrip” …
… from the comfort of your desk. A new application, 3DLasVegas.com, provides a virtual flyover of Sin City. (Caution: You must have Google Earth installed in order to use the site.) The cyber-tour also includes a booking engine, a followup … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Downtown, Entertainment, Harrah's, Technology, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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Cosmo rides the wave; Old Sixty Votes rides again
It may be $1.9 billion over budget and 2.5 years behind schedule but The Cosmopolitan appears to be hitting the market with perfect timing. That’s good news for the 5,000 employees who are furiously getting acclimated with the new megaresort. … Continue reading
Steve Wynn has a Rembrandt and you don’t
Uploaded just a couple of hours ago, here is the Wynn Resorts CEO making his first Facebook video on behalf of Twyla Tharp‘s Sinatra: Dance with Me. Could the touring attraction become a permanent fixture of Wynncore? We can but … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Entertainment, history, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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Quote of the Day
Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Steve Wynn … Unlike many other CEOs, Wynn expresses himself with clarity and a precise vocabulary that shows his English Lit degree is more than just a sheepskin on a wall.
Posted in Architecture, Entertainment, history, Marketing, The Strip
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Crystmas
It’s that time of year again at Crystals, the place America shops when it has a sudden impulse to buy a Pucci handbag or some Balenciaga shoes. This month, The Island of Misfit Shops promises three new retailers (Stella McCartney, … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Economy, Entertainment, MGM Mirage, The Strip
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Cosmo attempts suicide; a big (Para)bounce?
Maybe Union Gaming analyst Bill Lerner knew something the rest of us didn’t when he predicted the opening of The Cosmopolitan (aka “Osmopo”) would improve business for other high-end hotels on the Strip. After all, what could send New Year’s … Continue reading
Good news, bad news in Atlantic City; Feinstein: “Stay on the rez!”; Buffalo Bill’s rides again
For once, however, it’s mostly good. Almost entirely good, in fact. The headline item is that Dennis Gomes‘ purchase of Resorts Atlantic City has cleared licensing, sweeping out the disastrous Colony Capital era. Gomes and financier Morris Bailey say $31.5 … Continue reading
Isle’s comeback continues; What’s in a Mystic?
Congratulations to Isle of Capri Casinos, winner of Missouri‘s 13th and final casino license. This morning, the Missouri Gaming Commission voted in favor of Isle’s $125 million Cape Girardeau project. Although all rival projects were budgeted higher, favorite-son Isle’s standing … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“We overpaid for it and the previous owners had totally given up on taking care of the property. They stopped replacing lightbulbs, they stopped putting in air-conditioning filters. When a filter was clogged it was just removed and no replacement … Continue reading
Posted in Archon Corp., history, Sahara, The Strip
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Harrah’s: Furtive Friday
Two days after sending CEO Gary Loveman out to change the conversation by hollering at the assembled masses in an inchoate G2E address, Harrah’s Entertainment quietly scuttled that much-talked-about IPO, evidently for fear it would be under-subscribed. Since the stated … Continue reading
Posted in Current, G2E, Harrah's, Ohio, Pennsylvania, The Strip, Wall Street
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‘Net betting: Wait til 2013 … or 2015 … or 2017 … or …
That was the consensus of a G2E panel that featured former California legislator Lloyd Levine, CNIGA Director of Government Affairs Jerome Encinas and Harrah’s Entertainment‘s top lobbyist, Jan Jones. With HR 2267 still several steps shy of passage and its … Continue reading
Posted in California, Current, Election, Florida, G2E, Harrah's, Harry Reid, International, Internet gambling, MGM Mirage, Politics, Sheldon Adelson, Taxes, The Strip, Tribal
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