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Category Archives: The Strip
Garth Brooks, City Center’s art: the reviews
Much has been made of the $40 million in art lavished upon CityCenter. Virtually all of it is stunning in isolation but how does it work in context? CityLife dispatched me on a mission to evaluate CC’s many installations. As … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Architecture, CityCenter, Current, Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Pets, Politics, Steve Wynn, The Strip
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Quote of the Day
“Spacey, ethereal and sterile.” — a friend’s description of the Crystals shopping mall.
Posted in CityCenter, MGM Mirage, The Strip
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An open letter from Fred Frazzetta
Most of you, I’m certain, remember Fred Frazzetta, a heroic Nevadan who essentially sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on Harrah’s Entertainment‘s cavalier attitude toward building regulations (and, one might add, customer safety). He sent S&G the following, in … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Current, Harrah's, Pennsylvania, The Strip
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Hail Caesars!
We saw this sign during an overnight stay at the Augustus Tower, several months back. If more casino venues implemented rules like these, Las Vegas would be a little easier on the eyes. Don’t forget to vote in our newest … Continue reading
Random Downtown observations
On the way back from a fine dinner at the Bay City Diner (good food, better service, plus the $2.99 shrimp cocktail), a few off-the-cuff observations were made. A) Damn few people Downtown, even for midweek. B) The Plaza may … Continue reading
Posted in Cretins, Current, Downtown, Pennsylvania, Politics, Taxes, The Strip, Tilman Fertitta
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Case Bets: Mohegan Sun, Alabama, Weidner, Dubai & a big bet on MGM Mirage
Could default or bankruptcy be in the offing for Mohegan Sun? The tribal supercasino’s attempts to get out from under an onerous fee arrangement with Sol Kerzner and Len Wolman are not only facing heavy weather, Mohegan Sun is also … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“It’s a New Day at Tropicana Las Vegas.” — signature line on official Tropicana e-mails. Translation: William J. Yung III has left the building.
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Columbia Sussex, The Strip
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Stanley Ho vs. MGM Mirage
Whose casino would you rather visit … … Stanley Ho‘s Oceanus at Jai Alai or … … MGM Mirage‘s CityCenter? I’ll bet you’ve never heard a megaresort described as a “campus” before. True, CityCenter has Henry Moore and Maya Lin … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Macau, Mesquite, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Stanley Ho, The Strip
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Mutiny!
One of the dirty little secrets of the “cruise to nowhere” business is that these vessels are crewed with seamen imported from foreign countries. (Americans, despite being citizens of one of the preeminent seafaring nations, apparently aren’t good enough.) So … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Boyd Gaming, CityCenter, Current, Economy, Florida, Harrah's, International, MGM Mirage, Ohio, Penn National, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Riviera, Sahara, Station Casinos, The Strip
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Case Bets: Casino Jack, Harrah’s, Trump, Recovery?
It’s another sad chapter, in the tattered and disgraceful saga of Sun Cruz Casinos. As you recall, this now-idled cruises-to-nowhere fleet was briefly owned by Jack Abramoff, by dint of a tiny bit of fraud. That’s one of the many … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Donald Trump, Economy, Florida, Harrah's, Laughlin, MGM Mirage, Neil Bluhm, Pennsylvania, Planet Hollywood, Station Casinos, The Mob, The Strip, Tribal
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Quote of the Day
“Anyone who tells you they are expanding or improving on their existing property is lying. No one has any money right now to do that. We’re all just grinding it out, operating, trying to stay smart and ahead of it … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, George Maloof, The Strip
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“You can’t escape CityCenter.”
No, but I really wish I could when I read yet another story posing the boneheaded question, “Can CityCenter save Las Vegas?” The query is as dumb as the answer is obvious: No, it can’t. No one megaresort property can. … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Economy, MGM Mirage, Movies, The Strip
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I’m not a prude but …
… doesn’t this push the envelope a bit far, even by Vegas standards? After all, a long time ago (i.e., pre-AIDS), “bathhouse” had but one connotation and not an especially sanitary one. So this ad for Mandalay Bay, tacitly promoting … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Marketing, MGM Mirage, The Strip
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Free $100K @ Harrah’s
Yes, there is such a thing as “free money,” leastways if you’re Mount Hope, N.Y., resident Sheila Baisley. She is no doubt saying stuff like, “Yum-O!” and “Delish!” after she won $100,000 in credit from Harrah’s Entertainment on the Rachael … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, The Strip, TV
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Earth to Adelson, Earth to Adelson …
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson claims he can finish his two resuscitated Cotai Strip™ casinos (below) and build three more in the next five years. Let the record show that Adelson currently also has casinos in various states of … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Cordish Co., Current, Economy, Florida, International, Macau, Maryland, MGM Mirage, Movies, New York, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, The Strip, Tribal
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Quote of the Day
“No, we’re here to look at the art.” — sightseers, to a doorman in the North Valet area of Aria who’d asked if the couple was there to pick up a car. It’s a sentence probably not often heard heretofore … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Current, MGM Mirage, The Strip, Tourism
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CityCenter: succes d’estime
Enough procrastination! Such is the immensity and information overload that is CityCenter, that it may be some time before this spectator can fully wrap his brain around what is — for better or worse — the Strip’s equivalent to that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, CityCenter, Current, Detroit, Dining, Encore, IGT, International, MGM Mirage, Movies, Sheldon Adelson, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Technology, The Strip, Tourism, TV
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They took away the Reading Room …
… only to give us Assouline, a store that specializes in big books with lots of pictures and can found in Crystals. However, you needn’t bother shopping there unless you have money out the assouline. Or as a company exec … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, CityCenter, Colorado, Economy, MGM Mirage, Mississippi, The Strip, Tribal
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CityCenter giblets
While I’m gathering my thoughts — and notes — from yesterday’s Orgy o’CityCenter (and trying to maintain a Cone of Deafness, as far as other commentators), here are a few stray tidbits: Even MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren can’t hide … Continue reading