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Category Archives: Tourism
“The CityCenter shuffle”; Atlantic City saved … for now
That’s what subcontractors are calling the maze of paperwork they’ve had to negotiate while laboring on MGM Mirage‘s $8.5 billion metaresort. When it comes to real estate and construction coverage in Las Vegas, there’s Tony Illia and then there’s everybody … Continue reading
I stand corrected
Kudos to the reader who caught my boo-boo regarding casinos built over interstate highways: Regarding a U.S. casino sitting astride a highway, please note that John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks (outside of Reno) sits astride Interstate 80. He went on … Continue reading
Posted in Harrah's, Marketing, Midnight Jim Gibbons, Missouri, Phil Ruffin, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Reno, The Strip, Tourism, Transportation, Wall Street
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When bad things happen to bad people … plus Cher
Two of the three casinos that say they were stiffed for $822,000 by ex-Boston Celtic Antoine Walker are now owned by Harrah’s Entertainment. The unlucky third is Red Rock Resort. Back “in the olden days” (a Sue Lowden-ism that’s quite … Continue reading
Posted in Cretins, Economy, Entertainment, Fontainebleau, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Movies, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Sports, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism
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Case Bets: Station, Macao, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Encore 2x, etc.
$864.5 million: That’s the magic number if you want to put in an opening bid on 11 Station Casinos properties (plus unspecified land and some tribal-casino-management contracts) come Aug. 6. Boyd Gaming‘s already made it clear that it’s good for … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Bally Technologies, Boulder Strip, Boyd Gaming, Colony Capital, Current, Economy, Encore, Entertainment, Harrah's, Horseracing, International, Isle of Capri, Macau, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pinnacle Entertainment, Racinos, Regulation, Station Casinos, Steve Wynn, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism, Tribal, Wall Street
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“Wynn Agonistes”
Aka Wynn’s Struggle, a melodrama in three acts. In Act I, impervious to irony, Steve Wynn chides Washington, D.C., for overspending, overborrowing and artificial economic stimulation … as though nothing like that happened right along the Las Vegas Strip. He … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Entertainment, Macau, Marketing, Politics, Steve Wynn, Taxes, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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“Wow”
No, that’s not the sound of the Las Vegas Review-Journal‘s Jennifer Robison going weak in the knees at the sight of CityCenter again. It’s J.P.Morgan‘s analysts getting turned on by early numbers from Marina Bay Sands. So excited were they … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Current, Economy, Entertainment, Genting, International, James Packer, Lawrence Ho, Macau, Marketing, Massachusetts, Melco Crown Entertainment, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Tourism, Tribal, Wall Street
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Motley Crew
(Editor’s note: Whoever labeled the photo at left misplaced the captions. FF3 is the guy having the good hair day and brother Lorenzo is the one with the handkerchief in his breast pocket.) In my 15 years of following the … Continue reading
Case Bets: Singapore; Reid vs. tribes; Lady Luck, Take 3; Mob war, etc.
Tourism to Singapore jumped 20% last month, surpassing expectations. Resorts World Sentosa and — no surprise — the opening of Marina Bay Sands are credited for the success. Another stumbling block has arisen to the casino market in Massachusetts. A … Continue reading
Shel & Bill, together again; Coup for HRH
As though yoked by karma, Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson and former sidekick William Weidner — the Jon & Kate Gosselin of the casino industry — seem destined to remain unwillingly chained together through eternity. Most recently, they’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Current, Downtown, Economy, Genting, Harrah's, Herbst Gaming, M Resort, Macau, Marketing, Massachusetts, Morgans Hotel Group, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Texas, Tilman Fertitta, Tourism, Tribal, Wall Street
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When in doubt, hire a chef
That increasingly dubious X Train project doesn’t have first dibs on Union Pacific tracks, after all. And the on-board gambling (which S&G never took seriously) has been ixnayed. So whaddya do when you need a quick jolt of publicity? Hire … Continue reading
Posted in California, Current, Dining, Marketing, Tourism, Transportation
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X Train derailed; Wynn trumps Trump
It may already be time to stick a fork in the so-called X Train, which would use existing rail lines to carry gamblers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. According to The Associated Press, X Train is being sued by … Continue reading
Case Bets: Macao, Maryland, Internet casinos
April was a bonny month for Macao, where overall visitation rose 13% and mainland Chinese tourism rose 17%. Now if only Peking would take its hand off the spigot known as visa quotas, we might have some honest-to-god year/year comparisons … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Cordish Co., IGT, Internet gambling, Kentucky, Macau, Maryland, Politics, Regulation, Sports, Taxes, Technology, The Strip, Tourism
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Once before I go
… to the Tropicana Las Vegas, that is. As you can see from this video and the accompanying story, Onex Corp. is making good on its promise to reinvest in the dowager, its first significant makeover since the early Reagan … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Architecture, Columbia Sussex, Current, Movies, The Strip, Tourism, TV
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Quote of the Day
“Sir, it’s a line charge. It’s the privilege of phone service, even if you don’t use it.” — response of Sam’s Town and Palms desk personnel to a patron’s complaint about being charged a dollar a day for the phone(s) … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder Strip, Boyd Gaming, Economy, George Maloof, The Strip, Tourism
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More political football at CityCenter
Due to the Las Vegas Review-Journal‘s bizarre campaign to secede from the Internet, we dare not even link to an excellent Howard Stutz rundown of MGM Mirage‘s attempt to gain the high ground in the fractious “Who screwed up CityCenter” … Continue reading
“Trailer Stations” a-comin’!
If you’ve ever wanted to play in one of those eight-hour, slots-in-a-trailer casinos that United Coin sets up to help Company X preserve the gambling entitlement underlying a closed building or a vacant piece of land, here’s your chance. Three … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown, Slot routes, Tourism
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More X Train hype
Those folks behind the X Train have managed to snag some teevee time and the more they talk, the more their project sounds like empty hype: a lot of fancy promises upfront but little indication of from whence the startup … Continue reading
Posted in California, Current, Tourism, Transportation
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Resorts World lifts Marina Bay Sands
Strongly early numbers and performance from Genting‘s Resorts World Sentosa metaresort are fueling bullish sentiment regarding Las Vegas Sands‘ $5.7 billion Marina Bay Sands megalith (above), part of a multi-pronged tourism push. Sentosa did $243 million in revenue and $79 … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Genting, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Tourism, Wall Street
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While Atlantic City burns …
While Atlantic City burns, Gov. Chris Christie fiddles. After coming into office saying the right things about helping the state’s casino industry, Christie has spent most of first months in office dithering uselessly. Having waited until A) the Revel project … Continue reading
Trump wins, Atlantic City loses
Long-suffering Atlantic City is going to stuck with one of the heaviest albatrosses around its neck — Donald J. Trump — for the foreseeable future. Das Donald’s $225 million cash offer for what’s left of Trump Entertainment Resorts trumped a … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Carl Icahn, Donald Trump, Economy, Marketing, Tourism
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