Did somebody build the inaptly named Lucky Club (above) over an Indian burial ground? A deprivation of access is but the latest indignity suffered by this North Las Vegas grind joint. While it was still the Speedway Casino, it was ravaged by fire. Years earlier, it was the Cheyenne, most famous for having its bookeeping described as “smoke and mirrors” by then-Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Bill Bible. That rumpus — and a few others like it — would dog casino speculator Shawn Scott for the rest of his spotty career. Last we heard, Scott had hunkered down in the Virgin Islands.
Better fortune was in store for the long-on-the-market Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, which couldn’t find any takers not so long ago. I’m guessing “undisclosed price” is code for “fire sale.”
(Update: It sold for $98 million.)
At least I’m not alone in thinking that Las Vegas Sands is headed over the brink. So does John L. Smith who has more bad news for Sheldon Adelson.
Need to raise awareness of your bookmaking service? Hire a gambling addict as your pitchman! The surprise isn’t that this, er, novel marketing initiative was ashcanned but that it got as far as it did. Earth to Better Bet, Earth to Better Bet …
Earth to Wynn … Weather forecasters have been predicting high Thursday gusts of wind all week long. But Wynn Resorts must not have paid its cable TV bill because it sent window-washers up Encore anyway. Not surprisingly, something went wrong and they had to be rescued. Now that everybody in Vegas is on a curtain-wall craze, expect crises like these to multiply exponentially.
Going out on a limb, the Las Vegas Sun says that Sens. John Ensign and Harry Reid were doing the right thing … now that a consensus has formed and the story has faded, making it safe to take a stand.
Wendover: Casinos, yes; mental health care … not so much.
If you’re going to lose your marbles in Nevada (some would say I already have), don’t do it in Wendover. It’s still OK to lose money there, though. Wendover Will approved this message.
On second thought, you might not want to bring your money here, either. At least not if you use debit cards. Where do I sign the petition to abolish the Nevada Legislature? They don’t need any stinking due process, do they?
