{"id":10509,"date":"2013-02-18T16:13:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=10509"},"modified":"2013-02-18T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T00:13:40","slug":"your-move-steve-wynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/your-move-steve-wynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Your move, Steve Wynn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Philadelphia<\/strong> casino-applicant frontrunner Bart Blatstein<\/strong> has a new sidekick<\/a>. He’s ditched Hard Rock International<\/strong> in favor of …<\/a> Isle of Capri Casinos<\/strong>. It’s a big win for Isle and a very embarrassing public setback for the Seminole \"\"Tribe<\/strong>, which Blatstein characterized as too slow-moving for his needs. The new alliance also has sentimental ties for Philadelphia native — and Isle CEO Virginia McDowell<\/strong>. (Hmmm … a Philly developer and casino manager working together? Should be music to city officials’ ears.) Isle can cover its $25 million bet if it sells<\/a> Quad Cities<\/strong> laggard Rhythm City Casino<\/em>, one of the lesser performers in the Isle fleet. If Blatstein’s bid is successful, Isle reaps newfound prestige. If not, it’s not out a red cent. The notion of Isle trumping Wynn Resorts<\/strong> may seem far-fetched but Blatstein is far more juiced into the City of Brotherly Love than is El Steve. (Other rival bidders, such as Penn National Gaming<\/strong> and Parx Casino<\/strong>, have already had a bite of the apple that is the Pennsylvania<\/strong> market — two bites, in Penn’s case — and may be dismissed accordingly.) Given recent oversaturation of the Philly-casino market, it surprising to see developers offering to put in $700 million or more. Then again, did you ever imagine Steve Wynn<\/strong> would be the underdog in this scenario?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,86,85,69,95,32,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10510,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509\/revisions\/10510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}