{"id":11046,"date":"2013-06-26T13:07:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2022-08-20T04:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:29:35","slug":"jumped-pushed-or-just-fed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/jumped-pushed-or-just-fed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumped, pushed or just fed up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of a sudden there’s a spate of turnover in the gaming industry. The ongoing verbal meltdown<\/a> of Paula Deen<\/strong> was going to have to force\"\" Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> to take some form of action, particularly if it wants to preserve its reputation as a champion of progressive social views. After it was reported that Caesars was only severing its business relationship with Deen at Horseshoe Southern Indiana<\/strong>, a clarification came from Executive Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs Jan Jones Blackhurst<\/strong>. To wit: Caesars’ contracts with all four Deen-run restaurants (at Horseshoe SI, Harrah’s Cherokee<\/strong>, Harrah’s Tunica<\/strong> and Harrah’s Joliet<\/strong>) would be allowed to expire<\/a>. Caesars joins a long line of companies to whom Deen has become radioactive<\/a>. The question is, as offensive as racist attitudes may be, where was this outrage earlier? Where was it when it was revealed when that Deen was still pushing sugar and fat<\/a>, even well after being diagnosed with diabetes? I hoped at the time that Caesars would rethink its relationship with “the Buttuh Queen” then, but it seemed to perturb the company not one bit. So I find today’s abandonment of the sinking Deen ship more an act of cold business calculus than an inspiring stand for equality.<\/p>\n

Speaking of progressiveness<\/strong>, Caesars is losing the services of Vice President of Public Policy & Corporate Social Responsibility Marybel \"\"Batjer<\/strong>, who is leaving the employ of Gary Loveman<\/strong> for that of California<\/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown<\/strong> (D). She will be the Golden State’s next secretary of governmental operations. She could find herself presiding over a lot of downsizing<\/a>, a sight with which she’d be familiar from her Caesars years. Her tenure in a toga, however, has been an aberration in a career dominated by public service, her eight years at Caesars being a lengthy “time out” from various governmental posts.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s announcement<\/strong> by Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> that CFO Kenneth Kay<\/strong> was out didn’t faze Wall Street. The stock is trending upward today and, late yesterday, Deutsche Bank<\/strong>‘s Carlo Santarelli<\/strong> released a report in which he opined that Kay wasn’t taking the fall of either Sands’ rupture with PricewaterhouseCoopers<\/strong> or its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act<\/strong> infringements (which could be minor indeed). The Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>‘s Howard Stutz<\/strong>, however, has been reading the fine print in Kay’s contract<\/a> and suggests that Kay’s departure was involuntary.<\/p>\n

\"\"While Genting Group<\/strong> swung at and missed casino legalization in Florida<\/strong> last year, it’s trying to give South Floridians a taste of what it hopes to bring<\/a> to Miami<\/strong>. For $11 million upfront and $7 million annually, Genting will run twice-daily cruises to Bimini<\/strong>. There, passengers can disembark and play at Genting’s mini-casino (10,000 square feet), Resorts World Bimini<\/strong>. This may not impress legislators but Genting clearly hopes that exposure to table games and sports betting<\/a> will create public pressure that currently doesn’t exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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