{"id":13497,"date":"2014-04-30T12:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2014-04-30T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:36:37","slug":"selective-outrage-at-mandalay-bay-tough-call-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/selective-outrage-at-mandalay-bay-tough-call-in-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective outrage at Mandalay Bay; Tough call in Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mandalay-Bay-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12994\" alt=\"Mandalay-Bay-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mandalay-Bay-pic.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mandalay-Bay-pic.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mandalay-Bay-pic-150x103.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mandalay Bay<\/strong>, which hosts <strong>Los Angeles Clippers<\/strong> pre-season play, and which advertises during Clippers games is out of the picture &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdcgamingreports.com\/mandalay-bay-ends-business-relationship-with-clippers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">for now<\/a>. Although the <strong>NBA<\/strong> has banned unspeakably vile Clippers owner <strong>Donald Sterling<\/strong> from the league, Mandalay Bay is joining the lengthening list of companies that have suspended their relationship with the team (but not terminated it). This holds out the possibility for a redeemed Clippers organization to someday brandish the MBay logo again, although one has to ask what took the casino so long to act. Its move would be more impressive if <!--more-->it were one of the first companies to distance itself, not a late arrival.<\/p>\n<p>This is also a good place to mention <strong>Kareem Abdul-Jabeer<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/79590\/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\">powerful stemwinder<\/a> on the hypocrisy taking place in<em> l&#8217;affaire Sterling<\/em>, both in terms of sponsors&#8217; willful blindness to previous Sterling depravities and to the unethical means that were used to bring him down, among other salient points. It&#8217;s a must-read.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.multivu.com\/mnr\/7150151-mandalay-bay-resort-casino-delano-las-vegas-elevated-hotel-experience\/en_video_iframe_12717.html\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On a more positive note, <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multivu.com\/mnr\/7150151-mandalay-bay-resort-casino-delano-las-vegas-elevated-hotel-experience\" target=\"_blank\">has busted out a set of rendering<\/a>s (plus video) of what to expect when <strong>THEhotel<\/strong> becomes <strong>Delano<\/strong>-branded. It&#8217;s been a big week for revelations at MGM and &#8230; is that monkeypod-wood furniture I see in one of the rooms? Whatever the case, it&#8217;s difficult to overlook the stark severity of the public areas, what might be called New Austerity. It turns a Vegas vacation into quite a solemn experience. The white-on-white bedroom room designs and inviting-looking living rooms at least have more of the sybaritic softness we associate with the <strong>Las Vegas Strip<\/strong>. I wish I could afford to stay there but if you can, reservations are being taken for September 1 and onward.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/markell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10982\" alt=\"markell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/markell.jpg\" width=\"129\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/markell.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/markell-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a>Before we leave<\/strong> the subject of quandaries, <strong>Delaware<\/strong> lawmakers face a doozy. Racinos delivered $180 million in tax revenue last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdcgamingreports.com\/del-lawmakers-eye-gambling-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">but they&#8217;re in financial difficulty<\/a>. <strong>Dover Downs<\/strong> has a $47 million note coming due June 17 and lost $1 million in 1Q14. In that same quarter, slot winnings statewide were 10% lower and table game ones were 25% down. Lawmakers are being asked to make the tradeoff of racino tax cuts and subsidies (including helping to purchase slot machines) in order to preserve a dwindling &#8212; but still substantial &#8212; revenue pool. It&#8217;s not helping that Delaware is going through a budget crisis and Gov. <strong>Jack Markell<\/strong> (D, <em>pictured<\/em>) is calling for tax increases. One thing&#8217;s for sure: <strong>Internet<\/strong> gambling&#8217;s not going to dig them out of this hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandalay Bay, which hosts Los Angeles Clippers pre-season play, and which advertises during Clippers games is out of the picture &#8230; for now. Although the NBA has banned unspeakably vile Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league, Mandalay Bay is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/selective-outrage-at-mandalay-bay-tough-call-in-delaware\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,133,164,37,11,111,74,31,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497"}],"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=13497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13498,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions\/13498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}