{"id":14089,"date":"2014-07-14T13:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T21:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=14089"},"modified":"2014-07-14T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T21:16:58","slug":"n-y-were-poorer-than-you-shame-at-the-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/n-y-were-poorer-than-you-shame-at-the-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y.: We’re poorer than you; Shame at the Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jones\"<\/a>That casino battle in New York State<\/strong> is evolving into a war of words. At stake is who can prove they’re poorer than the next guy<\/a>. A study commissioned by the\u00a0Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development<\/strong>\u00a0reached the perverse point of pride that Sullivan had\u00a0\u201cthe lowest percentage of high school and college graduates, lowest median income, highest unemployment rate and worst health out of six counties examined in the study, including Orange<\/strong> and Ulster<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Called upon to out-poor-mouth this, Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> veep Jan Jones Blackhurst<\/strong> replied that, well, “the sheer number of unemployed Orange County residents is more than four times higher than the number of unemployed people in the surrounding area.” So Caesars may be surrounded by the enemy but it’s got them outnumbered. Not to be left out, Newburgh wants it known that its economy “crumbled decades ago,” too<\/a> and its population density is also greater than that of the Catskills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The New York casino tourney could be summarized as, “We’re more desperate than you are!”<\/p>\n

\"plaza-pic\"<\/a>* While PlayLV<\/strong> General Manager Michael Pergolini<\/strong> was spinning that things are better than ever<\/a> at the Plaza, the casino is coming down around his ears<\/a>. The desolation speaks for itself, although when your Next Big Idea is Las Vegas Jerkys<\/strong>, I’d say that intellectual bankruptcy is at \u00a0hand. When it’s not choosing poor casino leadership, owner Tamares Group<\/strong> is starving them of capital. It’s long past time that the Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong> ended this sham and made Tamares come forward for licensing. Downtown may have made a comeback<\/a> but Tamares clearly didn’t get the memo. (The Container Park<\/strong> has jerky and<\/em> hipness.)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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