{"id":18219,"date":"2016-05-09T10:56:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T18:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=18219"},"modified":"2016-05-09T10:56:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T18:56:29","slug":"station-snapping-up-palms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/station-snapping-up-palms\/","title":{"rendered":"Station snapping up Palms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought <strong>Station Casinos<\/strong> was taking a nap, it up and surprises you. According to <em>LVA<\/em> sources, Station has purchased the <strong>Palms<\/strong>, bringing it nearer the Strip <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/palms-pic.jpg\" alt=\"palms-pic\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/palms-pic.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/palms-pic-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>than ever and lending an extra cachet of hipness to the company&#8217;s image. Neither Station nor Palms minority owner <strong>George Maloof<\/strong> would take <em>LVA&#8217;<\/em>s calls, suggesting that this is a done deal. If so, Station would have succeeded in effacing Maloof from the <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong> casino business, having previously bought his <strong>Fiesta<\/strong> in <strong>North Las Vegas<\/strong>. (The other Fiesta, in <strong>Henderson<\/strong>, is a rethemed version of <strong>Ameristar Casinos<\/strong>&#8216; failed <strong>The Reserve<\/strong>.) We&#8217;ll keep you attuned to details as they emerge.<\/p>\n<p>* Scratch one casino: The <strong>Westin Las Vegas<\/strong> is closing <strong>The Max Casino<\/strong>, planning to convert the space to a restaurant as the Westin repositions itself for conventioneers. Whether as <strong>The Maxim<\/strong> or the <strong>Westin Casuarina<\/strong> (under previous owner <strong>Columbia Sussex<\/strong>), this has been an ill-starred property and its latest failure as a gaming venue does nothing to change that rap. Remember that The Maxim was the site of the infamous employee memo, &#8220;Firings will continue until morale improves.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought Station Casinos was taking a nap, it up and surprises you. According to LVA sources, Station has purchased the Palms, bringing it nearer the Strip than ever and lending an extra cachet of hipness to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/station-snapping-up-palms\/\">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":[40,15,64,140,78,159,57,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18219"}],"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=18219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18220,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18219\/revisions\/18220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}