* Speaking of the Cosmo, it won the sweepstakes<\/a> to sign Absinthe<\/em>, with a November debut likely … in the Rose. Rabbit. Lie.<\/strong> supper club, as was widely expected. John Katsilometes<\/strong> had the story, in his first scoop since recently defecting to Adelson’s Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n * Kudos to Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> on reaching the 44% benchmark<\/a> in its diversion of waste away from landfills and, wherever possible, into creative purposing. Some of this is done at the source: “At buffets, for example, trays are replenished on demand toward the end of the day instead of automatically,” reports HotelNewsResource.com<\/em>. A lot of it is done at the loading dock, too. (Caesars’ own silverware has even found its way into the trash bin on occasion.) This company-wide effort is laudable in the extreme and, at its current pace — the company was at 37% three years ago — Caesars is well more than likely to exceed its goal of diverting 50% of all waste by 2020.<\/p>\n * With the job market down to seven casinos in Atlantic City<\/strong>, there’s been a diaspora of dealers<\/a> and other casino workers to MGM National Harbor<\/strong>, or so MGM Resorts International<\/strong> CEO Jim Murren<\/strong> suggests.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not going to help the underperforming It doesn’t sound as though there will be any need for the dreaded ‘soft opening,’ either. “They are literally placing slot machines on the floor already. The carpeting is down. The ceiling treatments are done\u00a0…\u00a0All the glazing is in. They\u2019re not only drywalling, but painting all the guest rooms, and it really is quite spectacular,” said Murren. He added that there have been as many as 60,000 applications for National Harbor’s 4,000 jobs … a nice problem to have. He also predicts that National Harbor will be the most profitable casino outside Las Vegas<\/strong>, so he’s definitely feeling his oats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time in 17 years, The Venetian is using TV advertising. We’re not only impressed by the length of the abstention\u00a0but also by the fact that Las Vegas Sands has done so well without the assistance of … Continue reading ![\"murren_t198\"](\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/murren_t198.jpg\")
properties, that\u2019s for sure.\u00a0What we\u2019re seeing happen is many of the dealers and employees are applying to work at National Harbor,\u201d Murren told CNBC<\/strong>. It won’t be a slam dunk<\/a>, even for the most experienced Atlantic City ex-employee: MGM has a commitment to staff up National Harbor with 40% of its workforce coming from Prince George’s County<\/strong>. (Stick around for the highly informative — if embed-hostile — video clip, including a coded Hillary Clinton<\/strong> endorsement [“free trade … diversity” … you get the drift.)<\/p>\n