{"id":18872,"date":"2016-09-16T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=18872"},"modified":"2016-09-16T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T21:00:07","slug":"judge-to-caesars-get-naked-bite-the-wax-tadpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/judge-to-caesars-get-naked-bite-the-wax-tadpole\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge to Caesars: Get naked; Bite the wax tadpole"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG-20130507-00006\"<\/em>“These folks are going to have to pony up the paper,” said U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Benjamin Goldgar<\/strong>, stripping the fig leaf<\/a> from Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> owners Marc Rowan<\/strong>, David Bonderman<\/strong> and others. They’ll have to reveal details of their personal wealth — which includes lavish bonuses they paid themselves for cutting costs in the Roman empire. Junior creditors aren’t going to release their claims on the company without knowing how much its owners have in the bank. Caesars Chairman of the Board Gary Loveman<\/strong> and former CFO Eric Hession<\/strong> are among those who are going to have to come clean under Goldgar’s order. While Goldgar threw out some of the junior creditors’ demands — like details of the defendants’ domestic life — he backed the plaintiffs in the main. Bonderman’s Texas Pacific Group<\/strong> has already promised to appeal.<\/p>\n

* Southwest Airlines<\/strong> appears to have the deciding vote<\/a> in where a proposed [your city here] Raiders<\/strong> stadium would go. It has expressed vexation with the possible Bali Hai Golf Club<\/strong> site, as it would sit directly west of runways for McCarran International Airport<\/strong>. An alternate location, slightly further north and cheek-by-jowl with Mandalay Bay<\/strong>, meets with Southwest’s grudging approval. \u201cThe Bali Hai location would be \"stadium_renderings\"too close to the airport, and at the end of the day we want to make sure our operations are safe,\u201d said a Southwest spokesman … and Las Vegas<\/strong> doesn’t want to piss off its biggest air carrier. Southwest is concerned that light shows and video displays would constitute a distraction to its pilots during “the most critical stages of flight.” Southwest has already been able to nix Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>‘s preferred site: “Tropicana 42,” vacant land across Tropicana Avenue<\/strong> from McCarran. If the stadium height exceeds 200 feet, then the Federal Aviation Authority<\/strong> gets to horn in on the debate, too. (Stadium proponents are already talking about excavating deeper than initially planned.) \u201cWe are confident that we will accommodate all of the concerns of Southwest Airlines, the FAA and the airport,\u201d said Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> lobbyist Andy Abboud<\/strong>. Since the powers-that-be in the stadium debate have an agreement in place to buy the Russell Road<\/strong> site that Southwest prefers, the airline looks to come out the one sure winner in this proceeding.<\/p>\n