{"id":20246,"date":"2017-09-28T07:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=20246"},"modified":"2021-11-01T06:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:17:05","slug":"case-bets-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rock in Rio<\/strong> having been one-and-done for <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong>,\u00a0word is that <a href=\"https:\/\/vitalvegas.com\/las-vegas-kaaboo-music-festival-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the latter is pursuing<\/a> the <strong>Kaaboo<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lion.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lion-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>music festival for its mostly vacant outdoor-concert space up on <strong>Sahara Avenue<\/strong>. For the moment, Kaboo says it has &#8220;no plans&#8221; to move but we&#8217;re not sure Kaboo&#8217;s fealty is any greater than that of the now-<strong>Los Angeles Chargers<\/strong>. If Kaboo ankles, expect it to reach Vegas in 2019. Hey, MGM, if you want to think really outside the box, bring <strong>Burning Man Festival<\/strong> to the Strip. Holy culture clash, Batman!<\/p>\n<p>* As the major\u00a0manufacturers jockey for position in the skill-based-slots tournament, it&#8217;s not clear what their target audience is. <strong>Gamblit<\/strong>&#8216;s latest gambit is <em>Pac-Man Battle Casino<\/em>, a multi-player version of <!--more-->the familiar 1980s video game. If the aim is to lure Millennials, is leveraging <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2017\/sep\/26\/pac-man-arcade-classic-being-adapted-as-a-slot-mac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an almost 40-year-old brand<\/a> going to do the trick. Not to be outdone, Konami is countering with a trio of <em>Frogger<\/em> games, one of which is being field tested at <strong>MGM Grand<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Level Up<\/strong> lounge. While these games are being peddled in hopes of creating a new generation of slot player, isn&#8217;t their cachet likelier to be with the younger end of the Baby Boomers? Just a thought.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoQwKe0lggw\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sheldon Adelson<\/strong> seems to have missed his calling in life, which is to be a <strong>James Bond<\/strong> villain. However, he can have some vicarious satisfaction by stuffing his slot floor with <strong>Scientific Games<\/strong>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casinopedia.org\/news\/ljames-bond-slots-scientific-games-g2e-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">new line of 007-themed machines<\/a>. Casino Royale, Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever are the initial trio scheduled for deployment &#8230; come to think of it, we always thought Sheldon had a lot in common with <strong>Auric Goldfinger<\/strong> (our favorite Bond nemesis).<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Foxwoods Resort Casino<\/strong> CEO <strong>Felix Rapaport<\/strong> continues to diversify his product offerings. In addition to a <strong>Stratosphere<\/strong>-like high-shot ride and a zipline, he&#8217;s going to put in a go-kart track, one of the world&#8217;s longest and bumpiest. The thrill ride, announced at the <strong>New Hampshire Motor Speedway<\/strong>, should debut early next year. We don&#8217;t normally imagine Foxwoods when &#8220;family entertainment&#8221; comes to mind but it&#8217;s clear we&#8217;re going to have to change our thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock in Rio having been one-and-done for MGM Resorts International,\u00a0word is that the latter is pursuing the Kaaboo music festival for its mostly vacant outdoor-concert space up on Sahara Avenue. For the moment, Kaboo says it has &#8220;no plans&#8221; to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-13\/\">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":[34,4,166,11,10,12,8,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20246"}],"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=20246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30263,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20246\/revisions\/30263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}