{"id":2124,"date":"2010-02-03T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2010-02-03T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T18:46:11","slug":"big-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/big-love-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Big love"},"content":{"rendered":"

This latest tempest in a teaspoon has inspired a yawningly predictable reaction<\/a> amongst Nevada<\/strong> politicians. The lone witty note was struck by Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority<\/strong> President Rossi Ralenkotter<\/strong>, who deployed irony in lieu of indignation: “While we appreciate Las Vegas<\/strong> is top of mind for the President, we would ask that he offer words of encouragement instead of criticism<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

As for the windbaggery of Mayor Oscar Goodman<\/strong>, Sens. Harry Reid<\/strong> & John Ensign<\/strong>, etc., before they vent, perhaps they ought to stop and think. Was the term “Vegas” being used symbolically rather than literally (much as S&G<\/em> employs “the Boardwalk” as a euphemism of Atlantic City<\/strong>‘s casinos or “Peking” as a catch-all term for Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>‘s favorite government)? And has not Vegas enriched itself by marketing itself as a synonym for free spending and heedless excess (*cough*Golden Globe<\/strong>-winning The Hangover<\/em>*cough*)? Thus, aren’t we reaping the consequences of what the LVCVA and others have sown so adeptly? The monetization of “Vegas” has succeeded rather too well, it would appear. Anybody remember “Shut up and play<\/em>“?<\/p>\n

Casino industry leaders don’t — or at least ought not — hop on the “We must defend Las Vegas’ honor” bandwagon. Why? Like a globe-trotting fundamentalist Mormon, they’ve assembled a harem of sister wives stretching from the United Kingdom<\/strong> to Macao<\/strong>. Vegas is the senior spouse in the compound but she’s just one of many now. That’s simply enlightened (?) self interest, but when Las Vegas is suffering because you can get a bite-sized version of the real thing at MGM Grand Detroit<\/strong> or Sands Bethlehem<\/strong>, you’re in a poor position to bluster about a situation you’ve helped create.<\/p>\n

Anyway, our public “defenders” need to dial down the hyperbole — perhaps even take a few classes at the Ralenkotter Institute for the Advanced Study of Bon Mots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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