{"id":27500,"date":"2020-07-10T07:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=27500"},"modified":"2020-10-16T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:56:31","slug":"mixed-signals-from-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/mixed-signals-from-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed signals from Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reading the Las Vegas<\/strong> tea leaves on a daily basis has one oscillating between seeing a faster-than-anticipated or slower-than-expected recovery. Case in point: Penn National Gaming<\/strong>‘s lack of plans to reopen the Tropicana Las Vegas<\/strong>. It’s worth remembering that Penn has $337.5 million of free rent on the Trop, courtesy of owner Gaming & Leisure Properties<\/strong>, so it can afford to be sanguine. Trop employees may not be feeling so laid-back. They’re going to have a lot of company. Casino.org<\/strong> reports that “numerous” Strip casinos are informing the state of plans to institute large-scale, permanent layoffs, hinting (hell, proclaiming) a downsizing of the traditional resort experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Penn is one of those winnowing jobs, specifically at M Resort<\/strong> (328 workers). Independent operators like the Sahara<\/strong> and Treasure Island<\/strong> (414 employees) also make the list. Also on the termination list are workers at Trump International<\/strong>. As its namesake said recently, “You put the wrong person in office, you’ll see things that you would not have believed are possible.” True that. Nor are the job slashings confined to Sin City. The Peppermill Resort Casino<\/strong> is among the Reno<\/strong> resorts that are downsizing. Nationwide unemployment may be waning somewhat but Nevada<\/strong>‘s stands [sic<\/em>] at a staggering 25% and likely to worsen. The Sahara blamed its job jihad on “a number of protective measures” with which it must comply, a foretaste of what will surely become a familiar excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sahara veep Cary Berner<\/strong> sees things getting only darker, telling Casino.org, \u201cWe anticipate a continued significant decrease in revenue; cancellation and non-booking of the hotel, restaurant, and entertainment events; and significant postponement and cancellation of convention bookings.\u201d However … bargain-tier business is good enough at Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> that the company has slated a reopening of Bally’s Las Vegas<\/strong> for July 23. Given that July 4 business didn’t live up to the hype, we don’t know how much of this is an effort to instill confidence but, if so, bravado like that doesn’t come cheap, especially with Tom Reeg<\/strong> breathing down Anthony Rodio<\/strong>‘s neck to cut costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then there’s Derek Stevens<\/strong>, whose near-incessant pronouncements re: Circa<\/strong> are starting to seem supremely beside the point, like a critique of dormers and lintels while the house is burning. The latest is to tout the health benefits of Stadium Swim<\/strong>, his six-pool, multi-tier, rooftop extravaganza, meant to be open year-round. (When I first came to Vegas, temperatures were hovering near 32 Fahrenheit; how would Stevens cope with a day like that?) The half-dozen pools will range in temperature from 78 to 104 degrees. What’s more, Stevens is promising that the “venue also will feature state-of-the-art Ultraviolet Light (UVL) sanitation and water-recirculation patterns, providing guests with the cleanest and healthiest public pool experience in Las Vegas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those interested in the technical details, they are as follows, “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circa\u2019s team conducted in-depth research on the development of a pool that can self-clean several times a day. As a result, Stadium Swim\u2019s water will be fully recirculated four to six times faster than required by codes. While typical pool filters are filled with sand, Stadium Swim\u2019s will use an activated material that is\u00a0100 percent bio-resistant and self-sterilizing glass material. This will allow for a greater surface cleaning area, resulting in clearer and healthier water that is two times more effective than if sand was used<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All eight water bodies will have UVL sanitizers, which are technologically advanced devices designed to destroy pathogens, bacteria, viruses, organic and inorganic contaminants, and greatly reduce chlorine use. Additionally, the pools will have highly sophisticated and real-time chemical monitoring controllers in place to continuously analyze the composition of all pool and spa water, second by second. Automated chlorine and chemical-dispensing systems will instantaneously adjust water chemistry throughout the day<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STO Design Group, Inc<\/strong>., Circa\u2019s pool consultant, stated, \u201dCirca has adopted by far the fastest recirculation\u00a0times of any pool in Las Vegas, and has\u00a0invested in the most effective filter, continuous UV light treatment of all systems, top-of-the-line water chemistry analyzers and chemical feed systems. Together, this will deliver the cleanest and most sustainable\u00a0pool\u00a0water in the city.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s a big promise but Derek Stevens never thinks small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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