{"id":27612,"date":"2020-07-26T10:04:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=27612"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:28:02","slug":"shopping-the-trop-nobu-no-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/shopping-the-trop-nobu-no-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping the Trop; Nobu no-no"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An unnamed hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip<\/strong> is being quietly advertised on private-equity forums. It’s listed as a “brand name” property that’s been in operation for over 30 years. The age would seem to suggest The Mirage<\/strong> (born 1989) but it’s too big\u20143,044 rooms\u2014to fit the description, although nothing else on Las Vegas Boulevard<\/strong> is of comparable vintage. Excalibur<\/strong>? Almost as old but even bigger. No, the casino in question is advertised as having 1,500 hotel rooms, four restaurants and a 48,437-square-foot gaming floor. What hotel-casino fits those specs? Why, our old friend the Tropicana Las Vegas<\/strong>. Number of hotel rooms? Check. Four restaurants? Check. Casino square footage? 45,000 square feet but close enough. Convention and exhibition space? Check and check. Plus, new owner Gaming & Leisure Properties<\/strong> is empowered to flip the place and manager Penn National Gaming<\/strong> gets a cut of the sale proceeds if the deed (pardon the pun) is done in the next couple of years. The anonymous seller may have shaved a few decades off the Trop’s age but you don’t ask a lady how old she is\u2014and the Trop has<\/em> been around for “30-plus” years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prospective buyers? Twin River Holdings<\/strong> is aiming higher. Hard Rock International<\/strong> has been kicking the tires of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas<\/strong>. What about Maverick Gaming<\/strong>? No, they’re retrenching at the moment. An enterprising Native American tribe perhaps? A North Dakota<\/strong> band just bought the Skyvue<\/strong> site and Mohegan Sun<\/strong> will shortly be at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas<\/strong>. Your move, Foxwoods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Wynncore<\/strong> is restricting valet parking, starting tomorrow. It will only be available to Tower Suites guests, Chairman\u2019s Club guests, Private Access guests, VIP\/executive guests and guests with mobility issues. Time to get that ‘wheelchair’ placard from the DMV and hang it from your rear-view mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Strip and Downtown<\/strong> are changing so much during the pandemic that an entire blog<\/a> has been created to keep tabs on the phenomenon. For instance, Bally’s Las Vegas<\/strong> (now under new management) reopened July 23 but without any Jubilee Tower<\/strong> rooms. No poker, no keno, no BLT Burger<\/strong> and no Nobu<\/strong>. The much-mocked Grand Bazaar Shops<\/strong> are open, however, as are the tennis courts and gym. Ditto putt-putt golf and the creepy Real [Dead] Bodies<\/em> exhibit. The big remodeling of Indigo Lounge<\/strong> was for naught as it remains closed. Oh, and if you bit on one of those Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> discounted-rooms offers at The Crowmell<\/strong>, Planet Hollywood or The Rio<\/strong>, sorry. They’re all still closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-Caesars properties still on the ropes are Park MGM<\/strong> (rumored to be reinvented as a smoke-free resort), The Mirage, Oyo Las Vegas<\/strong> (now slated for September 1<\/a>), Main Street Station<\/strong>, redundant Eastside Cannery<\/strong> (who needs it when you have Sam’s Town<\/strong> next door?), Eldorado<\/strong> (a Boyd Gaming<\/strong> property, despite the name), Fiestas Henderson and Rancho <\/strong>(down for the count for at least a year), the Palms<\/strong>, Rainbow Club<\/strong> (late August), Silver Nugget<\/strong>, Texas Station<\/strong>, Terrible’s<\/strong> (in Jean<\/strong>) and Buffalo Bill’s<\/strong>, a case of one casino too many in Primm<\/strong>. Strange that such a relatively nice property would be closed but creaky Whiskey Pete’s<\/strong> would still be in operation. Good luck to all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So Jacksonville<\/strong> is out as the site for the Republican National Convention<\/strong>, due to health concerns. Since isolated countries with limited access have done best at combating Covid-19<\/strong> (see Iceland<\/strong>, New Zealand<\/strong>, Taiwan<\/strong>), might we nominate … Singapore<\/strong>? Sure, it’s a bit of a jaunt but it has massive convention space at ready-for-its-closeup Marina Bay Sands<\/strong>. Heck, Sheldon Adelson<\/strong> might comp the whole kit n’ caboodle just for the free media showcase. Think about it, GOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jottings<\/strong>: Although the local U.S. Marshal blanched like an old biddy at the prospect, a peaceful Black Lives Matter<\/strong> march down the Las Vegas Strip<\/strong> went off without a hitch<\/a>. No need to import federal goon squads to Sin City … Say, whatever happened to Tribal Winds<\/strong> slot parlor near Hartford<\/strong>? We haven’t heard about that in months. Then again, MGM Springfield<\/strong> is struggling so badly, is a tribal countermove really needed anymore? … The timing is odd but the Virgin<\/strong>-branded high-speed-rail project from Los Angeles<\/strong> to Las Vegas<\/strong> just received $750 million bond allocation from the feds. Nevada<\/strong> also chipped in $200 million in bonds. This bears watching … Reopening Aria<\/strong> came too late to save Shawn McClain<\/strong>‘s Sage<\/strong> restaurant, now defunct. Foodies will miss it … Are there any civic “mega-regions” left untapped by Big Gaming? Look at these maps<\/a> and decide for yourselves … New Orleans<\/strong> bars are being closed, another blow to the Big Easy’s hard-hit casinos when they could afford it least … Just what Vegas needs right now: A dead body washed up in the Bellagio<\/strong> lagoon. Drowning is the suspected cause. Ya think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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