{"id":30590,"date":"2022-01-16T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=30590"},"modified":"2022-01-26T08:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:08:03","slug":"weekend-jottings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/weekend-jottings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend jottings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Late last week, MGM Resorts International<\/strong> unveiled its plans for a BetMGM<\/strong>-branded sports book at State Farm Stadium<\/strong> in Arizona<\/strong>. No budget was announced for the facility but, given the infinitesimal amount of retail wagering in the Phoenix<\/strong> area, it’s a prestige facility\u2014i.e., a loss-leader. If completed on schedule, it will be the first sports book at an NFL<\/strong> stadium. Like the cost, specific infrastructural details were mostly vague … “massive video wall,” yada, yada, yada. (OK, if you read the fine print, it says 38 TVs spread over 265 square feet.) The book will hold 500 people, have 25-plus freestanding betting kiosks and cover 16,800 square feet. It will be a year-round, day-in\/day-out sports book, although it’s an open question over whether that will trump the convenience of online betting. But hey, it looks great:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations to the Las Vegas Raiders<\/strong> on a gritty\u2014if ultimately futile\u2014playoff appearance, cut short by a Derek Carr<\/strong> interception at the worst possible juncture. Despite the refs’ valiant efforts to throw the game to the Raiders, the Silver & Black couldn’t snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Now owner Mark Davis<\/strong> has an opportunity to turn the page, exorcising the living ghost of scummy Jon Gruden<\/a> and the latter’s thuggish prize draft picks, Damon Arnette<\/a> and lethal Henry Ruggs III<\/a>. Hopefully the 2022 Raiders will be a team one can root for with a clean conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John “Mattress Mack” McIngvale<\/strong> is out $2 million after Josh Allen<\/strong> and the Buffalo Bills<\/strong> vaporized his seven-figure bet that the New England Patriots<\/strong> would win the Super Bowl<\/strong>. Too bad for New England that Pop Warner<\/strong> mercy rules didn’t apply, which would have spared them from a 30-point humiliation. In other pigskin odds and ends, Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong> coach Nick Sirianni<\/strong> tried to motivate his team against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/strong> with old Rocky<\/em> film clips. If he being in<\/em> the playoffs isn’t motivation enough to win<\/em> a playoff game … well, what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quote of the Day<\/strong>: \u201cNative American casino operators will undoubtedly bring their unique operating model which focuses more on the long-term benefit of tribal citizens than quarterly results. I think they will give the big, corporate, publicly-held companies a run for their money.\u201d\u2014Industry analyst Josh Swissman<\/strong> on the arrival of tribal-gaming operators<\/a> on the Las Vegas Strip<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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