{"id":3210,"date":"2010-05-19T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2010-05-19T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T18:26:13","slug":"news-flash-and-then-there-were-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/news-flash-and-then-there-were-three\/","title":{"rendered":"News flash: And then there were three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you’re headed through Mesquite<\/strong>, take a good look at the former Si Redd’s Oasis<\/strong>, which Black Gaming<\/strong> CEO Randy Black<\/strong> wants to demolish<\/a> — in a metaphorical demonstration of what he’s done to that market (another beneficiary of the “liberalized” regulation that Gary Loveman<\/strong> lurves). Actually, the idea is probably not Black’s but that of power-behind-the-throne Michael Gaughan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With the Oasis gobbling up copious acreage for the sole purpose of sustaining 16 slot machines — making it surely the largest slot route location in Nevada — there’s considerable incentive to repurpose the property or sell the land to reduce Black Gaming’s $253 million debt load. At some future point, Black’s Virgin River Convention Center<\/strong> will supposedly revert to its origins as a casino … although the time may have passed when Mesquite<\/strong> could support four casinos, counting the non-Black-owned Eureka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was bad enough when the buffoonish Black took Redd’s legendary name off the Oasis. (And it’s the world’s safest bet that the words “legendary” and “Randy Black” will never appear in the same sentence unless something like “gasbag” is interposed betwixt them.) Still, I’m glad old Si isn’t around for this latest indignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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