{"id":32675,"date":"2023-05-30T08:07:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2023-06-09T07:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:12:27","slug":"wynn-caesars-jostle-in-new-york-city-penis-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wynn-caesars-jostle-in-new-york-city-penis-envy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynn, Caesars jostle in New York City; Penis envy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With a rival Coney Island<\/strong> casino proposal TKO’d and Steve Cohen<\/strong>‘s Citi Field<\/strong> one on the ropes<\/a>, Wynn Resorts<\/strong> is stepping up its push for getting the brass ring at Manhattan<\/strong>‘s Hudson Yards<\/strong> area, adjacent to the Javits Center<\/strong>. A $10 billion proposal was unveiled<\/a> over the weekend, including a 1,700-room hotel tower. In addition to fine dining and retail, the project (co-crafted with Related Cos<\/strong>.) would entail 250,000 square feet of gambling<\/a>. Apartment and office towers would also be included in a complex that attempts to be all things to all people. Given the proposed size of spend and co-developer Stephen Ross<\/strong>‘ financial closeness to Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/strong> (D), Wynn now has to be seen as the favorite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The not-unconflicted Hochul holds one of the six votes<\/a> that will determine where the megaresorts go and, at this point, nobody thinks incumbents MGM Empire City <\/strong>and Resorts World New York<\/strong> will be snubbed. Given that Wynn’s site sits on the much-traveled #7 line of the New York City<\/strong> subway system and wouldn’t involve displacing anybody or anything, we think this is the prohibitive front runner as the RFP deadline draws nigh. Sands Nassau <\/strong>is making impressive progress<\/a> but we rate it an underdog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Trying to push back against the momentum, Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> CEO Tom Reeg<\/strong> told a Connecticut <\/strong>TV station that his company’s Times Square <\/strong>casino would create “a healthy margin” more in revenue than the $100 million the Roman Empire has paid the Empire State in taxes already. Unfortunately, Reeg’s building-conversion proposal wasn’t made any sexier<\/a> in his TV appearance, beyond the disclosure that gambling would conducted several floors up, rather than at street level, an obvious sop to NIMBY groups. Like Wynn, Reeg is pitching a 250,000-square-foot casino but not as many hotel rooms (950). He did unveil a Jedi mind trick: Caesars Rewards<\/strong> would be rejiggered to be redeemable at local business, thereby theoretically spreading the wealth. We’ll see if this dampens criticism of the project. Wherever the megaresort goes, somebody in NYC’s is going to be unhappy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s aged, white, hopelessly out of touch and has five penises? The all-honky, all-male corporate board of Station Casinos<\/strong>, run by a bunch of old duffers who have been ossified in place for the last seven years. Frankly, we’ve never expected much better from the locker-room, towel-snapping Station corporate culture. But the Culinary Union<\/strong> does. It’s used its spare time (of which it apparently has a great deal) to create AllWhiteAllMale.org<\/strong>, complete with specially commissioned artwork (below<\/em>) of the graying, balding fivesome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Culinary is trying to step up pressure on asset managers and pension funds to query the overwhelming whiteness of the Station board, which hardly reflects its Southern Nevada<\/strong> constituency’s makeup, let alone that of its workforce. Indeed the Culinary Union is like antimatter version of the Station board: 54% Latino, 55% female and only 18% Caucasian. Still, the union’s playing to a tough crowd at Station, a company that doesn’t even pretend<\/em> to care about diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s light at the end of the Crown Resorts<\/strong> tunnel but it’s dearly purchased by new owner Blackstone Group<\/strong>. The latter will pay $294 million in fines<\/a> to the Australian government to settle money-laundering charges that were filed on previous chairman James Packer<\/strong>‘s watch. (What James has done to father Kerry Packer<\/strong>‘s business empire and the family name ought also to be a crime.) Said regulator Nicole Rose<\/strong>, “Crown’s contraventions. .. meant that a range of obviously high-risk practices, behaviours and customer relationships were allowed to continue unchecked for many years<\/em>.” (Emphasis ours.) We presume that high rollers from China<\/strong> are still welcome\u2014but not the dodgy junketeers who used to funnel them to Crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One scandal may be done but another is unfolding, this time in the U.S. Indiana<\/strong> denizen Bert Neff<\/strong> is being investigated in connection with a pair of brouhahas involving collegiate baseball. In addition to the game-fixing scandal at the University of Alabama<\/strong>, there’s an investigation of betting involving the University of Cincinnati <\/strong>baseball team, on which Neff Junior plays. Neff Senior has been ID’d as the punter who was in contact with then-Alabama coach Brad Bohannon<\/strong> and placed the suspicious bets that got Bohannon bounced from his job. The Cincy wagers couldn’t have involved young Andrew Neff<\/strong>, as he’s been riding the bench all season, and no game-throwing has been alleged. But this kind of thing fuels the fire of sports betting’s detractors and is doubly unfortunate for that reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wiretap at the Clark County Detention Center <\/strong>linked Melendez to an inmate co-conspirator, whom she told \u00a0“there was an Audemars Piguet, a Rollie and a bunch of other shit.” Being afflicted with stupidity as well as conspicuous consumption, the robbed trio had simply stashed their bling inside a computer bag. Did they never hear of in-room or front-desk safes? It took Las Vegas Metro<\/strong> until May 15 to run Melendez to ground. She’s due in court on June 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jottings<\/em><\/strong>: Although it’s playing ball with the Chicomms, Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> wants something<\/a> in return: a new hotel at Venetian Macao<\/strong>. The additional rooms would sit atop a 193,750-square-foot, new convention center. A glassed-in garden is also in the works for Londoner Macao<\/strong> … Contrary to the assertions of smoking apologists, Boyd Gaming<\/strong> laid a heavy fist on discussions of whether or not to reinstate cigarette smoke in Shreveport <\/strong>casinos, whining about “an uneven playing field.” Despite the presentation of much empirical evidence<\/a> in favor of smokeless casinos, the fix was in and Boyd won, 4-2 … Reno<\/strong> has been underperforming as a casino market for a while and, perhaps not coincidentally, Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority<\/strong> CEO Charles Harris<\/strong> is getting the chop. He was sacked by the board after what is reported as a stormy, two-year tenure … Congratulations to Wynn Resorts<\/strong> for being named one of America’s 50 most community-minded corporations<\/a>. Points of Light<\/strong> gave Wynn the accolade on the strength of charitable donations ($3.6 million) and volunteer events (180) … <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlantic City<\/strong> casinos are blaming new labor contracts<\/a> for thinner 1Q23 profits. Not all the news was bad: Bally’s Atlantic City<\/strong> swung from a loss to a slender profit and only Resorts Atlantic City<\/strong> posted a loss … Bally’s Corp<\/strong>. keeps sending mixed signals<\/a> about the future of the Tropicana Las Vegas<\/strong>. It’s planning to demolish the old girl to make room for the Oakland Athletics<\/strong>\u2014but is also instituting a new, Maverick Gaming<\/strong> poker room … Chandler, Arizona<\/strong>, will soon have a new Gila River Casino<\/strong>. The 800-slot property boasts large windows in the casino<\/a> and a white roulette table … Kewadin Casinos<\/strong> is planning to revamp its existing hotel<\/a>, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan<\/strong>. The phased makeover is slated to be completed by winter of next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Three douchebags staying at Vdara<\/strong> got a rude surprise on May 6. They returned to their rooms to find that “bags were inside-out, beds were half made and cleaning supplies were left behind.” Gosh, sounds like an ordinary afternoon in today’s quality-averse hotel industry. But the threesome had requested a room cleaning, to their credit, and they had been cleaned out, after a fashion: Gone were a pair of Rolexes<\/strong>, an Audemars Piguet <\/strong>watch, a Cartier<\/strong> watch, diamond chains and a gold ring.” That’s a lot of missing bling<\/a>. Since even douchebags are entitled to justice, Clark County<\/strong> investigated the heist and key-card records placed housekeeper Amanda Melendez<\/strong> at the scene of the crime and at a moment of opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n