{"id":6280,"date":"2011-04-08T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2011-04-08T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T22:54:00","slug":"marriott-moots-lv-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/marriott-moots-lv-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott moots LV casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Offering Sin City a slim reed of hope, Marriott International<\/strong> has let it be known — through “trailer station” operator United Coin<\/strong> — that it hopes to build a 3,500-room casino-hotel<\/a> directly opposite the Las Vegas Convention Center<\/strong>. Considering the recent struggles of the nearby Las Vegas Hilton<\/strong>, this is a vote of confidence. Besides, most of the hotel product in the area runs toward the skanky. Construction wouldn’t start until the first quarter of 2013 or thereabouts.<\/p>\n

Still, Marriott’s project would be a tall order — literally. The lot in question is one puny acre, which would mean that the casino (and everything else) would have to be “stacked” like crazy. It also doesn’t have the greatest karma in the world, having been the site of a string of failed ventures dating back to the Sports of Kings<\/strong>, an erstwhile casino that had the rare and unenviable distinction of being shut down by Nevada<\/strong> regulators. Marriott might want to bring in some Buddhist monks or Native American shamans to cleanse the parcel of unclean spirits before it breaks ground.<\/p>\n

Stick a fork in it<\/strong>. The last nail was pounded into the coffin of Caesars Entertainment<\/strong>‘s $700 million “Margaritaville” project in Biloxi<\/strong> this week. The State of Mississippi<\/strong> gave its endorsement<\/a> to Jimmy Buffet<\/strong>‘s Great Recession-friendly $48 million reboot of the concept, done in collaboration with former Grand Casinos<\/strong> executive Tom Brosig<\/strong>, who certainly knows the Gulf Coast<\/strong> market from way back. In a typical fit of post-LBO paralysis, Caesars started work on its Buffet-themed makeover of Grand Casino Biloxi<\/strong>, then stopped partway through and now the whole thing is in a deep freeze of indeterminate duration. Congratulations to Buffet for having slipped Caesars’ strangulating embrace.<\/p>\n

\"\"Try, try again<\/strong>. State Sen. Oscar Braynon<\/strong> (D) is attempting to jump-start the “destination casinos” bill in the Florida Legislature<\/strong>. With each try, the bill becomes ever more misshapen. In addition to the silly, 75-mile exclusion radius for each megaresort, a honkin’ big chunk of the state around Orlando<\/strong> would be preempted from having casinos<\/a>, will of the people be damned (raising questions of constitutionality). Also, there would be five<\/em> tax tiers, two parimutuels, three for megaresorts — six tiers, if you count the now-imperiled Seminole<\/strong> compact. Braynon is counting on help from Gov. Rick Scott<\/strong> (R) but the latter’s popularity among Floridians is badly underwater at the moment, so Scott’s might not be the face you want to put on this latest effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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