{"id":6877,"date":"2011-06-08T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2011-06-08T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T22:05:15","slug":"lifes-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/lifes-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Life’s good …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"… if you happen to be George Maloof<\/strong> and can hang out at Palms Place on Sunday with a bunch of Miss USA<\/strong> contestants. However, as for young lovelies like …<\/p>\n

\"\"… Miss Nevada, one Sarah Chapman<\/strong>, I’d advise staying away from Kerry Simon<\/strong>‘s junk-food-laden repast<\/a> if you want to maintain that girlish figure. Those beauty contestants must have shrew-like appetites because the next night they …<\/p>\n

\"\"… repaired to Italian eatery Buca di Beppo<\/strong>, where the portions are far from small. You probably could have fed all 50 girls on just one entr\u00e9e. While at Palms Place, of course, the posse of pulchritude enjoyed a protective cordon of douchebags …<\/p>\n

\"\"… complete with the glazed expressions and flexed, tatooed biceps that are the new symbols of Las Vegas<\/strong>. (Photos by Ed Graff<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

\"\"This just in …<\/strong> May numbers have been reported from Iowa<\/strong> and the state was flat for the month (no Iowa jokes, please; I used to live there). It was a bad month for Harrah’s Council Bluffs<\/strong>, down 11% and doing less than half the business of Ameristar Casinos<\/strong>‘ nearby — and much more capacious — riverboat ($14 million, +5%). Statewide, Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> and Isle of Capri Casinos<\/strong> had the greatest dollar volume ($23 million and $20 million, respectively) but lost revenue share to Penn National Gaming<\/strong> (+6%) and Ameristar (+5%). Although Caesars’ three properties don’t outperform the rest of the market as dramatically as Ameristar, they do nicely enough … better than Penn or Isle, and much better than the many independents. Iowa is about to go from 17 private-sector casinos to 18, so don’t expect the prairie-like revenue trajectory to improve soon. And, at an average gross of $118 million\/month this year, one is hard-pressed to think why Gov. Terry Branstad<\/strong>‘s got the idea that now<\/em> is the time for the casino industry to absorb a massive tax increase.<\/p>\n

Management 1, Labor 0<\/strong>. The casino industry’s favored mayoral candidate, Carolyn Goodman<\/strong>, swept into office yesterday with the greatest of ease<\/a>. Mrs. Goodman easily staved off a challenge by the Culinary Union<\/strong>‘s choice, Chris Giunchigliani<\/strong> by a near-landslide margin. It was a remarkably substance-free campaign, so S&G<\/em> is giving it the space it merits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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