{"id":7028,"date":"2011-06-28T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2018-04-17T08:53:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T16:53:47","slug":"st-regis-still-stumped-quid-pro-qua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/st-regis-still-stumped-quid-pro-qua\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Regis … still stumped; Quid pro Qua"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last autumn, Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> COO Michael Leven<\/strong> floated the idea of capping its St. Regis<\/strong> failsino at its current five-story height, admitting that the skeleton was an “eyesore” along the Strip. The “Stump Regis” was the subject of a May 27 LVA<\/em> “Question of the Day.” Scarcely had we published it when a sharp-eyed LVA<\/em> subscriber espied workmen atop the St. Regis’ stump. Was Leven going to finally take action?<\/p>\n

\"\"No, the laborers were up on the high steel in preparation for cloaking it in circus tent-like drapery<\/a> intended to create the trompe l’oeil<\/em> impression of a finished building. A well-read S&G<\/em> regular suggests that Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> is taking its design cues from Disneyland<\/strong> (above<\/em>). As for Leven’s mooted cap-and-finish of the Stump Regis, $2 Million Mike frittered away the cool-weather months, forcing him to resort to the Stump’s new Potemkin Village<\/strong> aesthetic. Then again, considering the hideous exterior he imposed on the Sands Bethlehem<\/strong> hotel in order to complete it, maybe we should be thankful Leven resisted the temptation to play architect again.<\/p>\n

\"\"Congratulations to<\/strong> the staff of Qua Baths & Spa<\/strong> at Caesars Palace<\/strong>, voted 53rd-best<\/a> in the U.S. by readers of Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>. Qua got 91 points out of a possible 100, which tells you how stiff the competition must have been. No wonder: Other spas in the top 100 included Mandalay Bay<\/strong>‘s Four Seasons<\/a><\/strong> (#4), Wynncore<\/strong> (#12 & 23), West Baden Springs Hotel<\/a><\/strong> (#42), home of French Lick Casino<\/strong>, Station Casinos<\/strong>‘ flagship Red Rock Resort<\/a><\/strong> (#66), Caesars Atlantic City<\/a><\/strong> (#67), Bellagio<\/strong> (#69), Mandalay Bay’s own spa<\/a> (#96) and that at Green Valley Ranch<\/strong><\/a> (#99). Not a bad performance by the casino industry and especially by Las Vegas<\/strong> properties. But Qua blurbed the news to S&G<\/em> first so it gets the kudos. Well done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last autumn, Las Vegas Sands COO Michael Leven floated the idea of capping its St. Regis failsino at its current five-story height, admitting that the skeleton was an “eyesore” along the Strip. The “Stump Regis” was the subject of a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,23,88,34,28,4,7,68,11,95,12,57,32,9,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21539,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions\/21539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}