{"id":7058,"date":"2011-07-05T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T20:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2011-07-05T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T20:05:38","slug":"it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night\/","title":{"rendered":"It was a dark and stormy night …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"… when monsoon season arrived in Las Vegas on July 3, borne upon thunderstorms of exceptional. Caesars Palace<\/strong> had a fireworks display scheduled that evening and, at the appointed time, seemed to have nothing but a damp squib. However …<\/p>\n

\"\"… the pyrotechnics went off slightly later than planned (roughly at 10 p.m.), to the delight of Independence Day revelers. Station Casinos<\/strong> followed suit with its own<\/a> multi-pronged fireworks display on July 4 proper.
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\nS&G<\/em> thanks Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> and Station for illuminating the skies at a time when other casinos elected to hold their fire. That kind of scrimping doesn’t just display poor civic-mindedness, it’s bad business sense: “Come to Vegas for July 4 and semi-celebrate.”<\/p>\n

(Photos by Dave Proctor<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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