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Wait 'til the sun shines, Caesar.<\/em><\/p>\n Every so often there's a news story to which the only appropriate response is, "Holy shit<\/a>!" Then again, it wasn't so long ago on the Vegas Gang<\/em> that Jeff Simpson<\/strong> was reporting finding whole floors of Caesars Palace<\/strong>'s prime real estate, its Augustus Tower, locked down. Harrah's Entertainment<\/strong>'s decision to summarily pull the plug on the Octavius Tower<\/strong> is disturbing in one sense, as this will be the third stuck-in-the-mud project on the Strip (joining Echelon<\/strong> and the St. Regis<\/strong>). At least MGM Mirage<\/strong> is finishing the exterior of The Harmo<\/strong>n before putting it onto the back burner.<\/p>\n (Update<\/em><\/u>: Harrah's Jacqueline Peterson says, "The exterior will be finished.")<\/p>\n Then again, if the best rooms at Caesars are going unsold, Harrah's is hardly to be chided for choosing not to throw more money into a hotel tower that could easily be more of a liability than an asset, had it opened on schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wait 'til the sun shines, Caesar. Every so often there's a news story to which the only appropriate response is, "Holy shit!" Then again, it wasn't so long ago on the Vegas Gang that Jeff Simpson was reporting finding whole … Continue reading