{"id":731,"date":"2008-10-29T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2008\/10\/29\/Boyd-Takes-Sanity-Pill"},"modified":"2008-10-29T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T00:22:00","slug":"boyd-takes-sanity-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/boyd-takes-sanity-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyd Takes Sanity Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"

After insisting right up to the bitter end, and then some, on going full-tilt with Echelon<\/strong><\/a>, now on hiatus for 7-12 months, Boyd Gaming<\/strong> CEO Keith Smith<\/strong> is modulating his tone<\/a>. According to Reuters<\/strong>, "He emphasized that Boyd remains 'committed to having a meaningful presence on the Las Vegas Strip,' and is now looking at alternatives including opening the project in phases, modifying its scope or entering into other partnerships.<\/em>"<\/p>\n

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Far be it from me to mention that *cough<\/em>* certain blogs *cough<\/em>* have been urging all or most of the above for a while now. Especially the "entering into other partnerships" part. As far as Echelon's retail mall is concerned, the collapse<\/a> of General Growth Properties<\/strong> renders the question moot — and gives Smith an excuse to put it indefinitely on ice.<\/p>\n

This might be a good time to ease out flibbertygibbet Morgans Hotel Group<\/strong>, which has been almost as big a drag on Echelon as GGP — but I won't press the point. Whatever Boyd comes up with may not be a second Borgata<\/strong>, but it will still elevate the company's image in Las Vegas. There never was any discernible point in trying to do a CityCenter<\/strong> and build everything in one great gulp. That was stepping a little out of Boyd's league. Smith's pause for reflection will undoubtedly result in a more prudent and affordable — and soundly capitalized — Echelon 2.0.<\/p>\n

Putting the "monitor" in Christian Science Monitor<\/em><\/strong>. The respected newspaper is going to a Web-based publication model<\/a>. I wonder if a certain local publisher still thinks it will literally be two generations before Americans regard the Internet as their primary news source?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After insisting right up to the bitter end, and then some, on going full-tilt with Echelon, now on hiatus for 7-12 months, Boyd Gaming CEO Keith Smith is modulating his tone. According to Reuters, "He emphasized that Boyd remains 'committed … 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":[60,28,102,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731"}],"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=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}